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Archibald Alexander Leach (1904-1986) was a handsome and athletic, if fairly typical, English bloke. Following the bizarre (and quite literal) loss of his mother at an early age, he ran away from home and went into acting. After a stint touring Britain, he crossed the Atlantic to Broadway and from there [[Limey Goes to Hollywood|ended up in Hollywood]], which projected him onto the silver screen as '''[[Stage Name|Cary Grant]]''', the 20th Century's epitome of [[Hey, It's That Voice!|suave sophistication]]. |
Archibald Alexander Leach (1904-1986) was a handsome and athletic, if fairly typical, English bloke. Following the bizarre (and quite literal) loss of his mother at an early age, he ran away from home and went into acting. After a stint touring Britain, he crossed the Atlantic to Broadway and from there [[Limey Goes to Hollywood|ended up in Hollywood]], which projected him onto the silver screen as '''[[Stage Name|Cary Grant]]''', the 20th Century's epitome of [[Hey, It's That Voice!|suave sophistication]]. |
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In a career that spanned thirty years, some of his more famous films were the screwball comedies ''[[His Girl Friday]]'', ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' and ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'', the comedy-soap opera ''[[The Philadelphia Story]]'', and [[Gentleman Thief|several collaborations]] with the director [[Alfred Hitchcock]], most notably ''[[North |
In a career that spanned thirty years, some of his more famous films were the screwball comedies ''[[His Girl Friday]]'', ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' and ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'', the comedy-soap opera ''[[The Philadelphia Story]]'', and [[Gentleman Thief|several collaborations]] with the director [[Alfred Hitchcock]], most notably ''[[North by Northwest]]''. He retired from acting in 1966, feeling, perhaps correctly, that as he aged the movie world was beginning to pass him by. |
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In 1970, he happily accepted an honorary Oscar for his body of work, but he never again appeared on-screen. In later years, he married a succession of beautiful younger women, experimented with LSD as a means of confronting his inner demons... and when a fan magazine sent a telegram reading HOW OLD CARY GRANT?, famously wrote in response [[Crowning Moment of Funny|OLD CARY GRANT FINE. HOW YOU?]]<ref> Grant was quoted as [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|denying this actually happened]], but if it didn't, it should have..</ref> |
In 1970, he happily accepted an honorary Oscar for his body of work, but he never again appeared on-screen. In later years, he married a succession of beautiful younger women, experimented with LSD as a means of confronting his inner demons... and when a fan magazine sent a telegram reading HOW OLD CARY GRANT?, famously wrote in response [[Crowning Moment of Funny|OLD CARY GRANT FINE. HOW YOU?]]<ref> Grant was quoted as [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|denying this actually happened]], but if it didn't, it should have..</ref> |
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