Grant Mitchell
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.
Leave Her to Heaven
as Carlson (uncredited)A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous...
Movie pageThe Grapes of Wrath
as CaretakerTom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm...
Movie pageThe Man Who Came to Dinner
as Ernest W. StanleyAn acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a...
Movie pageIt Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Al FarrowA New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house...
Movie pageMr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senator MacPhersonNaive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United...
Movie pageConflict
as Dr. GrantUnhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that...
Movie pageArsenic and Old Lace
as Reverend HarperMortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes...
Movie pageThe Life of Emile Zola
as Georges ClemenceauBiopic of the famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair.
Movie pageThree on a Match
as Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she...
Movie pageDinner at Eight
as Ed LoomisAn ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband,...
Movie pageThe Cat's-Paw
as Silk Hot McGeeNaive Ezekial Cobb, brought up by his missionary father in China returns to America to seek a...
Movie pageA Midsummer Night's Dream
as EgeusFour young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are...
Movie pageTobacco Road
as George PayneShiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their...
Movie pageIn Person
as Judge Thaddeus ParksCarol Corliss, a beautiful movie star so insecure about her celebrity that she goes around in...
Movie page20,000 Years in Sing Sing
as Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward...
Movie pageOne Exciting Adventure
as FussliOne Exciting Adventure is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Ernst L. Frank. It is a remake...
Movie pageHell's Kitchen
as Hiram KrispanA paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's...
Movie pageMy Sister Eileen
as Walter SherwoodSisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their...
Movie pageCastle on the Hudson
as Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Movie pageOn Borrowed Time
as Mr. PilbeamYoung Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather...
Movie pageThe Great Lie
as Joshua MasonAfter a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for...
Movie pageNothing But the Truth
as Mr. BishopA stockbroker bets his new partners $10,000 that he can tell tell the truth, and only the truth,...
Movie pageDancing Lady
as Jasper Bradley Sr.Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton,...
Movie pageIt's in the Air
as W. R. GridleyCon men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin...
Movie pageGold Diggers of 1935
as Louis LamsonRomance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation...
Movie pageSeven Keys to Baldpate
as Thomas HaydenA writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the...
Movie pageCairo
as Mr. O.H.P. BoggsReporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing...
Movie pageOur Betters
as Thornton ClaySoon after being wed, American heiress Lady Pearl Grayston realizes her husband has married her...
Movie pageIf I Had a Million
as Prison Priest (uncredited)An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to...
Movie pageWho Killed Doc Robbin?
as JudgeA group of people find themselves trapped in a creepy mansion, complete with secret passageways,...
Movie pageHeroes for Sale
as George GibsonTom Holmes is someone guided by honesty and moral rectitude, a heroic veteran of the World War I...
Movie pageTraveling Saleslady
as Rufus TwitchellA toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of...
Movie pageThe Secret of Dr. Kildare
as John Xerxes ArchleyIntern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.
Movie pageThe Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as John Summers, Luxury's OwnerA doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his...
Movie pagePeck's Bad Boy with the Circus
as Henry PeckTrouble-prone Billy Peck and his gang descend on a traveling circus that has just hit town, and...
Movie pageThe Feminine Touch
as Dean HutchinsonA college professor who believes there's no place for jealousy in modern marriage, John Hathaway...
Movie pageFootsteps in the Dark
as Wellington CarruthersA high-society gent has a secret life - he writes murder mysteries and hangs out with the police...
Movie pageMoonlight Murder
as Paul AdamsAn escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera...
Movie pageTomorrow at Seven
as Austin WintersPeople in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called "The Black Ace".
Movie pageLarceny, Inc.
as Mr. AspinwallThree ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they...
Movie pageWild Boys of the Road
as James SmithAt the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when...
Movie pageMan to Man
as Barber John Martin BoltonA young man attempts to overcome the memory of his father, who was sent to jail for committing a...
Movie pageThe Case of the Howling Dog
as District Attorney Claude DrummA very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for...
Movie pageBroadway Gondolier
as E.V. Richards, Radio ProducerA taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
Movie pageYouth Takes a Fling
as DukeMcCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves...
Movie pageEdison, the Man
as SnadeIn flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story...
