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Cary Grant (I) (1904–1986)

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Once told by an interviewer, "Everybody would like to be Cary Grant," Grant is said to have replied, "So would I." His early years in Bristol, England, would have been an ordinary lower-middle-class childhood except for one extraordinary event. At age nine, he came home from school one day and was told his mother had gone off to a seaside resort... See full bio »

Born:

Archibald Alexander Leach
in Horfield, Bristol, England, UK

Died:

(age 82) in Davenport, Iowa, USA
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1966 Walk Don't Run
Sir William Rutland
 
1964 Father Goose
Walter
 
1963 Charade
Peter Joshua
 
1962 That Touch of Mink
Philip Shayne
 
1960 The Grass Is Greener
Victor Rhyall, Earl
 
1959 Operation Petticoat
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman
 
1959 North by Northwest
Roger O. Thornhill
 
1958 Houseboat
Tom Winters
 
1958 Indiscreet
Philip Adams
 
1957 Kiss Them for Me
Cmdr. Andy Crewson
 
1957 The Pride and the Passion
Anthony
 
1957 An Affair to Remember
Nickie Ferrante
 
1955 To Catch a Thief
John Robie
 
1953 Dream Wife
Clemson Reade
 
1952 Monkey Business
Dr. Barnaby Fulton
 
1952 Room for One More
George 'Poppy' Rose
 
1951 People Will Talk
Dr. Noah Praetorius
 
1950 Crisis
Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson
 
1949 I Was a Male War Bride
Capt. Henri Rochard
 
1948 Every Girl Should Be Married
Dr. Madison Brown
 
1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Jim Blandings
 
1947 The Bishop's Wife
Dudley
 
1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Dick
 
1946 Notorious
Devlin
 
1946 Night and Day
Cole Porter
 
1946 Without Reservations
Cary Grant (uncredited)
 
1944 None But the Lonely Heart
Ernie Mott
 
1944 Arsenic and Old Lace
Mortimer Brewster
 
1944 Once Upon a Time
Jerry Flynn
 
1943 Destination Tokyo
Capt. Cassidy
 
1943 Mr. Lucky
Joe Adams/Joe Bascopolous
 
1942 Once Upon a Honeymoon
Patrick 'Pat' O'Toole
 
1942 The Talk of the Town
Leopold Dilg - Joseph
 
1941 Suspicion
Johnnie
 
1941 Penny Serenade
Roger Adams
 
1940 The Philadelphia Story
C.K. Dexter Haven
 
1940 The Howards of Virginia
Matt Howard
 
1940 My Favorite Wife
Nick
 
1940 His Girl Friday
Walter Burns
 
1939 In Name Only
Alec Walker
 
1939 Only Angels Have Wings
Geoff Carter
 
1939 Gunga Din
Cutter
 
1938 Holiday
Johnny Case
 
1938 Bringing Up Baby
David
 
1937 The Awful Truth
Jerry Warriner
 
1937 The Toast of New York
Nick Boyd
 
1937 Topper
George Kerby
 
1937 When You're in Love
Jimmy Hudson
 
1936 Wedding Present
Charlie Mason
 
1936 The Amazing Adventure
Ernest Bliss
 
1936 Fashions in Love (short)
 
1936 Suzy
Andre Charville
 
1936 Big Brown Eyes
Det. Sgt. Danny Barr
 
1935 Sylvia Scarlett
Jimmy Monkley
 
1935 The Last Outpost
Michael Andrews
 
1935 Wings in the Dark
Ken Gordon
 
1935 Enter Madame
Gerald Fitzgerald
 
1934 Ladies Should Listen
Julian De Lussac
 
1934 Kiss and Make-Up
Dr. Maurice Lamar
 
1934 Born to Be Bad
Malcolm Trevor
 
1934 Thirty Day Princess
Porter Madison III
 
1933 Alice in Wonderland
Mock Turtle
 
1933 I'm No Angel
Jack Clayton
 
1933 Gambling Ship
Ace Corbin
 
1933 The Eagle and the Hawk
Henry Crocker
 
1933 The Woman Accused
Jeffrey Baxter
 
1933 She Done Him Wrong
Captain Cummings
 
1932 Madame Butterfly
Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton
 
1932 Hot Saturday
Romer Sheffield
 
1932 Blonde Venus
Nick Townsend
 
1932 Devil and the Deep
Lt. Jaeckel
 
1932 Merrily We Go to Hell
Charlie Baxter/'DeBrion' in play
 
1932 Singapore Sue (short)
First Sailor (uncredited)
 
1932 Sinners in the Sun
Ridgeway
 
1932 This Is the Night
Stephen Mathewson
 
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1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary) (performer: "Did I Remember" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1966 Walk Don't Run (performer: "An Affair to Remember Our Love Affair" - uncredited / "Charade" - uncredited)
 
1959 North by Northwest (performer: "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" 1956 / as "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Bourbon" / "Singin' in the Rain" 1929)
 
1957 An Affair to Remember (performer: "You Make It Easy To Be True")
 
1952 Monkey Business (performer: "The Whiffenpoof Song" - uncredited)
 
1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (performer: "Home on the Range" - uncredited)
 
