Grant Mitchell
Grant Mitchell was born on Jun 17, 1874 in USA. Grant Mitchell's big-screen debut came with The Star Witness directed by William A. Wellman in 1931, strarring Pa Leeds. Grant Mitchell is known for It Happened on Fifth Avenue directed by Roy Del Ruth, Don DeFore stars as Jim Bullock and Ann Harding as Mary O'Connor. The upcoming new movie Grant Mitchell plays is Colonel Effingham's Raid which will be released on Dec 15, 1948.
You would think stage and film veteran Grant Mitchell was born to play stern authoritarians; his father after all was General John Grant Mitchell. But Mitchell would actually be better known for his portrayals of harangued husbands, bemused dads and bilious executives in 30s and 40s films. Born in Columbus, Ohio and a Yale post graduate at Harvard Law, Mitchell gave up his law practice to become an actor and made his stage debut at age 27. He appeared in many leads on Broadway in such plays as "It Pays to Advertise," "The Champion," "The Whole Town's Talking" and "The Baby Cyclone," the last of which was specially written for him by George M. Cohan (see "Other Works"). Mitchell's screen career officially got off the ground with the advent of sound, though he did show up in a couple of silents. The beefy, balding actor appeared primarily in "B" films, and actually had a rare lead in the totally forgotten Father Is a Prince (1940). From time to time, however, he enjoyed being a part of "A" quality classic films such as Mr. Smith au sénat (1939), L'homme qui vint dîner (1942), Laura (1944) and Arsenic et vieilles dentelles (1944). Unmarried, he died at age 82 in 1957.
Birthday
Jun 17, 1874Place of Birth
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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