Movie pageNext Time We Love
as Michael JenningsA young married couple's relationship becomes strained when he is assigned overseas as a foreign...
Movie pageOrchestra Wives
as Dr. WardConnie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her...
Movie pageHoneymoon
as Congressman CrenshawA prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City.
Movie pageKing for a Night
as Rev. John WilliamsA prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.
Movie pageA Medal for Benny
as Mayor of PanteraOutcast Benny Martin joined the army to escape public scorn. But when townspeople learn that he...
Movie pageThe Last Gangster
as WardenA crime boss goes searching for his ex-wife and son after a ten-year prison stint. His old gang...
Movie pageWomen Are Like That
as Mr. SnellBusinesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire...
Movie pageHollywood Hotel
as B.L. FaulkinAfter losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall...
Movie pageAnd Now Tomorrow
as Uncle WallaceEmily Blair is rich and deaf. Doctor Vance, who grew up poor in Blairtown, is working on a serum...
Movie pageThe Monroe Doctrine
as John Quincy AdamsThe story of President Monroe's response to attempts by Spain to interfere in South America.
Movie pageThe Penalty
as JudgeIn this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When...
Movie pageLady Behave!
as Burton WilliamsIt's bad enough that Clarice Kendall Andrews, Paula's irresponsible sister, comes home from...
Movie pageBring on the Girls
as Ralph NeelyA millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his...
Movie pageIt All Came True
as Rene SalmonAfter crooked nightclub owner murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to...
Movie pageThe Stranger's Return
as AllenA divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she...
Movie pageMen Without Names
as Andrew WebsterA G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.
Movie pageThat Certain Age
as JewelerDashing reporter Vincent Bullit has just returned from covering the Spanish Civil War. His boss,...
Movie pageThe Impatient Years
as Hotel ClerkStanding before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him...
Movie pageOne Foot in Heaven
as Clayton PotterEpisodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
Movie pageMeet the Stewarts
as Mr. GoodwinA young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.
Movie pageThe Gay Sisters
as Gilbert WheelerThe eldest of three sisters protects their Fifth Avenue mansion from a developer she once married.
Movie page6,000 Enemies
as Warden Alan ParkhurstA tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery...
Movie pageSee Here, Private Hargrove
as Uncle GeorgeJournalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about...
Movie pageCentral Airport
as Mr. BlaineAviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for...
Movie pageReformatory
as Arnold FrayneA new inmate at a juvenile reformatory tries to organize a mass breakout.
Movie pageNew Moon
as Governor of New OrleansA revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.
Movie pageRedheads on Parade
as Minor Role (uncredited)A film star finds herself in trouble with her co-star when she has to flirt with the backer to...
Movie pageStep Lively
as Dr. GibbsFly-by-night producers dodge bill collectors while trying for one big hit.
Movie pageThings You Never See on the Screen
as SelfFlubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1935.
Movie pageWe Who Are Young
as JonesA man violates company policy by getting married.
Movie pageCrime, Inc.
as Wayne ClarkA crime reporter writes book to expose names and methods of the criminal leaders. He is held on...
Movie pageFirst Lady
as Ellsworth T. BanningA politician's wife plots for her husband to become the next U.S. President.
Movie pageBig City Blues
as Station AgentAn Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his...
Movie pageFather Is A Prince
as John W. BowerCarpet-sweeper manufacturer John Bower has no patience with inefficiency, lawyers, or vacuum...
Movie pageNo Man of Her Own
as Charlie VaneAn on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.
Movie pageThe Garden Murder Case
as District Attorney MarkhamDetective Philo Vance is in charge of the investigation of several mysterious murders. Things...
Movie pageWeek-End Marriage
as DoctorIn this comedy, a hard-working husband loses his job and his wife becomes the bread winner.
Movie pageMarch On, America!
as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)The story of America from the Pilgrims in 1620 to the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese....
Movie pageThe Famous Ferguson Case
as Martin CollinsA foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by...
Movie pageHer Master's Voice
as Horace J. TwillingBesieged by his adoring female fans, radio celebrity Ned "The Fireside Troubadour" Farrar hides...
Movie pageBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American...
