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John Grant Mitchell Jr. was an American stage actor on Broadway and mainly a character actor on film. He appeared on Broadway from 1902 to 1939 and appeared in more than 125 films between 1930 and 1948.
Birth Name
John Grant Mitchell Jr.
Born
Wednesday, 17 June 1874
Died
Wednesday, 01 May 1957
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Our Gang Story | Judge | 1994 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| The Big Parade of Comedy | Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' / (archive footage) | 1964 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Actor 'Dinner at Eight' | 1961 |
| My Country 'Tis of Thee | John Quincy Adams | 1950 |
| Who Killed 'Doc' Robbin? | Judge | 1948 |
| Blondie's Anniversary | Samuel Breckenbridge | 1947 |
| The Corpse Came C.O.D. | Mitchell Edwards | 1947 |
| Honeymoon | Congressman Crenshaw | 1947 |
| It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Farrow / Al Farrow | 1947 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Our Gang Story | Judge | 1994 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| The Big Parade of Comedy | Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' / (archive footage) | 1964 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Actor 'Dinner at Eight' | 1961 |
| My Country 'Tis of Thee | John Quincy Adams | 1950 |
| Who Killed 'Doc' Robbin? | Judge | 1948 |
| Blondie's Anniversary | Samuel Breckenbridge | 1947 |
| The Corpse Came C.O.D. | Mitchell Edwards | 1947 |
| Honeymoon | Congressman Crenshaw | 1947 |
| It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Farrow / Al Farrow | 1947 |
| Blondie's Holiday | Samuel Breckenridge | 1947 |
| Easy to Wed | Homer Henshaw | 1946 |
| Cinderella Jones | (scenes deleted) | 1946 |
| Colonel Effingham's Raid | Maj. Anthony T. Hickock | 1946 |
| Leave Her to Heaven | Carlson | 1945 |
| Guest Wife | House Detective | 1945 |
| Conflict | Dr. Grant | 1945 |
| Bedside Manner | Mr. Pope | 1945 |
| Wonder Man | Mr. Wagonseller | 1945 |
| A Medal for Benny | Mayor of Pantera | 1945 |
| Crime, Inc. | Wayne Clark | 1945 |
| Bring on the Girls | Uncle Ralph / Ralph Neely | 1945 |
| And Now Tomorrow | Uncle Wallace | 1944 |
| When the Lights Go on Again | Mr. Arnold Benson / Arnold Benson | 1944 |
| Laura | Lancaster Corey | 1944 |
| The Impatient Years | Hotel Clerk | 1944 |
| Arsenic and Old Lace | Reverend Harper | 1944 |
| Step Lively | Dr. Gibbs | 1944 |
| See Here, Private Hargrove | Uncle George | 1944 |
| Dixie | Mr. Mason | 1943 |
| All by Myself | J.D. Gibbons | 1943 |
| The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Edgar Holliday | 1943 |
| My Sister Eileen | Walter Sherwood | 1942 |
| Orchestra Wives | Dr. Ward | 1942 |
| Cairo | O.H.P. Boggs / Mr. O.H.P. Boggs | 1942 |
| The Gay Sisters | Gilbert Wheeler | 1942 |
| March on, America! | John Quincy Adams | 1942 |
| Meet the Stewarts | Pierce Goodwin / Mr. Pierce Goodwin | 1942 |
| Larceny, Inc | Mr. Aspinwall | 1942 |
| The Man Who Came to Dinner | Mr. Ernest W. Stanley / Ernest W. Stanley | 1942 |
| Skylark | Frederick Vantine | 1941 |
| One Foot in Heaven | Clayton Potter | 1941 |
| Nothing But the Truth | Mr. Bishop | 1941 |
| The Feminine Touch | Dean Hutchinson | 1941 |
| The Great Lie | Joshua Mason | 1941 |
| The Penalty | Judge | 1941 |
| Footsteps in the Dark | Wellington Carruthers / Wellington | 1941 |
| Tobacco Road | George Payne | 1941 |
| Father Is a Prince | John Bower / John W. Bower | 1940 |
| The Bride Wore Crutches | E.J. Randall | 1940 |
| We Who Are Young | Jones | 1940 |
| My Love Came Back | Dr. Kobbe | 1940 |
| New Moon | Governor of New Orleans | 1940 |
| Edison, the Man | Snade | 1940 |
| It All Came True | Rene Salmon / Mr. Rene Salmon | 1940 |
| The Grapes of Wrath | Caretaker | 1940 |
| Castle on the Hudson | Dr. Ames | 1940 |
