Famous Person Best Love Rating :
Famous Person:
Cary Grant
Famous For:
Actor
Movie - Television Titles :
Walk Don't Run (1966) .... Sir William Rutland
... aka Walk, Don't Run (USA: promotional title)
Father Goose (1964) .... Walter Christopher Eckland
Charade (1963) .... Peter Joshua
That Touch of Mink (1962) .... Philip Shayne
The Grass Is Greener (1960) .... Victor Rhyall, Earl
Operation Petticoat (1959) .... Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman
North by Northwest (1959) .... Roger O. Thornhill
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (USA: complete title)
Houseboat (1958) .... Tom Winters
Indiscreet (1958) .... Philip Adams
Kiss Them for Me (1957) .... Cmdr. Andy Crewson
The Pride and the Passion (1957) .... Anthony
An Affair to Remember (1957) .... Nickie Ferrante
To Catch a Thief (1955) .... John Robie
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief (USA: complete title)
Dream Wife (1953) .... Clemson Reade
Monkey Business (1952) .... Dr. Barnaby Fulton
... aka Be Your Age
... aka Howard Hawks' Monkey Business (USA: complete title)
Room for One More (1952) .... George 'Poppy' Rose
... aka The Easy Way
People Will Talk (1951) .... Dr. Noah Praetorius
Crisis (1950) .... Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson
I Was a Male War Bride (1949) .... Capt. Henri Rochard
... aka Howard Hawks' I Was a Male War Bride (USA: complete title)
... aka I Was a Male War Bride (Australia)
... aka You Can't Sleep Here (UK)
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) .... Dr. Madison W. Brown
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) .... Jim Blandings
The Bishop's Wife (1947) .... Dudley
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) .... Dick
... aka Bachelor Knight (UK)
Notorious (1946) .... T.R. Devlin
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious
Night and Day (1946) .... Cole Porter
None But the Lonely Heart (1944) .... Ernie Mott
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) .... Mortimer Brewster
... aka Frank Capra's 'Arsenic and Old Lace' (USA: complete title)
Once Upon a Time (1944) .... Jerry Flynn
Destination Tokyo (1943) .... Capt. Cassidy
Mr. Lucky (1943) .... Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous
Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) .... Patrick 'Pat' O'Toole
The Talk of the Town (1942) .... Leopold Dilg - Joseph
... aka George Stevens' The Talk of the Town (USA: complete title)
Suspicion (1941) .... Johnnie Aysgarth
Penny Serenade (1941) .... Roger Adams
The Philadelphia Story (1940) .... C. K. Dexter Haven
The Howards of Virginia (1940) .... Matt Howard
... aka The Tree of Liberty (UK)
My Favorite Wife (1940) .... Nick Arden
His Girl Friday (1940) .... Walter Burns
... aka Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday (USA: complete title)
In Name Only (1939) .... Alec Walker
Only Angels Have Wings (1939) .... Geoff Carter
Gunga Din (1939) .... Sgt. Archibald Cutter
Holiday (1938) .... John 'Johnny' Case
... aka Free to Live (UK)
... aka Unconventional Linda (UK: reissue title)
Bringing Up Baby (1938) .... Dr. David Huxley
The Awful Truth (1937) .... Jerry Warriner
The Toast of New York (1937) .... Nicholas 'Nick' Boyd
Topper (1937) .... George Kerby
When You're in Love (1937) .... Jimmy Hudson
... aka For You Alone (UK)
Wedding Present (1936) .... Charlie
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936) .... Ernest Bliss
... aka Riches and Romance
... aka Romance and Riches (USA)
... aka The Amazing Adventure (USA: reissue title)
... aka The Amazing Quest
Suzy (1936) .... Andre
Big Brown Eyes (1936) .... Det. Sgt. Danny Barr
Sylvia Scarlett (1935) .... Jimmy Monkley
The Last Outpost (1935) .... Michael Andrews
Wings in the Dark (1935) .... Ken Gordon
Enter Madame (1935) .... Gerald Fitzgerald
Ladies Should Listen (1934) .... Julian De Lussac
Kiss and Make-Up (1934) .... Dr. Maurice Lamar
Born to Be Bad (1934) .... Malcolm Trevor
