cary grant:Archibald Alexander Leach (January 18, 1904–November 29, 1986), better known by his stage name Cary Grant, was an English actor who later took U.S. citizenship. Known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor and "dashing good looks" Grant is considered one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men.He was named the second Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute. Noted for his dramatic roles as well as screwball comedy, Grant's best-known films include Bringing Up Baby (1938), Gunga Din (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Penny Serenade (1941), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), None but the Lonely Heart (1944), Notorious (1946), To Catch A Thief (1955), An Affair to Remember (1957), and North by Northwest (1959).Nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actor and five times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, Grant was continually passed over, and in 1970 was given an Honorary Oscar at the 42nd Academy Awards. Frank Sinatra presented Grant with the award, "for his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with the respect and affection of his colleagues.
All Biography:
Born: 18-Jan-1904
Birthplace: Bristol, England
Died: 29-Nov-1986
Location of death: Davenport, IA
Cause of death: Stroke
Remains: Cremated, (ashes scattered)
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Matter of Dispute
Occupation: Actor
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: North by Northwest
St. Luke's Hospital, Davenport, IA.
Father: Elias Leach (d. 1-Dec-1935)
Mother: Elsie Leach (d. 22-Jan-1973)
Wife: Virginia Cherrill (m. 10-Feb-1934, div. 26-Mar-1935)
Wife: Barbara Hutton (m. 8-Jul-1942, div. 30-Aug-1945)
Wife: Betsy Drake (m. 25-Dec-1949, div. 14-Aug-1962)
Wife: Dyan Cannon (actress, m. 22-Jul-1965, div. 28-May-1968, one daughter)
Daughter: Jennifer Grant (actress, b. 26-Feb-1966)
Girlfriend: Maureen Donaldson (together 1973-77)
Wife: Barbara Harris (m. 11-Apr-1981)
Boyfriend: Randolph Scott (actor, disputed)
High School: Fairfield School, Bristol, England (expelled)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Paramount Pictures
Oscar (honorary) 1970
Hollywood Walk of Fame 1610 Vine St. (motion pictures)
Kennedy Center Honor 1981
Asteroid Namesake 9342 Carygrant
Ran Away From Home
Suicide Attempt Los Angeles (6-Oct-1934)
Drug Overdose Los Angeles (6-Oct-1934)
Psychiatric Observation
Naturalized US Citizen 26-Jun-1942
Risk Factors: LSD, Acrophobia
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (25-Sep-1984) · Himself [VOICE]
Walk Don't Run (29-Jun-1966) · Sir William Rutland
Father Goose (10-Dec-1964)
Charade (5-Dec-1963) · Peter Joshua
That Touch of Mink (14-Jun-1962)
The Grass is Greener (23-Dec-1960) · Victor Rhyall
Operation Petticoat (5-Dec-1959) · Rear Adm. Matt T. Sherman
North by Northwest (17-Jul-1959) · Roger O. Thornhill
Houseboat (19-Nov-1958)
Indiscreet (20-May-1958) · Philip Adams
Kiss Them for Me (10-Dec-1957) · Cmdr. Andy Crewson
The Pride and the Passion (10-Jul-1957)
An Affair to Remember (2-Jul-1957) · Nickie Ferrante
To Catch a Thief (5-Aug-1955)
Dream Wife (19-Jun-1953)
Monkey Business (5-Sep-1952) · Dr. Barnaby Fulton
Room for One More (10-Jan-1952)
People Will Talk (29-Aug-1951)
Crisis (7-Jul-1950) · Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson
I Was a Male War Bride (11-Aug-1949) · Capt. Henri Rochard
Every Girl Should Be Married (25-Dec-1948) · Dr. Madison Brown
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (25-Mar-1948)
The Bishop's Wife (9-Dec-1947)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (24-Jul-1947)
Notorious (15-Aug-1946) · T. R. Devlin
Night and Day (2-Jul-1946)
