Cary Grant: Career Analysis
Age at First Film: 28
Age at Last Film: 62
Career Span: 1932-1966–34 years
Output: 72 features
Age at first Oscar nomination: 37
Grant made almost half of his features (34 out of 72) in the first decade of his career.
He became a bona fide star in 1937, after the release of Leo McCarey’s Oscar-winning comedy, The Awful Truth, opposite Irene Dunne.
Output by Decade:
1930s: 34
1940s: 21
1950s: 13
1960s: 4
Filmography (By Year)
1932: 7 features
This Is the Night, Stephen Mathewson, film debut
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Sinners in the Sun, Ridgeway
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Merrily We Go to Hell, Charlie Baxter
Devil and the Deep, Lieutenant Jaeckel
Blonde Venus, Nick Townsend
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Hot Saturday, Romer Sheffield
Madame Butterfly, Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton
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1933: 6 features
She Done Him Wrong, Capt. Cummings
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The Woman Accused, Jeffrey Baxter
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The Eagle and the Hawk, Henry Crocker
Gambling Ship, Ace Corbin
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I’m No Angel, Jack Clayton
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Alice in Wonderland. The Mock Turtle
1934: 4 features
Thirty-Day Princess, Porter Madison III
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Born to Be Bad, Malcolm Trevor
Kiss and Make-Up, Dr. Maurice Lamar
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Ladies Should Listen, Julian De Lussac
1935: 4 features
Enter Madame, Gerald Fitzgerald
Wings in the Dark, Ken Gordon
The Last Outpost, Michael Andrews
Sylvia Scarlett, Jimmy Monkley
1936: 4
Big Brown Eyes, Det. Sgt. Danny Barr
Suzy, Andre Charville
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss, Ernest Bliss
(aka Romance and Riches, The Amazing Adventure)
Wedding Present, Charlie Mason
1937: 4
When You’re in Love, Jimmy Hudson
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Topper, George Kerby
The Toast of New York, Nicholas “Nick” Boyd
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The Awful Truth, Jerry Warriner
1938: 2
Bringing Up Baby, Dr. David Huxley
Holiday, John “Johnny” Case
1939: 3
Gunga Din, Sgt. Archibald Cutter
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Only Angels Have Wings, Geoff Carter
In Name Only, Alec Walker
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1940: 4
His Girl Friday, Walter Burns
My Favorite Wife, Nick
The Howards of Virginia, Matt Howard
The Philadelphia Story, C. K. Dexter Haven
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1941: 2
Penny Serenade, Roger Adams (Nominated–Best Actor)
Suspicion, Johnnie
1942: 2
The Talk of the Town, Leopold Dilg a.k.a. Joseph
Once Upon a Honeymoon, Patrick “Pat” O’Toole
1943: 2
Mr. Lucky, Joe Adams/Joe Bascopolous
Destination Tokyo, Capt. Cassidy
1944: 2
Once Upon a Time, Jerry Flynn
Arsenic and Old Lace, Mortimer Brewster
None But the Lonely Heart, Ernie Mott, Nominated–Best Actor
1946
Night and Day, Cole Porter
Notorious, T.R. Devlin
1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, Dick Nugent
The Bishop’s Wife, Dudley
1948
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, Jim Blandings
Every Girl Should Be Married, Dr. Madison W. Brown
1949
I Was a Male War Bride, Capt. Henri Rochard
1950
Crisis, Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson
1951
People Will Talk, Dr. Noah Praetorius
1952
Room for One More, George “Poppy” Rose
Monkey Business, Dr. Barnaby Fulton
1953
Dream Wife, Clemson Reade
1955
To Catch a Thief, John Robie
1957
An Affair to Remember, Nickie Ferrante
The Pride and the Passion, Anthony
Kiss Them for Me, Cmdr. Andy Crewson
1958
Indiscreet, Philip Adams, Nominated–Golden Globe Award, Comedy
Houseboat, Tom Winters
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1959
North by Northwest, Roger O. Thornhill
Operation Petticoat, Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman, Nominated Golden Globe, Comedy
1960
The Grass Is Greener, Victor Rhyall, Earl–Nominated–Golden Globe, Comedy
1962
That Touch of Mink, Philip Shayne–Nominated – Golden Globe, Comedy
1963
Charade, Peter Joshua /Alexander Dyle /Adam Canfield /Brian Cruikshank, BAFTA Award nominee for Best Foreign Actor; Nominated, Golden Globe Comedy
1964
Father Goose, Walter Christopher Eckland
1966
Walk, Don’t Run, Sir William Rutland–Final film role
