Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1/18/1904
Place of Birth
Horfield, Bristol, England, UK
Also Known As
Archibald Alec LeachArchibald LeachArchibald Alexander Leach
Cary Grant
Biography
Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was a British-American actor, celebrated for his debonair charm, impeccable comic timing, and sophisticated screen presence. He became one of Hollywood’s most iconic leading men, starring in classics such as Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1940), Notorious (1946), and North by Northwest (1959).
Grant had a difficult childhood, marked by his mother’s institutionalization and his father’s alcoholism. At 16, he joined the Pender Troupe, a group of acrobats, which led him to New York City, where he built a care...
Known For
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Charade
as Peter Joshua
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
as Self
Father Goose
as Walter Christopher Eckland
North by Northwest
as Roger Thornhill
The Bishop's Wife
as Dudley
The Philadelphia Story
as C.K. Dexter Haven
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
Sylvia Scarlett
as Jimmy Monkley
Madame Butterfly
as Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton
Singapore Sue
as First Sailor
Crisis
as Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson
To Catch a Thief
as John Robie
Houseboat
as Tom Winters
Destination Tokyo
as Captain Cassidy
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Richard Nugent
Suspicion
as John D. 'Johnnie' Aysgarth
Topper
as George Kerby
Career Timeline
2022
2019
2018
2009
2007
2004
2003
2002
1997
1990
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give
as Self (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly
Role unknown
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
1988
1986
1983
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Madame Butterfly
as Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton
Hot Saturday
as Romer Sheffield
Blonde Venus
as Nick Townsend
Devil and the Deep
as Lt. Jaeckel
Singapore Sue
as First Sailor
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Charlie Baxter
Sinners in the Sun
as Ridgeway
This Is the Night
as Stephen Mathewson