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Cary Grant (born Archibald Alexander Leach; January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was an English actor who gained American citizenship in 1942. Known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor, and "dashing good looks", Grant is considered one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Grant the second greatest male star of Golden Age Hollywood cinema (after Humphrey Bogart). Grant was known for comedic and dramatic roles; his best-known films include ''Bringing Up Baby'' (1938), ''The Philadelphia Story'' (1940), ''His Girl Friday'' (1940), ''Arsenic and Old Lace'' (1944), ''Notorious'' (1946), ''An Affair to Remember'' (1957), ''North by Northwest'' (1959), and ''Charade'' (1963). He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actor (''Penny Serenade'' (1941) and ''None but the Lonely Heart'' (1944)) and five times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. After his retirement from film in 1966, Grant was presented with an Honorary Oscar by Frank Sinatra at the 42nd Academy Awards in 1970. ==Early life and career== Archibald "Archie" Leach was born on January 18, 1904 at 15 Hughenden Road in the Bristol suburb of Horfield. He was the second child of Elias James Leach (1866–1935) and Elsie Maria Leach (née Kingdon; 1878–1973). His father, the son of a potter, worked as a tailor's presser at a clothes factory named Todd's, while his mother was from a family of shipwrights. His elder brother, John William Elias Leach (February 9, 1899 – February 6, 1900), died of tubercular meningitis. Archie had an unhappy upbringing. His father was an alcoholic, and his mother suffered from clinical depression. His father placed her in a mental institution and told the 9-year-old that she had gone away on a "long holiday", later declaring that she had died. When Archie was 10, his father remarried and started a new family that did not include young Archibald.〔 Little is known about how he was cared for, and by whom. Archie did not learn his mother had not died until he was 31, when his father confessed to the lie, shortly before his own death, and told Leach that he could find her alive in a care facility.〔 Archie attended Bishop Road Primary School, and then Fairfield Grammar School in Bristol from the age of 11, where he was expelled in 1918. After joining the "Bob Pender Stage Troupe", he performed as a stilt walker. At age 16, in 1920, he traveled with the group on a two-year tour of the United States, on the . He was processed at Ellis Island on July 28, 1920.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Statue of Liberty )〕 When the troupe returned to Britain, Archie decided to stay in the U.S. and continue his stage career. During this time, he became a part of the vaudeville world and toured with Parker, Rand, and Archie. After his departure, Archie was replaced by James Cagney. Still using his birth name, he performed on the stage at The Muny in St. Louis, Missouri, in such shows as ''Irene'' (1931), ''Music in May'' (1931), ''Nina Rosa'' (1931), ''Rio Rita'' (1931), ''Street Singer'' (1931), ''The Three Musketeers'' (1931), and ''Wonderful Night'' (1931). Leach's experience on stage as a stilt walker, acrobat, juggler, and mime taught him "phenomenal physical grace and exquisite comic timing", and the value of teamwork, skills which would benefit him in Hollywood. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cary Grant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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