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Cary Grant

1904 - 1986

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Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor. Known for his blended British and American accent, debonair demeanor, lighthearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing, he was one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award, received an Academy Honorary Award in 1970, and received the Kennedy Center Honor in 1981. He was named the second-greatest male star of the Golden Age of Hollywood by the American Film Institute in 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cary Grant is the 115th most popular actor (up from 335th in 2019), the 257th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 439th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Actor.

Cary Grant is most famous for his leading roles in "North by Northwest" and "Charade."

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Cary Grant ranks 115 out of 13,578. Before him are Diane Keaton, Charlotte Rampling, Peter Falk, Gary Cooper, Samuel L. Jackson, and Roger Moore. After him are Jane Fonda, Burt Lancaster, Bill Paxton, Keanu Reeves, Jean Gabin, and John Travolta.

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Among people born in 1904, Cary Grant ranks 9. Before him are Deng Xiaoping, Pablo Neruda, Reinhard Heydrich, Dr. Seuss, Umberto II of Italy, and Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia. After him are Jean Gabin, Wendell Meredith Stanley, B. F. Skinner, Ève Curie, George Gamow, and Johnny Weissmuller. Among people deceased in 1986, Cary Grant ranks 7. Before him are Simone de Beauvoir, Jorge Luis Borges, Wallis Simpson, Vyacheslav Molotov, Olof Palme, and Andrei Tarkovsky. After him are Mircea Eliade, Tenzing Norgay, Jiddu Krishnamurti, James Rainwater, Robert S. Mulliken, and Jean Genet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Cary Grant ranks 257 out of 8,785. Before him are John A. Macdonald (1815), Archer Martin (1910), Roger Moore (1927), Arthur C. Clarke (1917), James Hunt (1947), and John Snow (1813). After him are Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), Ozzy Osbourne (1948), Randal Cremer (1828), George Boole (1815), Leslie Howard (1893), and John Boyd Orr (1880).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, Cary Grant ranks 16. Before him are Ian McKellen (1939), Michael Caine (1933), Rowan Atkinson (1955), James Mason (1909), Charlotte Rampling (1946), and Roger Moore (1927). After him are Leslie Howard (1893), Helen Mirren (1945), Jane Birkin (1946), Judi Dench (1934), Jason Statham (1967), and Michael York (1942).

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