1946 Night and Day (performer: "Bull Dog" 1911 - uncredited, "An Old Fashioned Garden" 1919 - uncredited, "You're the Top" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1944 None But the Lonely Heart (performer: "Romance No.6, Op.6 None But the Lonely Heart" 1869 - uncredited)
 
1943 Mr. Lucky ("Something To Remember You By" 1930)
 
1941 Penny Serenade (performer: "Happy Birthday to You")
 
1940 The Howards of Virginia ("The Huntsman and His Master" - uncredited)
 
1940 My Favorite Wife (performer: "Jingle Bells" 1857 - uncredited)
 
1939 Only Angels Have Wings (performer: "Some of These Days" 1910, "The Peanut Vendor" 1931)
 
1938 Bringing Up Baby (performer: "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1937 Topper (performer: "Old Man Moon" 1937, "The Old Oaken Bucket" 1818 - uncredited)
 
1936 Suzy (performer: "La père, la victoire" 1888 - uncredited / "Did I Remember To Tell You I Adore You?" 1936)
 
1935 Sylvia Scarlett (performer: "HELLO! HELLO! WHO'S YOUR LADY FRIEND?" - uncredited, "HELLO! HELLO!" - uncredited, "I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE")
 
1933 Alice in Wonderland (performer: "Beautiful Soup" - uncredited)
 
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1938 Topper Takes a Trip (grateful acknowledgment: is expressed to, for his consent to use the scenes from the original "Topper" - as Mr. Cary Grant)
 
Show ShowSelf (38 titles)
1993 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Cary Grant: Hollywood's Leading Man (1993) … Himself
 
1986 All-Star Party for Clint Eastwood (TV movie)
Himself
 
1986 The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Roger Moore (TV movie)
Himself
 
1986 George Burns' 90th Birthday Party: A Very Special Special (TV movie)
Himself - Cameo
 
1985 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Gene Kelly (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1985 The 57th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to James Stewart
 
1984 All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (TV movie)
Himself
 
1984 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (documentary)
Himself (voice)
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Remembering David Niven
 
1984 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Lillian Gish (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1983 All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra (TV movie)
Himself
 
1982 The Nativity (TV documentary)
Himself - Introduction (voice)
 
1981 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special documentary)
Himself - Honoree
 
1980 Sinatra: The First 40 Years (TV special)
Himself
 
1979 The 51st Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Laurence Olivier
 
1979 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1979 The 36th Annual Golden Globes Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1976 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #6.2 (1976) … Himself
 
1976 Friars Club Tribute to Gene Kelly (TV movie)
Himself - Speaker
 
1975 At Long Last Cole (TV movie)
Himself
 
1974 Cedars-Sinai Benefit (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1973 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Ford (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1970 Elvis: That's the Way It Is (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1970 The 24th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1970 The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
 
1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Picture
 
1958 The 30th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actor
 
1957 The 29th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Accepting Best Actress Award for Ingrid Bergman
 
1944 Road to Victory (short)
Himself
 
1944 The Shining Future (short)
Himself
 
1940 A Tribute to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 4 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 8 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1935 Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-8 (short)
Himself
 
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-6 (short)
Himself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (short)
Himself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
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2012 Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man (documentary short)
Himself
 
