- Born
- 18 January 1904, Bristol, United Kingdom
- First work
- 1932: This Is the Night
- Peak
- 1937 to 1946 (estimated)
- Last work
- 1966: Walk, Don't Run
- Died
- 29 November 1986, Davenport, United States; aged 82; natural
Cary Grant
Film: actor, comedian, United Kingdom
Born Archibald Alec Leach in Bristol in 1904, Cary Grant personified debonair wit and cinematic charm. After training in English music halls and American vaudeville, he signed with Paramount in 1932 before perfecting his screen persona in peerless screwball comedies like The Awful Truth, Bringing Up Baby, and His Girl Friday. Grant also became Alfred Hitchcock's ideal leading man, demonstrating psychological subtlety in Notorious and North by Northwest. Gracefully stepping away from acting in 1966 after Walk, Don't Run, he remained a celebrated standard of elegance. Grant died of a stroke in Davenport, Iowa, in November 1986.
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Signature works
- The Awful Truth film1937
- Bringing Up Baby film1938
- His Girl Friday film1940
- The Philadelphia Story film1940
- Arsenic and Old Lace film1944
- Notorious film1946
- North by Northwest film1959
- Charade film1963
Honours
- Academy Honorary Award, 1970
- Academy Award nominee for Best Actor, 1941
- Academy Award nominee for Best Actor, 1944