Cary Grant

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-01-18 (82 years old)

Deathday

1986-11-29

Place of Birth

Horfield, Bristol, England, UK

Cary Grant

Biography

Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach on January 18, 1904, in Bristol, England) 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 career in vaudeville before transitioning to Hollyw...

Acting

1944

Arsenic and Old Lace

as Mortimer Brewster

1959

North by Northwest

as Roger Thornhill

1946

Notorious

as T.R. Devlin

1938

Bringing Up Baby

as David Huxley

1955

To Catch a Thief

as John Robie

1940

The Philadelphia Story

as C.K. Dexter Haven

1958

Houseboat

as Tom Winters

1940

His Girl Friday

as Walter Burns

2006

On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'

as Self (archive footage)

2009

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

as Self (archive footage)

1996

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

as Self (archive footage)

1963

Charade

as Peter Joshua

1964

Father Goose

as Walter Christopher Eckland

1943

Destination Tokyo

as Captain Cassidy

1958

Indiscreet

as Philip Adams

1937

Topper

as George Kerby

1952

Monkey Business

as Barnaby Fulton

1951

People Will Talk

as Dr. Noah Praetorius

1942

The Talk of the Town

as Leopold Dilg

1941

Suspicion

as John D. 'Johnnie' Aysgarth

1949

I Was a Male War Bride

as Capt. Henri Rochard

1957

An Affair to Remember

as Nickie Ferrante

1935

Sylvia Scarlett

as Jimmy Monkley

1939

Gunga Din

as Archibald Cutter

1939

In Name Only

as Alec Walker

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "Suspicion") (archive footage)

1933

Alice in Wonderland

as Mock Turtle

1960

The Grass Is Greener

as Victor Rhyall

1962

That Touch of Mink

as Philip Shayne

1959

Operation Petticoat

as Lieutenant Commander Matt Sherman

1933

I'm No Angel

as Jack Clayton

1932

Blonde Venus

as Nick Townsend

2019

Sophia Loren, a special destiny

as Self (archive footage)

2009

North by Northwest: One for the Ages

as Self (archive footage)

1940

My Favorite Wife

as Nick Arden

1937

The Awful Truth

as Jerry Warriner

1948

Every Girl Should Be Married

as Dr. Madison W. Brown

1946

Night and Day

as Cole Porter

1942

Once Upon a Honeymoon

as Patrick O'Toole

1941

Penny Serenade

as Roger Adams

1933

She Done Him Wrong

as Captain Cummings

1939

Only Angels Have Wings

as Geoff Carter

1938

Holiday

as Johnny Case

1966

Walk Don't Run

as Sir William Rutland

1933

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983

Notre Dame de la Croisette

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970

The Killer of Fossil Gulch

as The Victim / The Head Juror (uncredited)

1945

George White's Scandals

as Cary Grant (archive footage) (uncredited)

1944

The Road to Victory

as Cary Grant (uncredited)

1935

1943

Mr. Lucky

as Joe Adams

1944

Once Upon a Time

as Jerry Flynn

1952

Room for One More

as George "Poppy" Rose

1947

1932

Hot Saturday

as Romer Sheffield

1932

Madame Butterfly

as Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton

1933

The Woman Accused

as Jeffrey Baxter

1936

Suzy

as Andre

1937

1940

1944

1950

Crisis

as Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson

1953

Dream Wife

as Clemson Reade

1957

Kiss Them for Me

as Cmdr. Andrew " Andy" Crewson

2015

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

as Self (archive footage)

1937

When You're in Love

as Jimmy Hudson

1982

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

1932

Devil and the Deep

as Lt. Jaeckel

1932

This Is the Night

as Stephen Mathewson

1932

1932

Merrily We Go to Hell

as Charlie Baxter

1932

Singapore Sue

as First Sailor

1933

Gambling Ship

as Ace Corbin

1933

The Eagle and the Hawk

as Henry Crocker

1934

Born to Be Bad

as Malcolm Trevor

1934

Ladies Should Listen

as Julian De Lussac

1934

Thirty Day Princess

as Porter Madison III

1935

Enter Madame

as Gerald Fitzgerald

1935

Wings in the Dark

as Ken Gordon

1936

Big Brown Eyes

as Detective Sergeant Danny Barr

1936

Wedding Present

as Charlie Mason

1935

The Last Outpost

as Michael Andrews

1934

Kiss and Make-Up

as Dr. Maurice Lamar

2010

Smash His Camera

as Self (archive footage)

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

2018

1997

Frank Capra's American Dream

as Self (archive footage)

1982

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

1973

1938

Topper Takes a Trip

as George Kerby (archive footage)

2004

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

as Self (archive footage)

2004

Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock

as Self (archive footage)

1990

Marilyn: Something's Got to Give

as Self (archive footage)

2007

Hippies

as Self (archive footage)

2022

Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

1990

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

as Self (archive footage)

2002

2002

Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief

as Self (archive footage)

2004

On Location with Gunga Din

as Archibald Cutter (archive footage)

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)

2003

Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

as Self (Archive Footage)

1988

1987

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

as Self (archive footage)

1994

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

as Self (archive footage)

2024

The Trouble With Forgetting

as (archive footage)

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Andre Charville (archive footage)

2018

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

as Self (archive footage)

1947

2017

Becoming Cary Grant

as Self (archive footage)

1946

Without Reservations

as Cary Grant (uncredited)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

2010

Metropolis Refound

as Self (archive footage)

2003

Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1990

1985

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1997

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

1976

It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Hitchcock Confidential

as Self (archive footage)

2025

True Blue

as (Archive Footage)

1976

Hooray for Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

1976

Songs for After a War

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Production

1938

1960

The Grass Is Greener

as Executive Producer

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