grant grant born january november british american actor known classic hollywood definitive leading men began career hollywood early 1930s known accent light hearted approach acting comic timing demeanor american citizen born bristol grant attracted theatre young age began performing troupe known age attending bristol toured country stage performer decided stay new_york_city performance established 1920s toured united_states moving hollywood early 1930s initially appeared crime films dramas wrong later gained renown appearances romantic comedy comedy films bringing baby girl friday later male war bride films frequently cited time great comedy films having established major hollywood star nominated twice lonely heart 1940s 1950s grant forged working relationship director appearing films suspicion notorious catch thief north northwest considered grant actor loved end film career grant praised critics romantic leading man received golden globe award best actor nominations including touch day remembered critics unusually broad appeal handsome actor seriously possessing ability play dignity comedies sacrificing entirely comic timing delivery grant premiere considers simply funniest actor cinema produced grant married times marriages actresses daughter cannon born retirement film acting grant pursued numerous business interests representing firm sitting board mgm presented friend accorded american_film_institute named grant second greatest male star golden age hollywood cinema early life education grant born january road northern bristol suburb second child née son potter worked tailor clothes factory family worked grant elder brother died grant considered partly jewish unhappy upbringing father alcoholic mother suffered clinical depression wanting best son taught grant song dance keen having piano lessons occasionally cinema enjoyed performances grant entered education half sent bristol grant biographer mentions lover grant 1970s claimed book mother know affection know receive biographer notes blamed death grant older brother john recovered grant later acknowledged negative experiences fiercely independent mother affected relationships women later life alcohol tobacco reduce pocket money minor grant later attributed behavior fearing lose john grant father later placed mother mental institution told year old gone away long holiday later declaring died grant grew mother particularly left family gone grant father moved home grandmother bristol grant father remarried started new family include son grant learn mother alive father confessed lie shortly death grant arrangements mother leave institution june shortly learned whereabouts visited break england october filming din completed parents found difficult nervous disposition enjoyed theatre particularly christmas attend father grant befriended troupe dancers known bob stage troupe subsequently trained walker began touring week stint theatre berlin circa noticed broadway producer time grant won scholarship attend bristol father barely afford pay uniform good looks talents grant popular figure girls boys able academic subjects excelled sports particularly developed reputation frequently refused classmate referred little boy old teacher remembered naughty little boy making noise row evenings spent working backstage bristol theatres age responsible lighting grant began hanging backstage theatre opportunity summer volunteered work messenger boy guide military docks southampton escape home life time spent southampton strengthened desire travel eager leave bristol tried sign ship cabin boy learned young march grant expelled explanations given including discovered girls assisting classmates theft nearby town claims grant set intentionally expelled school pursue career entertainment troupe grant rejoined troupe days expelled better paying job southampton grant expulsion school brought local authorities door questions son living bristol father southampton learning son troupe signed year contract son contract stipulated grant weekly salary room board dancing lessons training profession age provision contract salary rises based job performance performing career school attend grant rejoined accepted salary shillings week group began touring county grant developed ability physical acting skills july age grant travelled group olympic conduct tour united_states arriving week later biographer richard claims aboard ship returning honeymoon grant played impressed actor important role model arriving new_york group performed largest theatre world time capacity months putting shows week production successful grant circuit began touring performing places missouri cleveland milwaukee decision stay members rest troupe returned britain remembered fond performances period early role model july grant performed group seven palace theatre broadway formed group summer walking members starred variety named end year meeting owner party grant hired appear attracted large crowds wearing bright great coat sandwich board advertised race track grant spent couple years touring united_states walking visited los_angeles time left lasting impression group split returned new_york began living performing west 46th street performing comic sketches having short spell rider known rubber legs experience particularly demanding gave grant opportunity improve comic technique develop skills benefit later hollywood grant leading man alongside decided form jack company began touring mistaken australian period nicknamed grant accent changed result moving london troupe working music halls eventually term mid atlantic accent cast australian musical earned week received lasted performances critics started notice pleasant new juvenile competent young newcomer following year joined offered juvenile play unsuccessful production critic wrote grant strong masculine manner unfortunately fails bring beauty score notes pressure failing production began eventually dropped run weeks poor reviews despite set rival attempt buy grant contract sold instead cast small role opposite french comedy production broadway premiered january later admitted absolutely terrible role exhibited charm people effectively saved failure play ran shows grant earned week moving detroit chicago console grant bought sport visited half brother england returning new_york later year played role production wonderful night premiered october days wall