2011 A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (TV documentary)
Dudley the Angel
 
2011 Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2010 Metropolis refundada (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Smash His Camera (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (TV documentary)
Various Roles
 
2009 Dans le labyrinthe de Marienbad (video documentary short)
 
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Warner at War (TV documentary)
 
2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2008 Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Affairs to Remember: Cary Grant (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Close-up (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Hippies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 City Confidential (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Line Renaud: une histoire de France (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (documentary)
T.R. Devlin/Roger O. Thornhill (uncredited)
 
1997-2006 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2006 War Stories with Oliver North (TV series documentary)
 
2005 I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (documentary)
Peter Joshua (in 'Charade')
 
2004 Robert Capa: The Man Who Believed His Own Legend (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 Auf den Spuren Winnetous (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Grant: Cien años de glamour (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990-2004 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Cary Comes Home (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 True Love (video short)
Himself
 
2003 Christmas from Hollywood (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Complicated Women (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Living Famously (TV series)
 
2003 Cary Grant and Howard Hawks (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Nearest to Heaven
Nickie Ferrante from film 'An Affair to Remember' (uncredited)
 
2002 Shirtless: Hollywood's Sexiest Men (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (TV documentary)
 
1999 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
 
1999 Save Our History (TV series documentary)
 
1999 Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (TV special documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1999 Cary Grant on Film (video documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Sharon Stone - Una mujer de 100 caras (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1998 Classified X (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Judy Garland's Hollywood (video documentary)
 
1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Legends of Entertainment Video (video documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Hal Roach: King of Laughter (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Katharine Hepburn: All About Me (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Fame in the Twentieth Century (TV series documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1993 The Unknown Marx Brothers (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1990 Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 Playboy Video Centerfold: Dutch Twins (video documentary)
Himself
 
1988 The Princess Grace Foundation Special Gala Tribute to Cary Grant (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 Cinema Paradiso
Walter Burns (uncredited)
 
1988 Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 Hollywood Sex Symbols (video documentary short)
 
1987 Moonlighting (TV series)
 
1987 Le cinéma dans les yeux
Himself
 
1985 That's Dancing! (documentary)
Himself - film clip
 
1984 Ingrid (documentary)
Himself, clips from 'Notorious' & 'Indiscreet' (uncredited)
 
1982 Showbiz Goes to War (TV movie)
 
1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "Suspicion")
 
1981 This Is Elvis
Himself (uncredited)
 
1981 Notre Dame de la Croisette (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1979 Ken Murray Shooting Stars (documentary)
Himself
 
1979 Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (TV documentary)
Himself - Oscar Dinner, 1942, with Roz Russell (uncredited)
 
1977 That's Action (documentary)
Himself
 
1976 Canciones para después de una guerra (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Clip from 'Philadelphia Story'
 
1976 It's Showtime (documentary)
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
 
1975 Hooray for Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary)
Clip from 'Suzy'
 
1973 The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory (TV documentary)
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Himself
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Himself
 
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (documentary)
Actor in 'Suzy'
 
1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
1955 MGM Parade (TV series)
 
1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
 
1945 George White's Scandals
Himself (uncredited)
 
1940 The Miracle of Sound (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Topper Takes a Trip
George Kerby (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1922) Stage: Appeared (billed as "Archie Leach") in "Better Times" on Broadway. Musical. Staged (with lyrics by) by R.H. Burnside (based on his book). Hippodrome Theatre: 2 Sept 1922-28 Apr 1923 (405 performances). See more »

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4 Biographical Movies  | 18 Print Biographies  | 14 Articles  | 9 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Mr. Cary Grant | Archibald Leach

Height:

6' 1½" (1.87 m)
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Personal Quote:

It's important to know where you've come from so that you can know where you're going. I probably chose my profession because I was seeking approval, adulation, admiration and affection. See more »

Trivia:

If you look closely at his teeth, you'll find that he only has one incisor (front tooth). Apparently when he was a boy he knocked out a tooth while ice skating. Rather than get into trouble with his father, he opted to go to a nearby dental college and have them gradually push his other teeth together to fill in the gap... See more »

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Star Sign:

Capricorn