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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 18, 1904
Place of Birth:
Horfield, Bristol, England, UK
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Cary Grant
Biography
Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach on January 18, 1904, in Bristol, England) was a British-American actor, celebrated for his debonair charm, impeccable comic timing, and sophisticated screen presence. He became one of Hollywood’s most iconic leading men, starring in classics such as Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1940), Notorious (1946), and North by Northwest (1959).
Grant had a difficult childhood, marked by his mother’s institutionalization and his father’s alcoholism. At 16, he joined the Pender Troupe, a group of acrobats, which led him to New York City, where he built a career in vaudeville before transitioning to Hollywood in the early 1930s.
His breakthrough came with screwball comedies, where his witty delivery and effortless charisma made him a favorite among audiences. He worked with legendary directors such as Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, and George Cukor, solidifying his reputation as a versatile and enduring star.
Grant was married five times, but his longtime companionship with fellow actor Randolph Scott fueled speculation about his sexuality. The two lived together for over a decade, sharing a home in Los Angeles, which led to rumors that they were romantically involved. While Grant never publicly addressed these claims, some biographers suggest that his relationship with Scott was more than just friendship.
Despite the speculation, Grant maintained a carefully curated public image, often portraying the ideal romantic lead opposite Hollywood’s most glamorous actresses, including Katharine Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, and Grace Kelly.
Grant retired from acting in 1966, choosing to focus on business ventures and his family. He received an Academy Honorary Award in 1970 and was honored with the Kennedy Center Award in 1981. He passed away on November 29, 1986, at the age of 82.
His legacy remains unmatched, with the American Film Institute ranking him as the second greatest male star of Hollywood’s Golden Age. His timeless appeal, effortless sophistication, and enigmatic personal life continue to fascinate audiences and film historians alike.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Trouble With Forgetting | (archive footage) |
| 2024 | True Blue | (Archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Sophia Loren, a special destiny | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Hitchcock Confidential | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Mel Brooks: Unwrapped | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Becoming Cary Grant | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Smash His Camera | Self (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Metropolis Refound | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | North by Northwest: One for the Ages | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Behind The Gates: Cary Grant And Grace Kelly | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Hippies | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Cary Grant: A Class Apart | Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock | Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 | On Location with Gunga Din | Archibald Cutter (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love | Self (Archive Footage) |
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Edith Head: The Paramount Years | (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' | Self (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Frank Capra's American Dream | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) |
| 1996 | Ingrid Bergman Remembered | Self (archive footage) |
| 1994 | Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her | Self (archive footage) |
| 1993 | Arizona Dream | Roger Thornhill (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1990 | Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths | (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Marilyn: Something's Got to Give | Self (archive footage) |
| 1990 | You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Self (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To | (archive footage) |
| 1988 | Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage) |
| 1988 | Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Self (archive footage) |
| 1987 | Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self (archive footage) |
| 1986 | Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special | Self |
| 1985 | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self (archive sound) |
| 1984 | All Star Party for Lucille Ball | Self |
| 1983 | Notre Dame de la Croisette | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1983 | All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra | Self |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "Suspicion") (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) |