street crash lasted shows february play received mixed reviews critic criticized acting mixture announced brought breath broadway role began gain recognition grant found difficult forming relationships women remarking years theatre road new_york surrounded sorts attractive girls able fully communicate grant toured months production musical street singer production came end spring invited spend summer performing stage missouri appeared different productions putting shows received praise local newspapers performances gaining reputation romantic leading man significant influences acting period sir later admitted drawn acting great need liked admired grant eventually fired end summer season refused accept pay cut financial difficulties caused depression unemployment short lived offered lead romantic new musical grant starred opposite soldier post world war france production opened september new_york stopped performances effects depression film career early roles grant role praised new_york_daily_news noted young england big future movies review led screen test resulting appearance sailor singapore sue minute short film grant delivers lines conviction according robinson grant met founder general manager paramount_pictures respectively successful screen test directed signed contract year old grant december years starting salary week demanded change sounded american like eventually agreed grant grant set establish calls masculine glamour role model notes grant career hollywood immediately took exhibited genuine charm stand good looking actors time making remarkably easy find people willing support career feature film debut frank directed comedy night playing olympic opposite grant disliked role threatened leave hollywood surprise critic variety praised performance thought looked like potential rave grant played wealthy playboy opposite directed grant role described projecting distinctive kind enable man capable romantic hero grant found conflicted director filming argued german played playboy type number films hell opposite march devil deep alongside hot saturday opposite madame butterfly according biographer films grant star establish hollywood new crop fast rising actors grant gained attention appearing pre code films wrong angel opposite west west later claim discovered grant noted grant appear confident role director wrong charming film box office hit earning million united_states won acclaim angel grant salary increased week film successful wrong saved paramount bankruptcy cites best comedy films 1930s string financially unsuccessful films included roles president company sued knocking boy accident born bad 20th century fox surgeon kiss blinded pilot opposite wings dark successive poor box office press reports marriage led paramount form conclusion grant grant prospects picked half loaned producer agreed face failure seen things excellent hepburn wanted venture playing began collaborations hepburn commercial failure dominating performance praised critics grant considered film breakthrough career contract paramount ended release grant decided renew wished work freelance grant claimed freelance actor hollywood lack central contract helped increase salary picture venture freelance actor shot england film box office bomb prompted grant reconsider decision critical commercial success later year played french opposite led signing joint contracts enabling choose stories felt suited acting style columbia contract film deal years hollywood stardom oscar recognition grant began film contract love portraying wealthy american artist eventually famous opera singer performance received positive feedback critics describing best thing long time commercial failure venture grant loaned studio comedy film distributed mgm major comedy success grant played half wealthy married couple havoc world ghosts dying car accident popular movies year critic variety noting grant bennett assignments great skill described film success logical grant star year film reportedly disliked grant mocked director mannerisms film recognized grant comic talents encouraged lines draw skills developed film critical commercial success grant hollywood star establishing screen persona sophisticated light comedy leading man comedies began film critic atlantic later called spectacular run actor american pictures grant starred opposite comedy bringing baby featuring leopard frequent verbal grant hepburn initially uncertain play character told director think grant given comic scenes editing film hepburn art comedy despite losing film earned rave reviews critics appeared hepburn romantic comedy holiday later year fare commercially point hepburn considered box office poison time despite series commercial failures grant popular high demand according grant played roles dramatic albeit comical played british army sergeant opposite adventure film set military station india roles pilot opposite hawks wealthy landowner alongside followed grant played newspaper editor learns wife journalist played marry insurance officer comedy girl friday praised strong chemistry great verbal grant russell grant reunited favorite wife rate comedy according life magazine second biggest picture year profits playing american revolution set virginia considers grant worst film performance film year critically lauded romantic comedy played husband hepburn character grant felt performance strong disappointed received oscar nomination joked teeth academy seriously following year grant considered nomination academy claims grant found film emotional experience wife started discuss having children later year appeared romantic psychological thriller suspicion grant collaborations director grant warm star finding film critic new_york_times considered grant irresponsible gay oddly mysterious role properly demands later stated thought ending film grant sent jail instead committing suicide complete mistake making story grant cynical ending makes story simple believes suspicion served supreme example grant ability simultaneously charming sinister grant participated week tour united_states group help war effort photographed visiting wounded marines hospital appeared routines shows played straight man opposite minute propaganda short road victory released appeared alongside film grant played convict run talk town escapes convicted arson murder hides house characters played gradually plots