Movie pageAll by Myself
as J.D. GibbonsCareer woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with...
Movie pageMusic for Madame
as District Attorney Ernest RobinsonAn Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of...
Movie pageDixie
as Mr. MasonA young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he...
Movie pageThe Poor Rich
as Tom HopkinsAlbert Stuyvesant Spottiswood and his cousin Harriet Winthrop Spottiswood arrive separately at...
Movie pageConvention City
as J.B. HoneywellExtra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City.
Movie pagePiccadilly Jim
as Herbert PettJim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann...
Movie pageThe Devil Is a Sissy
as Paul KrumppA well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his...
Movie pageHer Favorite Patient
as Mr. PopeA beautiful female doctor visits her small hometown on her way back to Chicago. Her overworked...
Movie page365 Nights in Hollywood
as J. Walter DelmarDown-on-his-luck film director Jimmie Dale takes a job at a fly-by-night acting school. He is...
Movie pageThe Star Witness
as Pa LeedsA tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an...
Movie pageTwenty Million Sweethearts
as SharpeUnscrupulous agent Rush Blake makes singing waiter Buddy Clayton a big radio star while Peggy...
Movie pageOne More Spring
as Henry SheridanThree people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living...
Movie pageGridiron Flash
as Howard SmithA college football team recruits a tough convict.
Movie pageMy Love Came Back
as Dr. KobbeAmelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius...
Movie pageA Dream Comes True
as Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).
Movie pageLilly Turner
as Dr. HawleyOne woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a...
Movie pageHollywood: The Selznick Years
as 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O....
Movie pageBlondie's Holiday
as Samuel BreckenridgeDagwood gets a raise due to a new contract with a bank manager. Blondie misunderstanding the...
Movie pageBlondie's Anniversary
as Samuel BreckenbridgeBlondie finds a valuable watch that has been hidden by hubby Dagwood. She assumes that it's a...
Movie pageThe Corpse Came C.O.D.
as Mitchell EdwardsRival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and...
Movie pageEasy to Wed
as Homer HenshawWhen a newspaper accuses a wealthy socialite of being a homewrecker, she files a...
Movie pageWe're Rich Again
as Wilbur PageA polo-playing grandmother and her broke brood get back in the money with a Wall Street bet.
Movie pageThe Secret Bride
as Willis MartinBefore Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can...
Movie pageI Love That Man
as Dr. Crittenden - DentistInnocent Nancy Carroll falls in love with con man Edmund Lowe and the pair swindle their way...
Movie pageWatchtower Over Tomorrow
as Passenger with newspaperShort documentary film about the Dumbarton Oaks plan and the proposed formation of the United...
Movie pageThe Big Parade of Comedy
as Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Movie pageThe Headleys at Home
as Ernest HeadleyIn this domestic comedy, a social climbing wife inadvertently creates trouble when she insists...
Movie pageStraight from the Heart
as AustinIn this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to...
Movie pageHe Learned About Women
as ApplebyHe Learned About Women is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Corrigan and...
Movie pageThe Man from M.A.R.S.
as Arthur WymanAn inventor makes contact with Mars via television. The film is notable for using the 3-D...
Movie pageThe Show-Off
as Mr. 'Pa'Aubrey cons Amy into thinking he's a railroad bigwig. When he loses his job he takes one wearing...
Movie pageA Successful Calamity
as ConnorsHenry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie'...
Movie pageGuest Wife
as House DetectiveChristopher Price, a small-town bank executive, continues to be loyal to and idolize his boyhood...
Movie pageMy American Wife
as Robert CantillonAnn Sothern essays the title role in My American Wife. The story opens in Smelter City, Arizona,...
Movie pageThe Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as Edgar HollidayA missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.
Movie pageSaturday's Millions
as Ezra FowlerJim Fowler is Western University's football hero and is constantly besieged by reporters. Jim's...
Movie pageSkylark
as Frederick VantineAs her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always...
Movie pageWhen the Lights Go On Again
as Arnold BensonThe hometown life of a young soldier suffering from shellshock amnesia is revealed in flashback.
Movie pageThe Misleading Lady
as Stephen WeatherbeeHelen Steele, who has theatrical aspirations, has been told by Sidney Parker that, owing to her...
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