1904-01-18 Horfield, Bristol, England, UK
Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was a British-American actor, celebrated for his debonair charm, impeccable comic timing, and sophisticated screen presence. He became one of Hollywood’s most iconic leading men, starring in classics such as Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1940), Notorious (1946), and North by Northwest (1959). Grant had a difficult childhood, marked by his mother’s institutionalization and his father’s alcoholism. At 16, he joined the Pender Troupe, a group of acrobats, which led him to New York City, where he built a career in vaudeville before transitioning to Hollywood in the early 1930s. His breakthrough came with screwball comedies, where his witty delivery and effortless charisma made him a favorite among audiences. He worked with legendary directors such as Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, and George Cukor, solidifying his reputation as a versatile and enduring star. Grant was married five times, but his longtime companionship with fellow actor Randolph Scott fueled speculation about his sexuality. The two lived together for over a decade, sharing a home in Los Angeles, which led to rumors that they were romantically involved. While Grant never publicly addressed these claims, some biographers suggest that his relationship with Scott was more than just friendship. Despite the speculation, Grant maintained a carefully curated public image, often portraying the ideal romantic lead opposite Hollywood’s most glamorous actresses, including Katharine Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, and Grace Kelly. Grant retired from acting in 1966, choosing to focus on business ventures and his family. He received an Academy Honorary Award in 1970 and was honored with the Kennedy Center Award in 1981. He passed away on November 29, 1986, at the age of 82. His legacy remains unmatched, with the American Film Institute ranking him as the second greatest male star of Hollywood’s Golden Age. His timeless appeal, effortless sophistication, and enigmatic personal life continue to fascinate audiences and film historians alike.
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True Blue | (Archive Footage) | 2025-05-23 |
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Clémence et Alexis | Archive | 2025-09-07 |
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The Trouble With Forgetting | (archive footage) | 2024-03-13 |
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Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin | Self (archive footage) | 2022-09-17 |
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Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-11 |
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Sophia Loren, une destinée particulière | Self (archive footage) | 2019-12-24 |
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Dans l'ombre d'Hitchcock, Alma et Hitch | Self (archive footage) | 2019-06-24 |
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Mel Brooks: Unwrapped | Self (archive footage) | 2018-02-17 |
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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2018-07-27 |
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Becoming Cary Grant | Self (archive footage) | 2017-05-23 |
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Discovering Audrey Hepburn | Self (archive footage) | 2015-08-10 |
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Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe | Self (archive footage) | 2012-05-15 |
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Metropolis refundada | Self (archive footage) | 2010-02-13 |
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Behind The Gates: Cary Grant And Grace Kelly | Self (archive footage) | 2009-03-24 |
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-02 |
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Il était une fois... « Les enchaînés » | Self (archive footage) | 2009-06-29 |
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-23 |
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Hippies | Self (archive footage) | 2007-06-12 |
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On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday' | Self (archive footage) | 2006-02-07 |
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Cary Grant: A Class Apart | Self (archive footage) | 2004-06-01 |
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On Location with Gunga Din | Archibald Cutter (archive footage) | 2004-12-07 |
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Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock | Self (archive footage) | 2004-09-07 |
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Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love | Self (Archive Footage) | 2003-12-15 |
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Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
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Writing And Casting To Catch A Thief | Self (archive footage) | 2002-11-05 |
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Edith Head: The Paramount Years | (archive footage) | 2002-11-26 |
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Destination Hitchcock: The Making of 'North by Northwest' | Self (archive footage) | 2000-09-10 |
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Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 1999-01-23 |
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Frank Capra's American Dream | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-01 |
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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) | 1997-11-01 |
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Ingrid Bergman Remembered | Self (archive footage) | 1996-04-06 |
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Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her | Self (archive footage) | 1994-08-09 |
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Intimate Portrait: Grace Kelly | 1990-06-05 | |
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Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths | (archive footage) | 1990-01-01 |
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Marilyn: Something's Got to Give | Self (archive footage) | 1990-12-13 |
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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Self (archive footage) | 1990-07-23 |
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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To | (archive footage) | 1990-06-04 |
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage) | 1988-05-16 |
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Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Self (archive footage) | 1988-06-05 |
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Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self (archive footage) | 1987-06-08 |
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All Star Party for Clint Eastwood | Self | 1986-11-30 |
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Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special | Self | 1986-01-17 |
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All Star Party for Lucille Ball | Self | 1984-12-09 |
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All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra | Self | 1983-12-11 |
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Notre Dame de la Croisette | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-23 |
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | 1982-01-01 |
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Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982-12-31 |
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "Suspicion") (archive footage) | 1982-05-21 |
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All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman | Self | 1979-12-06 |
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Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years | Self | 1979-12-13 |
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Hooray for Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 1976-01-01 |
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That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
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It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | 1976-03-31 |
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Canciones para después de una guerra | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1976-02-09 |
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
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That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) | 1974-06-21 |
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks | Self (archive footage) | 1973-01-01 |
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
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The Killer of Fossil Gulch | The Victim / The Head Juror (uncredited) | 1970-12-31 |
