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Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell

Acting Born Jun 17, 1874 -- Died May 01, 1957 · Columbus, Ohio, USA

Grant Mitchell (born John Grant Mitchell Jr.) was an American stage and screen actor. He is best remembered for his portrayals of fathers, husbands, bank clerks, businessmen, school principals and similar type characters, usually supporting, in films of the 1930s and 1940s. Mitchell, a Yale post graduate at Harvard Law, gave up his law practice to become an actor, making his stage debut at age 27. He appeared in lead roles on Broadway in such plays as "It Pays to Advertise", "The Champion", "The Whole Town's Talking", and "The Baby Cyclone", the last which was specially written for him by Geo...

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
7.8
movie
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senator MacPherson
1939
The Grapes of Wrath
7.8
movie
The Grapes of Wrath
as Caretaker
1940
Arsenic and Old Lace
7.6
movie
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Reverend Harper
1944
Leave Her to Heaven
7.4
movie
Leave Her to Heaven
as Carlson (uncredited)
1945
The Life of Emile Zola
6.7
movie
The Life of Emile Zola
as Georges Clemenceau
1937
Dinner at Eight
6.8
movie
Dinner at Eight
as Ed Loomis
1933
The Man Who Came to Dinner
6.9
movie
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Ernest W. Stanley
1941
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
7.0
movie
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Al Farrow
1947
Conflict
6.6
movie
Conflict
as Dr. Grant
1945
Three on a Match
6.2
movie
Three on a Match
as Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
1932
Tobacco Road
6.7
movie
Tobacco Road
as George Payne
1941
Gold Diggers of 1935
6.4
movie
Gold Diggers of 1935
as Louis Lamson
1935