Acting
Grant Mitchell
Born June 17, 1874 · Columbus, Ohio, USA
Died May 1, 1957 · aged 82
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…
Known For
The Grapes of Wrath · 1940The Grapes of Wrath
★ 7.81940
MovieDrama
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · 1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
★ 7.81939
MovieComedyDrama
After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. The naive and earnest new senator soon finds himself battling political corruption.
Arsenic and Old Lace · 1944Arsenic and Old Lace
★ 7.61944
MovieComedyCrime
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
Leave Her to Heaven · 1945Leave Her to Heaven
★ 7.51945
MovieDramaThriller
A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.
Dinner at Eight · 1933Dinner at Eight
★ 6.81933
MovieComedyDrama
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.
A Midsummer Night's Dream · 1935A Midsummer Night's Dream
★ 6.41935
MovieFantasyRomance
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
It Happened on Fifth Avenue · 1947It Happened on Fifth Avenue
★ 7.11947
MovieComedyRomance
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.
The Life of Emile Zola · 1937The Life of Emile Zola
★ 6.71937
MovieDramaHistory
A fictionalized account of famous French writer Émile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success documenting the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, his complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for espionage. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens an exposé, only to be charged with libel and now he must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.
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Leave Her to Heaven · 1945Leave Her to Heaven
★ 7.51945
MovieDramaThriller
A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.
Carlson (uncredited)
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford · 1936The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
★ 6.21936
MovieComedyMystery
A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.
John Summers, Luxury's Owner
20,000 Years in Sing Sing · 193220,000 Years in Sing Sing
★ 6.41932
MovieCrimeDrama
Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.
Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
A Dream Comes True · 1935A Dream Comes True
★ 6.21935
MovieDocumentary
A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).
Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Castle on the Hudson · 1940Castle on the Hudson
★ 7.01940
MovieCrimeDrama
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)











