Cary Grant American Actor (1904–1986)

Cary Grant was an American actor from Bristol. He died on 29 November 1986 at the age of 82. The recorded cause of death is stroke. He was known for Notorious (1946) and The Philadelphia Story (1940).

Early life

He attended Fairfield High School, Bishop Road Primary School and Fairfield Grammar School.

Career

The earliest of his listed screen credits is Blonde Venus, from 1932. His 1930s credits include The Awful Truth (1937) and Bringing Up Baby (1938). During the 1940s, he worked on His Girl Friday (1940) and Suspicion (1941). Work from the 1950s includes To Catch a Thief (1955, as John Robie) and North by Northwest (1959, as Roger Thornhill). Charade (1963, as Peter Joshua) and Father Goose (1964) are among his 1960s credits.

In total, 89 films are listed from 1932 to 2015. Crime is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (4), followed by drama (4) and mystery (4). He is last credited, in his lifetime, on Terror in the Aisles (1984). Of his three titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Notorious (1946) has the highest, at $24.5 million.

Katharine Hepburn appears in five of his listed titles, including Holiday (1938) and Sylvia Scarlett (1935). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Alfred Hitchcock (four titles) and Ingrid Bergman (three titles). Alfred Hitchcock directed three of his titles on record.

Recognition

He won an Academy Honorary Award in 1969. Cary Grant also received an award at the Academy Awards (1970) and the Kennedy Center Honors (1981). His nominations include the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1942 for Penny Serenade. Altogether, 5 wins and 2 nominations are listed.

Personal life

He married Barbara Harris in 1981. Earlier marriages on record are to Virginia Cherrill (1934 to 1935), Barbara Hutton (1942 to 1945), Betsy Drake (1949 to 1962) and Dyan Cannon (1965 to 1968). He was the father of Jennifer Grant.