Cary Grant (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was a British actor, known as one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men. He was known for his naturally acquired transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted persona, and sense of comic timing. Grant acted in at least 76 films between 1932 and 1966. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Grant the second-greatest male star of Golden Age Hollywood cinema (after Humphrey Bogart).

Grant first began acting in Broadway plays in the 1920s, going by his birth name Archie Leach. He made his film debut with a minor role in This Is the Night (1932). Beginning in the 1930s, Grant appeared in over 20 radio programs, usually Lux Radio Theatre.

In 1940, Grant appeared opposite Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday. Grant was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actor in Penny Serenade (1941) and None but the Lonely Heart (1944). He portrayed composer and songwriter Cole Porter in Night and Day (1946). In 1955, he acted alongside Grace Kelly in the Alfred Hitchcock-directed To Catch a Thief. He appeared in Houseboat (1958) with Sophia Loren. That year he also appeared in Indiscreet with Ingrid Bergman, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. In 1959, Grant starred alongside Eva Marie Saint in the Alfred Hitchcock-directed North by Northwest. His next role was alongside Doris Day in That Touch of Mink (1962). His performance opposite Audrey Hepburn in Charade (1963) garnered him a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Grant's final film was Walk, Don't Run (1966), retiring to raise his newborn daughter. He died twenty years later in 1986.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes 1932 This Is the Night Film debut Devil and the Deep Sinners in the Sun Ridgeway Merrily We Go to Hell UK title: Merrily We Go to _____ Singapore Sue First Sailor (uncredited) Short film Blonde Venus Hot Saturday Madame Butterfly 1933 She Done Him Wrong The Woman Accused Gambling Ship I'm No Angel Alice in Wonderland The Mock Turtle1934 Thirty-Day Princess Born to Be Bad Kiss and Make-Up Ladies Should Listen 1935 Enter Madame Wings in the Dark Sylvia Scarlett 1936 Big Brown Eyes Suzy Alternative titles: Romance and RichesThe Amazing Adventure Wedding Present 1937 When You're in Love UK title: For You Alone Topper 1938 Bringing Up Baby Holiday 1939 Gunga Din Only Angels Have Wings In Name Only 1940 His Girl Friday My Favorite Wife Nick UK title: The Tree of Liberty 1941 Penny Serenade Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Suspicion Johnnie1942 Once Upon a Honeymoon 1943 Mr. Lucky Destination Tokyo 1944 Once Upon a Time Arsenic and Old Lace None but the Lonely Heart Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor1946 Night and Day Notorious 1947 UK title: Bachelor Knight Dudley1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Every Girl Should Be Married 1949 I Was a Male War Bride UK title: You Can't Sleep Here1950 Crisis 1951 People Will Talk 1952 Room for One More Monkey Business 1953 Dream Wife 1955 To Catch a Thief 1957 Anthony Kiss Them for Me 1958 Indiscreet Houseboat 1959 North by Northwest Operation Petticoat 1960 1962 That Touch of Mink 1963 Charade 1964 Father Goose 1966 Walk, Don't Run Final film role

Theatre

Year Title Role Location Notes 1922–1923 Better Times– Hippodrome Theatre Performer1927–1928 Golden Dawn Anzac Hammerstein's Theatre1929 Boom Boom Casino Theatre1929–1930 Majestic Theatre1930 1931 Nikki Longacre Theatre & George M. Cohan's Theatre

Radio

Year Program Episode 1935 Lux Radio Theatre Adam and Eva 1937 Madame Butterfly 1938 Theodora Goes Wild 1939 Only Angels Have Wings In Name Only 1941 I Love You Again 1942 Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1943 Suspense The Black Curtain Lux Radio Theatre Mr. Lucky 1944 Suspense The Black Curtain 1945 Lux Radio Theatre Bedtime Story 1946 Suspense The Black Path of Fear 1948 The Last Chance 1949 Lux Radio Theatre Every Girl Should Be Married Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1950 Every Girl Should Be Married Suspense On a Country Road 1952 Lux Radio Theatre Room for One More 1953 The Bishop's Wife GE Playhouse The Bachelor Lux Radio Theatre I Confess 1954 People Will Talk Welcome Stranger 1955

Collaborations Directors He was a frequent collaborator with notable directors, such as Howard Hawks (Bringing Up Baby, Only Angels Have Wings, His Girl Friday, I Was a Male War Bride, Monkey Business), Alfred Hitchcock (Suspicion, Notorious, To Catch a Thief, North by Northwest), Stanley Donen (Kiss Them for Me, Indiscreet, Charade, The Grass Is Greener), George Cukor (Sylvia Scarlett, Holiday, The Philadelphia Story), Leo McCarey (The Awful Truth, Once Upon a Honeymoon, An Affair to Remember), and George Stevens (Gunga Din, Penny Serenade, The Talk of the Town). He also worked with Frank Capra, Stanley Kramer, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Delbert Mann, Ralph Nelson, Clifford Odets, Sidney Sheldon, and Norman Taurog.

Actors Actors with whom Grant worked include Edward Arnold, Richard Arlen, Lew Ayres, Noah Beery Jr., Ralph Bellamy, Jack Carson, James Coburn, Ronald Colman, Gary Cooper, Tony Curtis, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jose Ferrer, Barry Fitzgerald, John Garfield, James Gleason, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Edward Everett Horton, Trevor Howard, Jim Hutton, George Kennedy, Martin Landau, Charles Laughton, Peter Lorre, Victor McLaglen, Fredric March, Herbert Marshall, James Mason, Raymond Massey, Walter Matthau, Robert Mitchum, Chester Morris, David Niven, Jack Oakie, Irving Pichel, Walter Pidgeon, Claude Rains, Gilbert Roland, Charles Ruggles, Randolph Scott, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart, Henry Travers, Monty Woolley, and Roland Young.

Actresses Actresses with whom Grant worked include Jean Adair, Jean Arthur, Tallulah Bankhead, Ethel Barrymore, Constance Bennett, Joan Bennett, Ingrid Bergman, Leslie Caron, Doris Day, Marlene Dietrich, Betsy Drake, Irene Dunne, Samantha Eggar, Frances Farmer, Joan Fontaine, Kay Francis, Jean Harlow, Rita Hayworth, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Josephine Hull, Grace Kelly, Deborah Kerr, Priscilla Lane, Elissa Landi, Carole Lombard, Sophia Loren, Myrna Loy, Helen Mack, Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe, Suzy Parker, Gail Patrick, Ginger Rogers, Rosalind Russell, Eva Marie Saint, Martha Scott, Ann Sheridan, Sylvia Sidney, Jean Simmons, Alexis Smith, Shirley Temple, Thelma Todd, Mae West, and Loretta Young.

Accolades Grant starred in ten films selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant"; She Done Him Wrong (1933), The Awful Truth (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Gunga Din (1939), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940), His Girl Friday (1940), Notorious (1946), North by Northwest (1959) and Charade (1963).

References

External links Cary Grant on IMDb Cary Grant at the Rotten Tomatoes