Cary Grant

Cary Grant Cary Grant was the quintessential Hollywood leading man — debonair, witty, and athletically graceful — who excelled equally in screwball comedy and Hitchcock thrillers, and is widely considered the greatest movie star who never won a competitive Academy Award. Born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England, he ran away from home at 13 to join an acrobat troupe, making his way eventually to Broadway and then Hollywood. His celebrated collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock produced 'Suspicion' (1941), 'Notorious' (1946), 'To Catch a Thief' (1955), and 'North by Northwest' (1959).