Arsenic and Old Lace (23-Sep-1944) · Mortimer Brewster
None But the Lonely Heart (22-Sep-1944) · Ernie Mott
Once Upon a Time (11-May-1944)
Destination Tokyo (31-Dec-1943)
Mr. Lucky (22-Jul-1943)
Once Upon a Honeymoon (12-Nov-1942) · Patrick O'Toole
The Talk of the Town (20-Aug-1942) · Leopold Dilg
Suspicion (14-Nov-1941) · Johnnie Aysgarth
Penny Serenade (24-Apr-1941) · Roger Adams
The Philadelphia Story (1-Dec-1940) · C. K. Dexter Haven
The Howards of Virginia (19-Sep-1940)
My Favorite Wife (2-May-1940)
His Girl Friday (11-Jan-1940) · Walter Burns
In Name Only (4-Aug-1939)
Only Angels Have Wings (12-May-1939)
Gunga Din (24-Jan-1939) · Sgt. Archibald Cutter
Holiday (15-Jun-1938) · John Case
Bringing Up Baby (18-Feb-1938)
The Awful Truth (21-Oct-1937) · Jerry Warriner
The Toast of New York (22-Jul-1937)
Topper (16-Jul-1937)
When You're in Love (12-Feb-1937)
Wedding Present (9-Oct-1936)
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (28-Jul-1936)
Suzy (26-Jun-1936)
Big Brown Eyes (3-Apr-1936)
Sylvia Scarlett (12-Dec-1935) · Jimmy Monkley
The Last Outpost (11-Oct-1935)
Wings in the Dark (1-Feb-1935)
Enter Madame (4-Jan-1935)
Ladies Should Listen (10-Aug-1934)
Kiss and Make-Up (13-Jul-1934)
Thirty Day Princess (18-May-1934) · Porter Madison III
Born to Be Bad (18-May-1934) · Malcolm Trevor
Alice in Wonderland (22-Dec-1933)
I'm No Angel (6-Oct-1933)
The Eagle and the Hawk (6-May-1933)
The Woman Accused (17-Feb-1933)
She Done Him Wrong (27-Jan-1933)
Madame Butterfly (30-Dec-1932)
Hot Saturday (28-Oct-1932)
Blonde Venus (16-Sep-1932) · Nick Townsend
Devil and the Deep (12-Aug-1932)
Sinners in the Sun (13-May-1932)
This Is the Night (8-Apr-1932) · Stephen
Politics:
Grant did not think movie stars should publicly make political declarations. Grant described his politics and his reticence about them this way:I'm opposed to actors taking sides in public and spouting spontaneously about love, religion, or politics. We aren't experts on these subjects. Personally I'm a mass of inconsistencies when it comes to politics. My opinions are constantly changing. That's why I don't ever take a public stand on issues.Throughout his life, Grant maintained personal friendships with colleagues of varying political stripes, and his few political activities seemed to be shaped by personal friendships. Repulsed by the human costs to many in Hollywood, Grant publicly condemned McCarthyism in 1953, and when his friend Charlie Chaplin, was blacklisted, Grant insisted that the actor's artistic value outweighed political concerns.[33] Grant was also a friend of the Kennedy brothers and Robert Kennedy's press secretary Frank Mankiewicz. He hosted one of Robert Kennedy's first political fundraisers at his home. He made one of his rare statements on public issues following the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, calling for gun control.In 1976, after his retirement from movies, Grant made his one overtly partisan appearance, introducing his friend Betty Ford, the First Lady, at the Republican National Convention, but even in this he maintained some distance from partisanship, speaking of "your" party, rather than "ours" in his remarks.
Filmography:
Year Film Role Notes
1932 This Is the Night Stephen With Lili Damita, Charles Ruggles, and Thelma Todd
Sinners in the Sun Ridgeway
Singapore Sue First Sailor (Screen Test)
Merrily We Go to Hell Charlie Baxter UK title: Merrily We Go to _____
With Sylvia Sidney and Fredric March
Devil and the Deep Lieutenant Jaeckel With Tallulah Bankhead and Gary Cooper
Blonde Venus Nick Townsend With Marlene Dietrich
Hot Saturday Romer Sheffield With Nancy Carroll and Edward Woods
Madame Butterfly Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton With Sylvia Sidney and Charles Ruggles