secure freedom praised script noted grant played slightly disturbing role foreign correspondent opposite beat comedy honeymoon praised scenes rogers following year appeared lucky playing casino aboard ship commercially successful submarine war film destination tokyo shot weeks september october left exhausted reviewer newsweek thought finest performances career grant starred alongside dark comedy playing belongs bizarre family includes uncle claiming president roosevelt grant took role originally offered turned owing schedule conflicts grant found subject matter film difficult contend believed worst performance career year received second oscar nomination role opposite directed film lonely heart set london depression late year featured series suspense playing character discovers amnesia affected masculine order society black curtain post war success slump making brief cameo appearance opposite reservations grant portrayed cole porter musical night day production proved problematic scenes requiring multiple takes frustrating cast crew grant appeared directed film notorious playing government agent recruits american daughter convicted nazi spy infiltrate nazi organization brazil world war course film grant characters fall love share longest kisses film history half minutes notes grant performance far unique qualities screen actor matured years grant played artist involved court case charged assault bachelor bobby opposite film praised critics admired picture qualities chemistry grant biggest selling films box office year later year starred opposite comedy playing angel sent heaven relationship bishop wife film major commercial critical success nominated academy_awards life magazine called written acted following year grant played title sake comedy builds film picture lost lot money thought grant role frustrated advertising man best screen portrayals girl married comedy appeared playing bachelor trapped marriage drake character finished year fourth popular film star box office grant starred alongside comedy male war bride appeared scenes dressed woman wearing skirt wig filming taken ill infectious lost weight affecting way looked picture film proved successful highest grossing film 20th century fox year million likened hawks comedies late 1930s point highest paid hollywood stars commanding picture early 1950s marked beginning slump grant career roles brain surgeon caught middle bitter revolution latin american country crisis medical school professor orchestra conductor opposite people talk poorly received grant tired grant years successful wealthy popular remarked play true self hardest thing world grant starred comedy room playing engineer husband wife adopt children reunited film beat comedy starring critic wrote grant given career best extraordinary performance matched rogers received mixed reception overall grant hoped starring opposite romantic comedy salvage career critical financial failure release july considered leading star born grant believed film career briefly left industry romantic leading man final roles grant agreed star opposite catch thief playing retired jewel thief nicknamed cat living grant kelly worked production marked enjoyable experiences grant career found kelly professional later stated kelly possibly finest actress worked grant actors independent studio contract effectively leaving studio system completely controlled aspects actor life decided films going appear personal choice directors stars times negotiated share gross revenue uncommon time grant received gross successful catch thief received directing producing critical reception overall film mixed grant received high praise performance critics commenting handsome appearance film grant starred opposite romance affair remember playing international playboy object affections sees film definitive romantic pictures period remarks grant entirely successful trying film year grant appeared opposite pride passion expressed interest playing character bridge time found possible commitment pride passion film shot location spain problematic star irritating colleagues leaving production weeks grant attempts production proved fruitless led expressing anger paramount cast opposite contract sexual tension great making producers found impossible later grant starred opposite romantic comedy playing successful affair famous actress pretending married man filming formed closer friendship gained new respect actress stated thought film possibly finest romantic comedy film era grant professed personal favorites grant received golden globe award best actor motion picture musical comedy nominations performance finished year popular film star box office grant starred directed film north northwest playing advertising executive embroiled case mistaken identity like warmly received critics major commercial success listed greatest films time writing new_york_times praised grant performance remarking actor home role advertising man handled role professional grace grant wore iconic suits film popular fourteen gauge mid gray wool custom grant finished year playing navy rear admiral aboard submarine opposite comedy operation reviewer saw grant comic portrayal classic example attract laughter audience lines remarking film gags play reaction blank etc creates releases humor film major box office success ranked film highest earning film grant career box office million grant appeared opposite grass shot england notes grant took great mocking aristocratic character refined tastes mannerisms film panned seen worst grant starred romantic comedy touch playing wealthy businessman romantically involved office worker played day invites apartment bermuda guilty conscience begins hold picture praised critics received academy_award nominations won golden globe award best comedy picture addition best actor nomination ranked film second highest grossing grant career producers originally sought grant role james_bond discarded idea grant committed feature film producers decided franchise grant appeared typically romantic role opposite grant found experience working hepburn wonderful believed close relationship clear camera according hepburn particularly worried filming criticized far old seen cradle author writes film makes ingenious entertainment grant hepburn play like film received critics called best film grant changed typically distinguished screen persona play