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Cary Grant
Born in Bristol, England, as Archibald Alec Leach, Cary Grant (1904–1986) was a British-American actor known for his distinctive Mid-Atlantic accent, natural style, and sense of comic timing. He was one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men. Despite his impoverished upbringing and unhappy childhood, which included the early loss of his mother and his father's alcoholism, he was attracted to theater and began his career as a stage performer in the US before moving to Hollywood. His initial roles in the 1930s were in crime films and dramas, but he eventually gained acclaim for his roles in romantic and screwball comedies such as Can't Take It with You, His Girl Friday, and The Philadelphia Story, many of which are considered to be among the greatest comedy films of all time. In the 1940s and 1950s, he had a close working relationship with director Alfred Hitchcock, who cast him in four films that showcased both Grant's comic abilities and his capacity for darker roles. He was married five times, had one daughter, and became a U.S. citizen in 1942. Grant retired from acting in the mid-1960s, but made occasional public appearances afterwards and served on the boards of several companies.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Archibald Alec Leach
Born: Horfield, Bristol, England
Citizenship: United Kingdom, United States (from 1942)
Birthday: January 18, 1904
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1922-1986
Children: 1
Spouses: Virginia Cherrill, Barbara Hutton, Betsy Drake, Dyan Cannon, Barbara Harris
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Awards and Nominations Received by Cary Grant
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Movies Featuring Cary Grant
Suspicion
Notorious
The Bishop's Wife
Bringing Up Baby
Charade
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
The Philadelphia Story
North by Northwest
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
To Catch a Thief
Only Angels Have Wings
The Awful Truth
An Affair to Remember
Room for One More
Alice in Wonderland
The Grass Is Greener
Metropolis Refound
And the Oscar Goes To…
Becoming Cary Grant
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of ‘North by Northwest’
Hitchcock Confidential
Complicated Women
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Hippies
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
You’re the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Notre Dame de la Croisette
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Marilyn: Something’s Got to Give
Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Showbiz Goes to War
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Rat Pack
The Trouble With Forgetting
The Woman Accused
Devil and the Deep
The Killer of Fossil Gulch
Penny Serenade
Blonde Venus
The Road to Victory
The Big Parade of Comedy
Father Goose
Arsenic and Old Lace
Songs for After a War
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
None But the Lonely Heart
The Eagle and the Hawk
She Done Him Wrong
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Every Girl Should Be Married
Once Upon a Time… ‘Notorious’
I’m No Angel
The Pride and the Passion
Gambling Ship
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Breakdowns of 1942
Topper
Crisis
Hot Saturday
Wedding Present
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Elvis: That’s the Way It Is
This Is the Night
When You’re in Love
Mr. Lucky
Enter Madame
Operation Petticoat
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
People Will Talk
Kiss and Make-Up
Monkey Business
Sinners in the Sun
Walk Don’t Run
Merrily We Go to Hell
Houseboat
The Last Outpost
Suzy
1939: Hollywood’s Greatest Year
Destination Tokyo
Ladies Should Listen
That Touch of Mink
My Favorite Wife
Gunga Din
I Was a Male War Bride
The Toast of New York
The Howards of Virginia
His Girl Friday
Dream Wife
Born to Be Bad
Night and Day
The Talk of the Town
George White’s Scandals
Wings in the Dark
Indiscreet
Frank Capra’s American Dream
The Shining Future
Madame Butterfly
Sylvia Scarlett
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Thirty Day Princess
Without Reservations
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Career Timeline
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2019
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock Confidential
Self (archive footage)
2009
Once Upon a Time… ‘Notorious’
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood’s Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Hippies
Self (archive footage)
2004
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
Self (archive footage)
Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra’s American Dream
Self (archive footage)
1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(archive footage)
You’re the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self (archive footage)
Marilyn: Something’s Got to Give
Self (archive footage)
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage)
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1970
The Killer of Fossil Gulch
The Victim / The Head Juror (uncredited)
Elvis: That’s the Way It Is
Self
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Andre Charville (archive footage)
Father Goose
Walter Christopher Eckland
1948
The Bishop's Wife
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Jim Blandings
Every Girl Should Be Married
Dr. Madison W. Brown
1944
The Road to Victory
Cary Grant (uncredited)
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mortimer Brewster
None But the Lonely Heart
Ernie Mott
The Shining Future
Self
1942
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
The Talk of the Town
Leopold Dilg
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Patrick O'Toole
1940
The Philadelphia Story
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
My Favorite Wife
Nick Arden
The Howards of Virginia
Matt Howard
His Girl Friday
Walter Burns
1937
The Awful Truth
Topper
George Kerby
When You’re in Love
Jimmy Hudson
The Toast of New York
Nick Boyd
1936
Wedding Present
Charlie Mason
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
Ernest Bliss
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
Suzy
Andre
1935
Enter Madame
Gerald Fitzgerald
The Last Outpost
Michael Andrews
Wings in the Dark
Ken Gordon
Sylvia Scarlett
Jimmy Monkley
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Guest on Isle
1934
Kiss and Make-Up
Dr. Maurice Lamar
Ladies Should Listen
Julian De Lussac
Born to Be Bad
Malcolm Trevor
Thirty Day Princess
Porter Madison III
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