| 1979 | Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years | Self |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) |
| 1976 | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) |
| 1976 | Hooray for Hollywood | Self (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks | Self (archive footage) |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) |
| 1970 | The Killer of Fossil Gulch | The Victim / The Head Juror (uncredited) |
| 1970 | Elvis: That's the Way It Is | Self |
| 1966 | Walk Don't Run | Sir William Rutland |
| 1964 | Father Goose | Walter Christopher Eckland |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Andre Charville (archive footage) |
| 1963 | Charade | Peter Joshua |
| 1962 | That Touch of Mink | Philip Shayne |
| 1960 | The Grass Is Greener | Victor Rhyall |
| 1959 | North by Northwest | Roger Thornhill |
| 1959 | Operation Petticoat | Lieutenant Commander Matt Sherman |
| 1958 | Houseboat | Tom Winters |
| 1958 | Indiscreet | Philip Adams |
| 1957 | The Pride and the Passion | Anthony |
| 1957 | An Affair to Remember | Nickie Ferrante |
| 1957 | Kiss Them for Me | Cmdr. Andrew " Andy" Crewson |
| 1955 | To Catch a Thief | John Robie |
| 1953 | Dream Wife | Clemson Reade |
| 1952 | Monkey Business | 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 | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | Jim Blandings |
| 1948 | Every Girl Should Be Married | Dr. Madison W. Brown |
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Richard Nugent |
| 1947 | The Bishop's Wife | Dudley |
| 1947 | Blow-Ups of 1947 | Self |
| 1946 | Notorious | T.R. Devlin |
| 1946 | Night and Day | Cole Porter |
| 1946 | Without Reservations | Cary Grant (uncredited) |
| 1945 | George White's Scandals | Cary Grant (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Mortimer Brewster |
| 1944 | The Road to Victory | Cary Grant (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Once Upon a Time | Jerry Flynn |
| 1944 | None But the Lonely Heart | Ernie Mott |
| 1944 | The Shining Future | Self |
| 1943 | Destination Tokyo | Captain Cassidy |
| 1943 | Mr. Lucky | Joe Adams |
| 1942 | The Talk of the Town | Leopold Dilg |
| 1942 | Once Upon a Honeymoon | Patrick O'Toole |
| 1942 | Breakdowns of 1942 | Self |
| 1941 | Suspicion | John D. 'Johnnie' Aysgarth |
| 1941 | Penny Serenade | Roger Adams |
| 1940 | The Philadelphia Story | C.K. Dexter Haven |
| 1940 | His Girl Friday | Walter Burns |
| 1940 | My Favorite Wife | Nick Arden |
| 1940 | The Howards of Virginia | Matt Howard |
| 1940 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self |
| 1940 | A Tribute to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital | Self |
| 1939 | Gunga Din | Archibald Cutter |
| 1939 | In Name Only | Alec Walker |
| 1939 | Only Angels Have Wings | Geoff Carter |
| 1939 | Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 | Self |
| 1938 | Bringing Up Baby | David Huxley |
| 1938 | Holiday | Johnny Case |
| 1938 | Topper Takes a Trip | George Kerby (archive footage) |
| 1937 | Topper | George Kerby |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth | Jerry Warriner |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York | Nick Boyd |
| 1937 | When You're in Love | Jimmy Hudson |
| 1936 | The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss | Ernest Bliss |
| 1936 | Suzy | Andre |
| 1936 | Wedding Present | Charlie Mason |
| 1936 | Big Brown Eyes | Detective Sergeant Danny Barr |
| 1936 | Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self |
| 1935 | Sylvia Scarlett | Jimmy Monkley |
| 1935 | Pirate Party on Catalina Isle | Guest on Isle |
| 1935 | Wings in the Dark | Ken Gordon |
| 1935 | Enter Madame | Gerald Fitzgerald |
| 1935 | The Last Outpost | Michael Andrews |
| 1934 | Born to Be Bad | Malcolm Trevor |
| 1934 | Ladies Should Listen | Julian De Lussac |
| 1934 | Thirty Day Princess | Porter Madison III |
| 1934 | Kiss and Make-Up | Dr. Maurice Lamar |
| 1933 | Alice in Wonderland | Mock Turtle |
| 1933 | I'm No Angel | Jack Clayton |
| 1933 | She Done Him Wrong | Captain Cummings |
| 1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Woman Accused | Jeffrey Baxter |
| 1933 | The Eagle and the Hawk | Henry Crocker |
| 1933 | Gambling Ship | Ace Corbin |
| 1932 | Blonde Venus | Nick Townsend |
| 1932 | Madame Butterfly | Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton |
| 1932 | Hot Saturday | Romer Sheffield |
| 1932 | Devil and the Deep | Lt. Jaeckel |
| 1932 | This Is the Night | Stephen Mathewson |
| 1932 | Sinners in the Sun | Ridgeway |
| 1932 | Singapore Sue | First Sailor |
| 1932 | Merrily We Go to Hell | Charlie Baxter |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Star Life | Self (archive footage) |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self (archive footage) |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1954 | Reflets de Cannes | Self |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee / Presenter |