Cary Grant
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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 career in vaudeville before transitioning to Hollywood in the early 1930s. His breakthrough came with screwball comedies, where his witty delivery and effortless charisma made him a favorite among audiences. He worked with legendary directors such as Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, and George Cukor, solidifying his reputation as a versatile and enduring star. Grant was married five times, but his longtime companionship with fellow actor Randolph Scott fueled speculation about his sexuality. The two lived together for over a decade, sharing a home in Los Angeles, which led to rumors that they were romantically involved. While Grant never publicly addressed these claims, some biographers suggest that his relationship with Scott was more than just friendship. Despite the speculation, Grant maintained a carefully curated public image, often portraying the ideal romantic lead opposite Hollywood’s most glamorous actresses, including Katharine Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, and Grace Kelly. Grant retired from acting in 1966, choosing to focus on business ventures and his family. He received an Academy Honorary Award in 1970 and was honored with the Kennedy Center Award in 1981. He passed away on November 29, 1986, at the age of 82. His legacy remains unmatched, with the American Film Institute ranking him as the second greatest male star of Hollywood’s Golden Age. His timeless appeal, effortless sophistication, and enigmatic personal life continue to fascinate audiences and film historians alike.
Known for
Credits
North by Northwest (1959)
as Roger Thornhill
Notorious (1946)
as Devlin
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
as Mortimer Brewster
Charade (1963)
as Peter Joshua
To Catch a Thief (1955)
as John Robie
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
as C.K. Dexter Haven
Suspicion (1941)
as John D. 'Johnnie' Aysgarth
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
as (in "Suspicion") (archive footage)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
as Nickie Ferrante
That Touch of Mink (1962)
as Philip Shayne
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
as Geoff Carter
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
as David
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
as Dudley
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
His Girl Friday (1940)
as Walter Burns
Mansfield 66/67 (2017)
Actor
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Operation Petticoat (1959)
as Lieutenant Commander Matt Sherman
Hippies (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing! (1985)
as Self (archive footage)
Houseboat (1958)
as Tom Winters
Mr. Lucky (1943)
as Joe Adams
My Favorite Wife (1940)
as Nick Arden
Without Reservations (1946)
as Cary Grant (uncredited)
The Pride and the Passion (1957)
as Anthony
Monkey Business (1952)
as Barnaby Fulton
Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
as Self
In Name Only (1939)
as Alec Walker
Night and Day (1946)
as Cole Porter
The Grass Is Greener (1960)
as Victor Rhyall
Holiday (1938)
as Johnny Case
I'm No Angel (1933)
as Jack Clayton
Topper (1937)
as George Kerby
I Don't Even Like Apple Pie... (1989)
as Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Warner at War (2008)
as (archive footage)
Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970)
as Self (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
as Charlie Baxter
The Talk of the Town (1942)
as Leopold Dilg
Father Goose (1964)
as Walter Christopher Eckland
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
as Self (archive)
This Is the Night (1932)
as Stephen Mathewson
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
as Capt. Henri Rochard
Destination Tokyo (1943)
as Captain Cassidy
Gunga Din (1939)
as Archibald Cutter
Walk Don't Run (1966)
as Sir William Rutland
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
as Richard
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
as Mock Turtle
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
as Dr. Madison W. Brown
Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
as Patrick O'Toole
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
as Jim Blandings
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
as Captain Cummings
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Kiss Them for Me (1957)
as Cmdr. Andrew " Andy" Crewson
The Awful Truth (1937)
as Jerry Warriner
Indiscreet (1958)
as Philip Adams
When You're in Love (1937)
as Jimmy Hudson
Blonde Venus (1932)
as Nick Townsend
Penny Serenade (1941)
as Roger Adams
Room for One More (1952)
as George "Poppy" Rose
Gay! Gay! Hollywood (1994)
Actor
Crisis (1950)
as Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990)
as (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973)
as Self (archive footage)
People Will Talk (1951)
as Noah Praetorius
Topper Takes a Trip (1938)
as George Kerby (archive footage)
The Toast of New York (1937)
as Nick Boyd
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
as Matt Howard
Once Upon a Time (1944)
as Jerry Flynn
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Songs for After a War (1976)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dream Wife (1953)
as Clemson Reade
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Andre Charville (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Cary Grant (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
as Ernie Mott
Gambling Ship (1933)
as Ace Corbin
Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly (1990)
as Self (archive)
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
as Henry Crocker
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman (1979)
as Self
Cary Grant: A Class Apart (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Born to Be Bad (1934)
as Malcolm Trevor
Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
as Jimmy Monkley
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Devil and the Deep (1932)
as Lt. Jaeckel
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years (1979)
as Self
Thirty Day Princess (1934)
as Porter Madison III
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
as Detective Sergeant Danny Barr
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft (2021)
Actor
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)
as Ernest Bliss
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Hot Saturday (1932)
as Romer Sheffield
Hitchcock Confidential (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
The Killer of Fossil Gulch (1970)
as The Victim / The Head Juror (archival footage)
Becoming Marilyn (2022)
as (archive footage)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
as Self
Enter Madame (1935)
as Gerald Fitzgerald
Ingrid Bergman Remembered (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Sophia Loren, a special destiny (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Wedding Present (1936)
as Charlie Mason
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra (1983)
as Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
True Blue (2024)
as (Archive Footage)
Madame Butterfly (1932)
as Lieutenant Pinkerton
The Road to Victory (1944)
as Cary Grant (uncredited)
Hooray for Hollywood (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)
as (archive footage)
Complicated Women (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Outpost (1935)
as Michael Andrews
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sinners in the Sun (1932)
as Ridgeway
The Woman Accused (1933)
as Jeffrey Baxter
Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Kiss and Make-Up (1934)
as Dr. Maurice Lamar
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Suzy (1936)
as Andre
Blow-Ups of 1947 (1947)
as Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935)
as Guest on Isle
The Shining Future (1944)
as Self
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special (1986)
as Self
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love (2003)
as Self (Archive Footage)
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood (1986)
as Self
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Wings in the Dark (1935)
as Ken Gordon
All Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984)
as Self
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
George White's Scandals (1945)
as Cary Grant (archive footage) (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936)
as Self
On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday' (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Behind The Gates: Cary Grant And Grace Kelly (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
On Location with Gunga Din (2004)
as Archibald Cutter (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 (1939)
as Self
Ladies Should Listen (1934)
as Julian De Lussac
Metropolis Refound (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
A Tribute to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital (1940)
as Self
Singapore Sue (1932)
as First Sailor