Thirty Day Princess (1934) .... Porter Madison III
Alice in Wonderland (1933) .... The Mock Turtle
I'm No Angel (1933) .... Jack Clayton
Gambling Ship (1933) .... Ace Corbin
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933) .... Henry Crocker
The Woman Accused (1933) .... Jeffrey Baxter
She Done Him Wrong (1933) .... Capt. Cummings
Madame Butterfly (1932) .... Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton
Hot Saturday (1932) .... Romer Sheffield
Blonde Venus (1932) .... Nick Townsend
Devil and the Deep (1932) .... Lieutenant Jaeckel
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) .... Charlie Baxter 'DeBrion'
... aka Merrily We Go to ____ (UK)
Singapore Sue (1932) (uncredited) .... First sailor
Sinners in the Sun (1932) .... Ridgeway
This Is the Night (1932) .... Stephen
Authors Description:
British-born actor Cary Grant (born Archibald Leach) escaped his humble Bristol environs and unstable home life by joining an acrobatic troupe, where he became a stilt-walker. Numerous odd jobs kept him going until he tried acting, and, after moving to the United States, he managed to lose his accent, developing a clipped mid-Atlantic speaking style uniquely his own. After acting in Broadway musicals, Grant was signed in 1932 by Paramount Pictures to be built into leading-man material. His real name would never do for marquees, so the studio took the first initials of their top star Gary Cooper, reversed them, then filled in the "C" and "G" to come up with Cary Grant. After a year of nondescript roles, Grant was selected by Mae West to be her leading man in She Done Him Wrong (1933) and I'm No Angel(1934). A bit stiff-necked but undeniably sexy, Grant vaulted to stardom, though Paramount continued wasting his potential in second rate films. Free at last from his Paramount obligations in 1935, Grant vowed never to be strictly bound to any one studio again, so he signed a dual contract with Columbia and RKO that allowed him to choose any "outside" roles he pleased. Sylvia Scarlett (1936) was the first film to fully demonstrate Grant's inspired comic flair, which would be utilized to the utmost in such knee-slappers as The Awful Truth (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1939), and The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer (1947). (Only in Arsenic and Old Lace [1941] did he overplay his hand and lapse into mugging.) The actor was also accomplished at straight drama, as evidenced in Only Angels Have Wings (1939), Destination Tokyo (1942), Crisis (1950), and in his favorite role as an irresponsible cockney in None but the Lonely Heart (1942), for which Grant was nominated for an Oscar -- he didn't win, although he was awarded a special Oscar for career achievement in 1970. Off-stage, most of Grant's co-workers had nothing but praise for his craftsmanship and willingness to work with co-stars rather than at them. Among Grant's yea-sayers was director Alfred Hitchcock, who cast the actor in three of his best films, most notably the quintessential Hitchcock thriller North by Northwest (1959). Seemingly growing handsomer and more charming as he got older, Grant retained his stardom into the 1960s, enriching himself with lucrative percentage-of-profits deals on such box-office hits as Operation Petticoat (1959) and Charade (1964). Upon completing Walk, Don't Run in 1966, Grant decided he was through with filmmaking -- and he meant it. Devoting his remaining years to an executive position at a major cosmetics firm, Grant never appeared on a TV talk show and seldom granted newspaper interviews. In the 1980s, however, he became restless, and decided to embark on a nationwide lecture tour, confining himself exclusively to small towns in which the residents might otherwise never have the chance to see a Hollywood superstar in person. It was while preparing to lecture in Davenport, IA, that the 82-year-old Cary Grant suffered a sudden and fatal stroke in 1986.
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