Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell, (founding member #30) is part of Screen Actors Guild lore: he was one of the original five actors who met at Kenneth Thomson's home in March 1933 to discuss forming what would become the Screen Actors Guild. Before coming to Hollywood in 1931, he had a fabulously successful stage career of 30 years, often with "star billing", as in this 1922 flyer for The Champion. In May 1913, Mitchell became a founding member of the new Actors' Equity Association, joining at the organizing meeting.