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Elvis: That's the Way It Is | Self | 1970-11-11 |
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Walk Don't Run | Sir William Rutland | 1966-06-29 |
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Father Goose | Walter Christopher Eckland | 1964-12-10 |
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The Big Parade of Comedy | Andre Charville (archive footage) | 1964-09-02 |
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Charade | Peter Joshua | 1963-12-01 |
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That Touch of Mink | Philip Shayne | 1962-06-14 |
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The Grass Is Greener | Victor Rhyall | 1960-12-23 |
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North by Northwest | Roger Thornhill | 1959-08-06 |
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Operation Petticoat | Lieutenant Commander Matt Sherman | 1959-12-05 |
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Indiscreet | Philip Adams | 1958-07-16 |
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Houseboat | Tom Winters | 1958-11-19 |
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The Pride and the Passion | Anthony | 1957-07-10 |
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An Affair to Remember | Nickie Ferrante | 1957-07-11 |
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Kiss Them for Me | Cmdr. Andrew " Andy" Crewson | 1957-12-10 |
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To Catch a Thief | John Robie | 1955-08-03 |
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Dream Wife | Clemson Reade | 1953-06-19 |
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Monkey Business | Barnaby Fulton | 1952-09-03 |
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Room for One More | George "Poppy" Rose | 1952-01-10 |
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People Will Talk | Dr. Noah Praetorius | 1951-08-29 |
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Crisis | Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson | 1950-07-07 |
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I Was a Male War Bride | Capt. Henri Rochard | 1949-08-26 |
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Every Girl Should Be Married | Dr. Madison W. Brown | 1948-12-25 |
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House | Jim Blandings | 1948-03-25 |
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Blow-Ups of 1947 | Self | 1947-12-31 |
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Richard Nugent | 1947-09-01 |
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The Bishop's Wife | Dudley | 1947-12-25 |
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Night and Day | Cole Porter | 1946-07-02 |
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Notorious | T.R. Devlin | 1946-08-21 |
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Without Reservations | Cary Grant (uncredited) | 1946-05-13 |
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George White's Scandals | Cary Grant (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1945-10-09 |
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The Shining Future | Self | 1944-04-11 |
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Arsenic and Old Lace | Mortimer Brewster | 1944-09-01 |
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Once Upon a Time | Jerry Flynn | 1944-06-29 |
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The Road to Victory | Cary Grant (uncredited) | 1944-05-18 |
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None But the Lonely Heart | Ernie Mott | 1944-10-17 |
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Destination Tokyo | Captain Cassidy | 1943-12-31 |
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Mr. Lucky | Joe Adams | 1943-07-01 |
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Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942-12-31 |
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Once Upon a Honeymoon | Patrick O'Toole | 1942-11-27 |
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The Talk of the Town | Leopold Dilg | 1942-08-20 |
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Suspicion | John D. 'Johnnie' Aysgarth | 1941-11-14 |
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Penny Serenade | Roger Adams | 1941-04-24 |
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The Philadelphia Story | C.K. Dexter Haven | 1940-12-05 |
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | 1940-10-24 |
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His Girl Friday | Walter Burns | 1940-01-18 |
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My Favorite Wife | Nick Arden | 1940-05-17 |
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A Tribute to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital | Self | 1940-09-23 |
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The Howards of Virginia | Matt Howard | 1940-09-19 |
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Only Angels Have Wings | Geoff Carter | 1939-05-15 |
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In Name Only | Alec Walker | 1939-08-18 |
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Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 | Self | 1939-09-22 |
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Gunga Din | Archibald Cutter | 1939-01-26 |
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Topper Takes a Trip | George Kerby (archive footage) | 1938-12-29 |
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Bringing Up Baby | David Huxley | 1938-02-18 |
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Holiday | Johnny Case | 1938-05-26 |
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The Toast of New York | Nick Boyd | 1937-07-22 |
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The Awful Truth | Jerry Warriner | 1937-10-21 |
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Topper | George Kerby | 1937-07-16 |
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When You're in Love | Jimmy Hudson | 1937-02-12 |
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Big Brown Eyes | Detective Sergeant Danny Barr | 1936-04-03 |
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The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss | Ernest Bliss | 1936-07-28 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self | 1936-09-11 |
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Suzy | Andre | 1936-07-20 |
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Wedding Present | Charlie Mason | 1936-10-09 |
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Enter Madame | Gerald Fitzgerald | 1935-01-04 |
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The Last Outpost | Michael Andrews | 1935-10-11 |
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Wings in the Dark | Ken Gordon | 1935-02-01 |
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Pirate Party on Catalina Isle | Guest on Isle | 1935-11-20 |
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Sylvia Scarlett | Jimmy Monkley | 1935-12-25 |
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Ladies Should Listen | Julian De Lussac | 1934-08-10 |
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Kiss and Make-Up | Dr. Maurice Lamar | 1934-07-13 |
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Thirty Day Princess | Porter Madison III | 1934-05-18 |
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Born to Be Bad | Malcolm Trevor | 1934-05-18 |
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1933-12-01 |
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Alice in Wonderland | Mock Turtle | 1933-12-18 |
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She Done Him Wrong | Captain Cummings | 1933-02-09 |
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Gambling Ship | Ace Corbin | 1933-06-23 |
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The Woman Accused | Jeffrey Baxter | 1933-02-17 |
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The Eagle and the Hawk | Henry Crocker | 1933-05-06 |
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I'm No Angel | Jack Clayton | 1933-10-06 |
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Merrily We Go to Hell | Charlie Baxter | 1932-06-10 |
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Hot Saturday | Romer Sheffield | 1932-10-28 |
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Blonde Venus | Nick Townsend | 1932-09-23 |
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Madame Butterfly | Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton | 1932-12-30 |
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Devil and the Deep | Lt. Jaeckel | 1932-08-12 |
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Sinners in the Sun | Ridgeway | 1932-05-13 |
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This Is the Night | Stephen Mathewson | 1932-04-08 |
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Singapore Sue | First Sailor | 1932-06-10 |
