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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 George M. Cohan. His screen career took off with the advent of sound (years earlier he had appeared in at least two silent films). He appeared primarily in B films, though from time to time enjoyed being a part of A-quality productions such as Dinner at Eight (1933), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), and Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). Grant Mitchell retired from show business in 1948. He died, age 82, in Los Angeles in 1957.

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1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie Self (archive footage)
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1948
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
Movie Judge
1947
Blondie's Anniversary
Movie Samuel Breckenbridge
1947
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Movie Mitchell Edwards
1947
Honeymoon
Movie Congressman Crenshaw
1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Movie Al Farrow
1947
Blondie's Holiday
Movie Samuel Breckenridge
1946
Easy to Wed
Movie Homer Henshaw
1945
Leave Her to Heaven
Movie Carlson (uncredited)
1945
Guest Wife
Movie House Detective
1945
Bedside Manner
Movie Mr. Pope
1945
Conflict
Movie Dr. Grant
1945
A Medal for Benny
Movie Mayor of Pantera
1945
Crime, Inc.
Movie Wayne Clark
1945
Bring on the Girls
Movie Ralph Neely