Real Name:Archibald Alec Leach
Birthdate: January 18,1904
Birthplace:Bristol, England
Deathdate:November 29,1986
Deathplace:Davenport, Iowa
Cause Of Death: Stroke
Wifes:
Virginia Cherrill (10 February 1934 - 26 March 1935) (divorced)
Barbara Hutton (8 July 1942 - 30 August 1945) (divorced)
Betsy Drake (25 December 1949 - 14 August 1962) (divorced)
Dyan Cannon (22 July 1965 - 21 March 1968) (divorced)
Barbara Harris (11 April 1981 - 29 November 1986) (his death)
Children:Jennifer Grant
Height:6'1"
Ian Fleming modelled the James Bond character with Grant in mind.
Suffered a major stroke prior to performing in his one man show "An Evening With Cary Grant" at the Adler Theater in Davenport Iowa on November 28, 1986. Died later that night at St. Luke's Hospital at 11:22 pm
Grant gave his entire fee for Philadelphia Story, The (1940) to the British war effort.
Cary Grant once phoned hotel mogul Conrad Hilton in Istanbul, Turkey, to find out why his breakfast order at the Plaza Hotel, which called for muffins, came with only one and a half English muffins instead of two. When Grant insisted that the explanation (a hotel efficiency report had found that most people ate only three of the four halves brought to them) still resulted in a gyp, the Plaza Hotel changed its policy and began serving two complete muffins with breakfast. From then on, Grant often spoke of forming an English Muffin-Lovers Society, members of which would be required to report any hotel or restaurant that listed muffins on the menu and then served fewer than two.
Turned down the role of James Bond 007.
Donated his entire salary for Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) ($100,000) to the U.S. War Relief Fund.
Refused the part of Humbert in Lolita (1962).
He never said "Judy, Judy, Judy" in the movies, but he did say "Susan, Susan, Susan" in Bringing Up Baby (1938).
Was a great fan of Elvis Presley, and attended his Las Vegas shows.