hired commander serve invading japanese planes world war romantic comedy father film major commercial success release took box office week breaking record set previous year grant final film walk don run comedy starring shot location tokyo set amid backdrop housing shortage tokyo olympics newsweek concluded grant personal presence character plays wholly taken man 50s 60s place romantic comedy catalyst chemistry wrong asked grant star torn curtain year learn decided retire later years grant retired screen daughter born focus bringing provide sense stability life increasingly disillusioned cinema 1960s rarely finding script approved remarked gone acting playing grandfather discovered important things life grant knew golden age hollywood expressed little interest making career comeback continued respond invites mention fat chance briefly appear video documentary las_vegas concert way audience gifted number films 1970s grant sold television sum million dollars argue grant film actions man turned film industry caught decision eat bit humble pie announce cinema going public 1970s mgm keen grand hotel hoped lure grant coming retirement star long wanted film based idea hamlet grant lead role grant stated big effort try play role jordan heaven wait eventually went claim grant expressed interest appearing touch class verdict film adaptation novel adventures late 1970s early 1980s grant troubled deaths close friends including lord funeral quoted remarking friend absolutely old going quit year going lie bed shall close doors turn telephone enjoy life kelly death hardest hitting grant death unexpected remained close friends filming catch thief grant visited times year retirement showed support kelly joining board month retrospective grant films honored man year award turned noticed come actor grant good health suffering mild stroke october year years life undertook tours united_states man conversation grant clips films answer audience questions public appearances years new_jersey texas found audiences changed elderly film enthusiastic college students discovering films time grant admitted thought appearances ego fodder remarking know inside outside nice outside business interests refers grant businessmen operate hollywood long term friendship 1930s onward saw invited glamorous circles hollywood lavish parties state hughes played major role development grant business interests operator commercial interests scott played role encouraging grant invest money shares making wealthy man end 1930s 1940s grant invested heavily real estate development acapulco time little fishing village teamed red buy hotel business interests particularly intelligent mind point friend said computers went general release brain film critic believes grant intelligence came screen stated looked good intelligent time grant retired screen active business accepted position board directors position honorary assumed grant regularly attended meetings travelled internationally support pay modest comparison millions film career salary reported year grant influence company claimed grant played role growth firm annual revenues million growth nearly inaugural year position permitted use private plane grant use fly daughter mother working grant appointed director mgm sat board following division parent company played active role promotion las_vegas opened continued promote city 1970s met grant photo shoot year noticed tired grant looked slightly air grant later joined boards magic castle hollywood california acquired personal life wealthiest stars hollywood grant owned houses beverly_hills personal renowned hollywood costume designer appreciated meticulous attention detail considered greatest fashion sense actor worked obsessive maintenance deepened older got major influence refined sense dress notes grant came working class background educated particular effort course career mix high society absorb knowledge manners compensate cover image crafted early days hollywood frequently avoid photographed smoking despite smoking packs day time grant quit smoking early 1950s remained health conscious staying trim athletic late career grant admitted finger fit confessed making love grant daughter stated father hundreds friends walks life house frequently visited likes frank wife wife griffin said grant closest friends men remarkably similar shared similar charm high life raising grant archived artefacts childhood bank quality room sized vault installed house attributed meticulous collection fact artefacts childhood destroyed luftwaffe bombing bristol second world war event claimed lives uncle aunt cousin cousin husband grandson wanted prevent experiencing similar loss grant lived actor years authors claimed gay bisexual relationship met early grant career paramount studio scott filming time grant shooting sun moved soon scott biographer states evidence grant scott homosexual blames rumors material written books assumed true historians grant daughter denied claims joked television grant gal grant sued chase forced words grant fan wise 1960s remained friends death grant began experimenting drug late 1950s commercially popular wife displayed keen interest grant developed considerable knowledge field began treating late 1950s grant optimistic treatment feel better rid inner turmoil stemming childhood failed relationships estimated sessions years long time grant viewed drug positively stated solution years searching peace mind time life truly deeply honestly happy cannon claimed court hearing claimed taking drug remedy save relationship grant later admitted taking utterly thing self hiding kinds layers defences rid slate clean relationships grant married times february hall registry office london divorced march following charges grant hit involved bitter divorce case widely reported press demanding week husband benefits paramount earnings demise marriage dated actress considered marriage europe summer visiting roman villa italy relationship ended later year grant united_states citizen june time legally changed grant year married wealthiest women world following million inheritance grandfather couple nicknamed cash extensive agreement grant refused financial settlement event divorce avoid accusation married money end marriage lived white mansion road remained friends dating period december grant married star films prove longest marriage ending august grant married