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Cary Grant

Acting Born Jan 18, 1904 Died Nov 29, 1986 Horfield, Bristol, England, UK 167 credits

Biography

Cary Grant, born Archibald Alec Leach on 18 January 1904 in Horfield, Bristol, England, was a British‑American actor celebrated for his debonair charm, comic timing and sophisticated screen presence. He endured a difficult childhood, with his mother placed in an institution and his father struggling with alcoholism. At sixteen he joined the Pender Troupe of acrobats, which brought him to New York City where he built a career in vaudeville before moving to Hollywood in the early 1930s. Grant became one of cinema’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). He died on 29 November 1986 at age 82.

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Career

Career overview

Cary Grant, born Archibald Alec Leach on 18 January 1904 in Horfield, Bristol, England, was a British‑American actor whose career spanned stage and screen. His childhood was marked by his mother’s institutionalisation and his father’s alcoholism. At the age of sixteen he joined the Pender Troupe, an acrobatic group that took him to New York City, where he built a reputation in vaudeville before moving to Hollywood in the early 1930s.

In film, Grant became celebrated for his debonair charm, impeccable comic timing and a sophisticated screen presence that made him one of Hollywood’s most iconic leading men. He appeared in a wide range of productions, accumulating 164 credited roles, and is especially remembered for starring in classic titles such as Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1940), Notorious (1946) and North by Northwest (1959). His work solidified his reputation as a versatile actor capable of both comedy and drama, and his performances continue to be cited as exemplars of mid‑century American cinema. Grant died on 29 November 1986 at the age of 82.

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Known for

Film

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

as Self (archive footage)

Com si fos ahir

as Self (archive footage)
Film

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "Suspicion") (archive footage)

The Kennedy Center Honors

as Self

Spécial cinéma

as Self (archive footage)
Film

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self
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V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self
Film

Elvis: That's the Way It Is

as Self (uncredited)
Film

Walk Don't Run

as Sir William Rutland
Film

Father Goose

as Walter Christopher Eckland
Film

Charade

as Peter Joshua

Frequent co-stars

Bess Flowers 4 shared titles
Ingrid Bergman 3 shared titles
James Stewart 2 shared titles
Bette Davis 2 shared titles
Audrey Hepburn 2 shared titles
Fred MacMurray 2 shared titles
Tony Curtis 2 shared titles
Jessie Royce Landis 2 shared titles
Leo G. Carroll 2 shared titles
Ned Glass 2 shared titles

Career timeline

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
True Blue
Rat PackBecoming MarilynGrace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
Sophia Loren, a special destinyHitchcock Confidential
Mel Brooks: UnwrappedScotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Mansfield 66/67Becoming Cary Grant
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a DamnDiscovering Audrey Hepburn
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Metropolis Refound
1939: Hollywood's Greatest YearOnce Upon a Time... 'Notorious'Behind The Gates: Cary Grant And Grace Kelly
Warner at War
HippiesSpine Tingler! The William Castle StoryWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
Before the Fact: Suspicious HitchcockCary Grant: A Class ApartOn Location with Gunga Din
Complicated WomenCole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
Edith Head: The Paramount YearsWriting And Casting To Catch A Thief
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest'
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
The Silver Screen: Color Me LavenderFrank Capra's American Dream
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Gay! Gay! HollywoodMae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Intimate Portrait: Grace KellyYou're the Top: The Cole Porter StoryHollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic DeathsMyrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home ToMarilyn: Something's Got to Give
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie...
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading ManHappy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
All Star Party for Clint EastwoodKraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
That's Dancing!
All Star Party for Lucille Ball