| The Secret of Dr. Kildare | John Xerxes Archley | 1939 |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Senator MacPherson | 1939 |
| The Monroe Doctrine | John Quincy Adams | 1939 |
| Hell's Kitchen | Hiram Krispan | 1939 |
| On Borrowed Time | Mr. Pilbeam | 1939 |
| Juarez | Mr. Harris | 1939 |
| 6, 000 Enemies | Warden Parkhurst / Warden Alan Parkhurst | 1939 |
| Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus | Henry Peck | 1938 |
| The Headleys at Home | Ernest Headley | 1938 |
| That Certain Age | Jeweler | 1938 |
| Youth Takes a Fling | Duke | 1938 |
| Reformatory | Arnold Frayne | 1938 |
| Women Are Like That | Mr. Snell | 1938 |
| Lady Behave! | Burton Williams | 1937 |
| Hollywood Hotel | B.L. Faulkin | 1937 |
| First Lady | Ellsworth T. Banning | 1937 |
| The Last Gangster | Prison Warden / Warden | 1937 |
| Music for Madame | District Attorney Ernest Robinson | 1937 |
| The Life of Emile Zola | Georges Clemenceau | 1937 |
| The Devil Is a Sissy | Paul Krumpp | 1936 |
| Piccadilly Jim | Herbert Pett | 1936 |
| My American Wife | Robert Cantillon | 1936 |
| Parole! | Marty Crawford | 1936 |
| The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | John Summers, Luxury's Owner / John Summers - Luxury's Owner | 1936 |
| Moonlight Murder | Dr. Adams / Paul Adams | 1936 |
| Next Time We Love | Michael Jennings | 1936 |
| The Garden Murder Case | District Attorney Markham | 1936 |
| A Dream Comes True | Egeus | 1935 |
| Seven Keys to Baldpate | Thomas Hayden | 1935 |
| Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935 |
| In Person | Judge Thaddeus Parks | 1935 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Egeus - Father to Hermia / Egeus | 1935 |
| It's in the Air | W. R. Gridley | 1935 |
| Redheads on Parade | Minor Role | 1935 |
| Broadway Gondolier | E.V. Richards, Radio Producer | 1935 |
| Men Without Names | Andrew Webster | 1935 |
| Traveling Saleslady | Rufus Twitchell | 1935 |
| Gold Diggers of 1935 | Louis Lamson | 1935 |
| One More Spring | Mr. Sheridan / Henry Sheridan | 1935 |
| The Secret Bride | Willis Martin | 1934 |
| 365 Nights in Hollywood | J. Walter Delmar | 1934 |
| Gridiron Flash | Howard Smith | 1934 |
| The Case of the Howling Dog | Claude Drumm / District Attorney Claude Drumm | 1934 |
| One Exciting Adventure | Fussli | 1934 |
| The Cat's-Paw | Silk Hat McGee / Silk Hot McGee | 1934 |
| We're Rich Again | Wilbur Page | 1934 |
| Twenty Million Sweethearts | Chester A. Sharpe / Sharpe | 1934 |
| The Show-Off | Mr. 'Pa' / Mr. 'Pa' Fisher | 1934 |
| The Poor Rich | Tom Hopkins | 1934 |
| King for a Night | Rev. John Williams | 1934 |
| Convention City | J.B. Honeywell | 1933 |
| Shadows of Sing Sing | Joe Martel | 1933 |
| Dancing Lady | Jasper Bradley, Sr. / Jasper Bradley Sr. | 1933 |
| Wild Boys of the Road | James Smith | 1933 |
| Saturday's Millions | Ezra Fowler | 1933 |
| Dinner at Eight | Ed Loomis | 1933 |
| The Stranger's Return | Allen / Allen Redfield | 1933 |
| I Love That Man | Dr. Crittenden - Dentist | 1933 |
| Heroes for Sale | George Gibson / George W. Gibson | 1933 |
| Tomorrow at Seven | Austin Winters | 1933 |
| Lilly Turner | Dr. Hawley | 1933 |
| Central Airport | Mr. Blaine | 1933 |
| He Learned About Women | Appleby | 1933 |
| Our Betters | Thornton Clay | 1933 |
| No Man of Her Own | Charlie Vane | 1932 |
| 20,000 Years in Sing Sing | Tester of Convicts' IQs | 1932 |
| If I Had a Million | Prison Priest | 1932 |
| Three on a Match | Mr. Gilmore | 1932 |
| Big City Blues | Station Agent | 1932 |
| A Successful Calamity | Connors - Wilton's Butler / Connors | 1932 |
| Week-End Marriage | Doctor | 1932 |
| The Famous Ferguson Case | Martin Collins | 1932 |
| The Star Witness | Pa Leeds | 1931 |
| Man to Man | Barber John Martin Bolton / John Martin Bolton - Barber | 1930 |
| Radio-Mania | Arthur Wyman | 1923 |
