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Cary Grant

Acting

Born January 18, 1904 · Horfield, Bristol, England, UK

Died November 29, 1986

Also known as Archibald Alec Leach · Archibald Leach · Archibald Alexander Leach

Biography

Cary Grant was an English-American actor. Known for his blended British and American accent, debonair demeanor, lighthearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing, he was one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award, received an Academy Honorary Award in 1970, and received the Kennedy Center Honor in 1981. He was named the second-greatest male star of the Golden Age of Hollywood by the American Film Institute in 1999.

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Awards & recognition

  • Kennedy Center Honors · 1981
  • Academy Awards · 1970
  • Academy Honorary Award · 1969
  • David di DonatelloBest Foreign Actor · 1960
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 1945 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 1942 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

2025as Self (archive footage)

Elvis: That's the Way It Is

1970as Self

North by Northwest

1959as Roger Thornhill

Hitchcock Confidential

2019as Self (archive footage)

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

2007as Self (archive)

Charade

1963as Peter Joshua

Notorious

1946as Devlin

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944as Mortimer Brewster

The Philadelphia Story

1940as C.K. Dexter Haven

Bringing Up Baby

1938as David

That's Entertainment!

1974as (archive footage) (uncredited)

An Affair to Remember

1957as Nickie Ferrante

His Girl Friday

1940as Walter Burns

To Catch a Thief

1955as John Robie

The Talk of the Town

1942as Leopold Dilg

Only Angels Have Wings

1939as Geoff Carter

Holiday

1938as Johnny Case

Operation Petticoat

1959as Lieutenant Commander Matt Sherman

The Awful Truth

1937as Jerry Warriner

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

2004as Self (archive footage)

Father Goose

1964as Walter Christopher Eckland

People Will Talk

1951as Dr. Noah Praetorius

The Bishop's Wife

1947as Dudley

Suspicion

1941as John D. 'Johnnie' Aysgarth

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

1988as Self (archive footage)

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

1987as Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976as (archive footage)

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

1948as Jim Blandings

Mr. Lucky

1943as Joe Adams

My Favorite Wife

1940as Nick Arden

In Name Only

1939as Alec Walker

That's Dancing!

1985as Self (archive footage)

I Was a Male War Bride

1949as Capt. Henri Rochard

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947as Richard

Destination Tokyo

1943as Captain Cassidy

The Amazing Adventure

1936as Ernest Bliss

Blonde Venus

1932as Nick Townsend

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

1996as Self (archive footage)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982as (in "Suspicion") (archive footage)

Monkey Business

1952as Barnaby Fulton

Crisis

1950as Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson

Topper

1937as George Kerby

The Eagle and the Hawk

1933as Henry Crocker

Becoming Cary Grant

2017as Self (archive footage)

Indiscreet

1958as Philip Adams

Penny Serenade

1941as Roger Adams

Walk Don't Run

1966as Sir William Rutland

That Touch of Mink

1962as Philip Shayne

Room for One More

1952as George "Poppy" Rose

Gunga Din

1939as Archibald Cutter