Full filmography

  • EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2026) as Self (archive footage)
  • True Blue (2025) as (Archive Footage)
  • Rat Pack (2022) as Self (archive footage)
  • Becoming Marilyn (2022) as (archive footage)
  • Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin (2022) as Self (archive footage)
  • Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft (2021)
  • Sophia Loren, a special destiny (2019) as Self (archive footage)
  • Hitchcock Confidential (2019) as Self (archive footage)
  • Mel Brooks: Unwrapped (2018) as Self (archive footage)
  • Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018) as Self (archive footage)
  • Mansfield 66/67 (2017)
  • Becoming Cary Grant (2017) as Self (archive footage)
  • Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2015) as Self (archive footage)
  • Discovering Audrey Hepburn (2015) as Self (archive footage)
  • Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe (2012) as Self (archive footage)
  • Metropolis Refound (2010) as Self (archive footage)
  • 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009) as Self (archive footage)
  • Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' (2009) as Self (archive footage)
  • Behind The Gates: Cary Grant And Grace Kelly (2009) as Self (archive footage)
  • Warner at War (2008) as (archive footage)
  • Hippies (2007) as Self (archive footage)
  • Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) as Self (archive)
  • Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) as Self (archive footage)
  • On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday' (2006) as Self (archive footage)
  • Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock (2004) as Self (archive footage)
  • Cary Grant: A Class Apart (2004) as Self (archive footage)
  • On Location with Gunga Din (2004) as Archibald Cutter (archive footage)
  • Complicated Women (2003) as Self (archive footage)
  • Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love (2003) as Self (Archive Footage)
  • Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002) as Self (archive footage)
  • Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief (2002) as Self (archive footage)
  • Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' (2000) as Self (archive footage)
  • Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1999) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997) as Self (archive footage)
  • Frank Capra's American Dream (1997) as Self (archive footage)
  • Ingrid Bergman Remembered (1996) as Self (archive footage)
  • The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) as Self (archive footage)
  • Gay! Gay! Hollywood (1994)
  • Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994) as Self (archive footage)
  • Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly (1990)
  • You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990) as Self (archive footage)
  • Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990) as (archive footage)
  • Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990) as (archive footage)
  • Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (1990) as Self (archive footage)
  • I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... (1989) as Self (Archive Footage)
  • Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988) as Self (archive footage)
  • Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987) as Self (archive footage)
  • All Star Party for Clint Eastwood (1986) as Self
  • Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special (1986) as Self
  • That's Dancing! (1985) as Self (archive footage)
  • All Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984) as Self
  • All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra (1983) as Self
  • Showbiz Goes to War (1982) as Self (archive footage)
  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) as (in "Suspicion") (archive footage)
  • Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982) as Self (archive footage)
  • All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman (1979) as Self
  • Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years (1979) as Self
  • The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) as Self
  • That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) as (archive footage)
  • It's Showtime (1976) as Self (archive footage)
  • Hooray for Hollywood (1976) as Self (archive footage)
  • Songs for After a War (1976) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) as Self (archive footage)
  • Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self (archive footage)
  • That's Entertainment! (1974) as (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973) as Self
  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973) as Self (archive footage)
  • Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972) as Self (archive footage)
  • V.I.P. Schaukel (1971) as Self
  • Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970) as Self (uncredited)
  • The Killer of Fossil Gulch (1970) as The Victim / The Head Juror (archival footage)
  • Walk Don't Run (1966) as Sir William Rutland
  • Father Goose (1964) as Walter Christopher Eckland
  • The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) as Andre Charville (archive footage)
  • Charade (1963) as Peter Joshua
  • That Touch of Mink (1962) as Philip Shayne
  • The Grass Is Greener (1960) as Victor Rhyall
  • The Grass Is Greener (1960) Executive Producer
  • North by Northwest (1959) as Roger Thornhill
  • Operation Petticoat (1959) as Lieutenant Commander Matt Sherman
  • Houseboat (1958) as Tom Winters
  • Indiscreet (1958) as Philip Adams
  • An Affair to Remember (1957) as Nickie Ferrante
  • Kiss Them for Me (1957) as Cmdr. Andrew " Andy" Crewson
  • The Pride and the Passion (1957) as Anthony
  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
  • MGM Parade (1955)
  • To Catch a Thief (1955) as John Robie
  • Reflets de Cannes (1954) as Self
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • Dream Wife (1953) as Clemson Reade
  • Monkey Business (1952) as Barnaby Fulton
  • Room for One More (1952) as George "Poppy" Rose
  • People Will Talk (1951) as Dr. Noah Praetorius
  • Crisis (1950) as Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson
  • I Was a Male War Bride (1949) as Capt. Henri Rochard
  • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) as Jim Blandings
  • Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) as Dr. Madison W. Brown
  • The Bishop's Wife (1947) as Dudley
  • The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) as Richard
  • Blow-Ups of 1947 (1947) as Self
  • Notorious (1946) as Devlin
  • Night and Day (1946) as Cole Porter
  • Without Reservations (1946) as Cary Grant (uncredited)
  • George White's Scandals (1945) as Cary Grant (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self
  • Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
  • Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Mortimer Brewster
  • Once Upon a Time (1944) as Jerry Flynn
  • None But the Lonely Heart (1944) as Ernie Mott
  • The Shining Future (1944) as Self
  • The Road to Victory (1944) as Cary Grant (uncredited)
  • Mr. Lucky (1943) as Joe Adams
  • Destination Tokyo (1943) as Captain Cassidy
  • Breakdowns of 1942 (1942) as Self
  • The Talk of the Town (1942) as Leopold Dilg
  • Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) as Patrick O'Toole
  • Suspicion (1941) as John D. 'Johnnie' Aysgarth
  • Penny Serenade (1941) as Roger Adams
  • The Philadelphia Story (1940) as C.K. Dexter Haven
  • His Girl Friday (1940) as Walter Burns
  • My Favorite Wife (1940) as Nick Arden
  • A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940) as Self
  • The Howards of Virginia (1940) as Matt Howard
  • A Tribute to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital (1940) as Self
  • Only Angels Have Wings (1939) as Geoff Carter
  • In Name Only (1939) as Alec Walker
  • Gunga Din (1939) as Archibald Cutter
  • Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 (1939) as Self
  • Bringing Up Baby (1938) as David
  • Holiday (1938) as Johnny Case
  • Topper Takes a Trip (1938) as George Kerby (archive footage)
  • Topper Takes a Trip (1938) Thanks
  • When You're in Love (1937) as Jimmy Hudson
  • The Awful Truth (1937) as Jerry Warriner
  • The Toast of New York (1937) as Nick Boyd
  • Topper (1937) as George Kerby
  • Big Brown Eyes (1936) as Detective Sergeant Danny Barr
  • Wedding Present (1936) as Charlie Mason
  • Suzy (1936) as Andre
  • The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936) as Ernest Bliss
  • Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936) as Self
  • The Last Outpost (1935) as Michael Andrews
  • Sylvia Scarlett (1935) as Jimmy Monkley
  • Wings in the Dark (1935) as Ken Gordon
  • Enter Madame (1935) as Gerald Fitzgerald
  • Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935) as Guest on Isle
  • Thirty Day Princess (1934) as Porter Madison III
  • Kiss and Make-Up (1934) as Dr. Maurice Lamar
  • Born to Be Bad (1934) as Malcolm Trevor
  • Ladies Should Listen (1934) as Julian De Lussac
  • The Eagle and the Hawk (1933) as Henry Crocker
  • The Woman Accused (1933) as Jeffrey Baxter
  • I'm No Angel (1933) as Jack Clayton
  • Alice in Wonderland (1933) as Mock Turtle
  • She Done Him Wrong (1933) as Captain Cummings
  • Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Gambling Ship (1933) as Ace Corbin
  • Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) as Charlie Baxter
  • Blonde Venus (1932) as Nick Townsend
  • This Is the Night (1932) as Stephen Mathewson
  • Madame Butterfly (1932) as Lieutenant Pinkerton
  • Hot Saturday (1932) as Romer Sheffield
  • Devil and the Deep (1932) as Lt. Jaeckel
  • Sinners in the Sun (1932) as Ridgeway
  • Singapore Sue (1932) as First Sailor