1933 She Done Him Wrong Capt. Cummings With Mae West and Noah Beery, Sr.
The Woman Accused Jeffrey Baxter With Nancy Carroll
The Eagle and the Hawk Henry Crocker With Fredric March and Carole Lombard
Gambling Ship Ace Corbin With Jack La Rue and Glenda Farrell
I'm No Angel Jack Clayton With Mae West
Alice in Wonderland The Mock Turtle With W. C. Fields and Gary Cooper
1934 Thirty Day Princess Porter Madison III With Sylvia Sidney and Edward Arnold
Born to Be Bad Malcolm Trevor With Loretta Young
(Heavily censored by the Hayes Office)
Kiss and Make-Up Dr. Maurice Lamar With Helen Mack and the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1934
Ladies Should Listen Julian De Lussac With Francis Drake and Edward Everett Horton
1935 Enter Madame Gerald Fitzgerald With top-billed Elissa Landi
Wings in the Dark Ken Gordon With Myrna Loy
The Last Outpost Michael Andrews With Claude Rains
Sylvia Scarlett Jimmy Monkley Directed by George Cukor
With Katharine Hepburn
1936 Big Brown Eyes Det. Sgt. Danny Barr With Joan Bennett and Walter Pidgeon
Suzy Andre With Jean Harlow and Franchot Tone
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss Ernest Bliss US title: Romance and Riches
Alt title: The Amazing Adventure
Wedding Present Charlie With Joan Bennett
1937 When You're in Love Jimmy Hudson UK title: For You Alone
With Grace Moore
Topper George Kerby With Constance Bennett
The Toast of New York Nicholas "Nick" Boyd With Edward Arnold and Jack Oakie
The Awful Truth Jerry Warriner Directed by Leo McCarey
With Irene Dunne
Introduced the "Cary Grant persona"
1938 Bringing up Baby Dr. David Huxley Directed by Howard Hawks
With Katharine Hepburn and Charles Ruggles
Holiday John "Johnny" Case Directed by George Cukor
With Katharine Hepburn
UK title: Free to Live
1939 Gunga Din Sgt. Archibald Cutter Directed by George Stevens
With Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Only Angels Have Wings Geoff Carter Directed by Howard Hawks
With Jean Arthur, Thomas Mitchell, and Rita Hayworth
In Name Only Alec Walker With Carole Lombard and Charles Coburn
1940 His Girl Friday Walter Burns Directed by Howard Hawks
Remake of The Front Page
With Rosalind Russell
My Favorite Wife Nick Co-written by Leo McCarey
Directed by Garson Kanin
With Irene Dunne and Gail Patrick
The Howards of Virginia Matt Howard UK title: The Tree of Liberty
With Martha Scott
The Philadelphia Story C.K. Dexter Haven With Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart
1941 Penny Serenade Roger Adams Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor
Directed by George Stevens
With Irene Dunne and Edgar Buchanan
Suspicion Johnnie Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
With Joan Fontaine
1942 The Talk of the Town Leopold Dilg aka Joseph With Ronald Colman and Jean Arthur
Once Upon a Honeymoon Patrick "Pat" O'Toole Directed by Leo McCarey
With Ginger Rogers
1943 Mr. Lucky Joe Adams/Joe Bascopolous With Laraine Day and Charles Bickford
Destination Tokyo Capt. Cassidy With John Garfield and Dane Clark
1944 Once Upon a Time Jerry Flynn With Janet Blair
Arsenic and Old Lace Mortimer Brewster With Priscilla Lane and Peter Lorre
None But the Lonely Heart Ernie Mott Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor
Written and directed by Clifford Odets
With Ethel Barrymore
1946 Without Reservations Himself (cameo) With Claudette Colbert and John Wayne
Night and Day Cole Porter Directed by Michael Curtiz
Notorious T.R. Devlin Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
With Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains
1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer Dick UK title: Bachelor Knight
With Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple
The Bishop's Wife Dudley With Loretta Young and David Niven
1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Jim Blandings With Myrna Loy and Melvyn Douglas
Every Girl Should Be Married Dr. Madison W. Brown With Betsy Drake
1949 I Was a Male War Bride Capt. Henri Rochard UK title: You Can't Sleep Here
With Ann Sheridan
1950 Crisis Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson With Jose Ferrer
1951 People Will Talk Dr. Noah Praetorius With Jeanne Crain
1952 Room for One More George "Poppy" Rose With Betsy Drake
Monkey Business Dr. Barnaby Fulton Directed by Howard Hawks
With Ginger Rogers and Marilyn Monroe
1953 Dream Wife Clemson Reade With Deborah Kerr and Walter Pidgeon
1955 To Catch a Thief John Robie Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
With Grace Kelly
1957 The Pride and the Passion Anthony With Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren
An Affair to Remember Nickie Ferrante A same-script remake of Love Affair (1939 film), both directed by Leo McCarey
With Deborah Kerr
Kiss Them for Me Cmdr. Andy Crewson Directed by Stanley Donen
With Jayne Mansfield and Suzy Parker
1958 Indiscreet Philip Adams Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Directed by Stanley Donen
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