july friend las_vegas daughter born february grant child frequently called best production said life changed day born come think reason earth leave films know don think films long gone human important grant cannon divorced march march month involved car accident long_island truck struck grant hospitalized days broken ribs grant brief affair self proclaimed actress late 1960s grant odds named recipient grant announced attend awards ceremony accept award ending year boycott ceremony days announcement filed suit grant publicly stated father seven week old daughter named grant father child birth certificate grant challenged blood test failed provide court ordered remove certificate dated british followed younger april grant married british hotel public relations agent years junior met london years earlier harris working time grant attending conference friends wasn moved live california friends grant considered extremely positive impact grant prince remarked years death grant iowa afternoon november preparing performance conversation grant taken ill close friend recalled met grant hollywood park earlier month state good health grant feeling arrived theatre photographed thought grant looked usual self noticed tired auditorium williams recalls grant rehearsed half hour wrong sudden disappeared backstage grant taken wife barbara checked doctor called discovered grant having massive stroke blood pressure reading grant refused taken hospital doctor recalled stroke getting worse minutes deteriorated rapidly terrible watching die able help wouldn let grant slipped coma taken spent minutes emergency transferred intensive care pronounced dead new_york_times reported grant supposed die grant supposed stick perpetual charm youth grant body taken california cremated ashes scattered pacific_ocean refused funeral remarked appropriate private man didn want nonsense funeral bulk estate worth region million dollars went wife daughter gave goods valued beloved employees doctor clothes personal belongings screen persona notes reasons grant successful film career conscious handsome screen acting fashion unexpected unusual hollywood star period stated didn depend looks wasn acted ordinary young man appealing handsome young man funny especially unexpected good think funny intelligent proved acknowledged father relied looks character actor said opposite playing basic man grant appeal unusually broad men women remarked men wanted women dreamed dating noticed grant treated female stars differently leading players time subjects multiple qualities treating sex objects writer meet requirement figure uncle best friend lover stars belonged public number critics argued grant rare star ability turn mediocre picture good review lucky stated weren grant personality thing melt away found ideal gentleman gentleman democratic culture tradition wealth virtue elite mass high low great good states grant delivery worked commenting sits faces camera early scene looks expression suggests knows trick odds actually come sharing extraordinary good fortune smile like smile political theorist saw grant new important symbol new type englishman differed gentleman types represented freedom natural grace simplicity different american types ronald_reagan ultimately growing relationship britain america notes grant typically played wealthy privileged characters need work order maintain glamorous lifestyle star characters good looking quick funny athletic star characters win hearts women trying commenting biography grant thought grant acting range greater contemporaries understood number critics actor believes grant physical verbal best situations bordered commenting complete films grant similarly identifies grant screen persona unusual ability mix polish successive scenes remarks grant able play near fool fey idiot surrendering camp sake ability play image strong handsome romantic hero figure matter fact probably unique superstars comes close mind similarly toy dignity losing notes grant arch hint smile question image managing blend irony romance way stars appearing seriously mixing unique mixture director worked grant stated real magic came attention minute details real came enormous amounts work god given grant remarked career guess certain extent eventually characters playing played wanted person later real grant like fisherman father tailored grant fun statements wants grant want grant lines film girl friday saying listen man said week cut throat seen bearing according famous story believed fictional seeing telegram magazine editor agent asking old grant grant reportedly responded old grant fine despite strong comedic qualities thought grant effective playing darker roles mysterious dangerous quality remarking frightening finger notes darker mysterious extended personal life took great lengths cover retain image legacy believe grant greatest leading man hollywood known stated stars achieve magnitude grant art high subtle order thought best star actor movies directors concurred grant greatest important actor history cinema favorite called actor loved life remained hollywood box office attractions years wrote millions movie world grant forever glamour style hollywood golden years dark hair darker eyes smile great movie stars death screen image single moment stated world thinks embodies time time simpler relationship performer grant nominated academy_awards lonely heart won competitive oscar received special academy_award lifetime achievement inscription read grant unique mastery art screen acting respect affection colleagues presented award friend announced sheer brilliance acting brought pleasure people years things new_york grant awarded special plaque recognized city appreciation star superstar entertainment following august invited speech kansas_city attend dinner queen elizabeth_ii white house year later invited attend royal charity gala london grant hosted american_film_institute tribute presented honorary oscar grant accorded years later theatre mgm lot renamed grant theatre leading film directors asked reveal favorite actor time time poll grant came second december statue grant unveiled millennium square area bristol city born november grant came premiere magazine list greatest movie stars time according years earlier declared grant simply funniest actor cinema produced filmography stage work
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