Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Born:

January 18, 1904

Born as:

Archibald Alec Leach

Died:

November 29, 1986

Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant

Biography:

Archibald ran away from home at 14 to join a traveling acrobatic troupe as song-and-dance man. In 1920, Leach traveled to the United States with a select group of boys from the troupe. This was followed by Broadway musicals, operettas and supporting roles for Paramount.

His career boost came, after a name change, with She done him wrong (1933) co-starring Mae West. In 1937, Grant's contract with the studio expired, and he was free to choose his own projects. And so he picked some successful screwball comedy's as The awful truth (1937), Bringing up baby (1938) and Holiday (1938).

In the forties and fifties Cary managed to balance a mix of drama, comedy and romance. Suspicion (1941) was the first of four films that Grant made with Alfred Hitchcock Over the next 18 years, the actor and director collaborated on Notorious (1946), To Catch a Thief (1955) and North by Northwest (1959). Cary retired from the screen in 1966.

  1. North by Northwest (1959)
  2. Notorious (1946)
  3. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
  4. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
  5. His girl Friday (1940)
  6. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
  7. The Awful Truth (1937)
  8. Charade (1963)
  9. Holiday (1938)
  10. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

  • This Is the Night (1932)
  • Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
  • Singapore Sue (1932)
  • Devil and the Deep (1932)
  • Blonde Venus (1932)
  • Hot Saturday (1932)
  • Madame Butterfly (1932)
  • She Done Him Wrong (1933)
  • The Woman Accused (1933)
  • The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
  • Alice in Wonderland (1933)
  • Thirty Day Princess (1934)
  • Kiss and Make-Up (1934)
  • Wings in the Dark (1935)
  • The Last Outpost (1935)
  • Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
  • Big Brown Eyes (1936)
  • Suzy (1936)
  • The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)
  • Wedding Present (1936)
  • Topper (1937)
  • The Toast of New York (1937)
  • The Awful Truth (1937)
  • Bringing Up Baby (1938)
  • Holiday (1938)
  • Gunga Din (1939)
  • Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
  • In Name Only (1939)
  • His girl Friday (1940)
  • My Favorite Wife (1940)
  • The Howards of Virginia (1940)
  • The Philadelphia Story (1940)
  • Penny Serenade (1941)
  • Suspicion (1941)
  • The Talk of the Town (1942)
  • Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
  • Destination Tokyo (1943)
  • Once Upon a Time (1944)
  • Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
  • None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
  • Night and Day (1946)
  • Notorious (1946)
  • The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
  • Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
  • I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
  • Crisis (1950)
  • People Will Talk (1951)
  • Room for One More (1952)
  • Monkey Business (1952)
  • Dream Wife (1953)
  • To Catch a Thief (1955)
  • An Affair to Remember (1957)
  • The Pride and the Passion (1957)
  • Kiss Them for Me (1957)
  • Indiscreet (1958)
  • Houseboat (1958)
  • North by Northwest (1959)
  • Operation Petticoat (1959)
  • The Grass Is Greener (1960)
  • That Touch of Mink (1962)
  • Charade (1963)
  • Father Goose (1964)

Academy awards

1970 Honorary Award
1945 Nominated Oscar best actor for: None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
1942 Nominated Oscar best actor for: Penny Serenade (1941)

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Bibliography » Web:

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Blu-ray definition - Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief on Blu-ray
High-def digest - An affair to remember on Blu-ray
Seeing-stars.com -