- Stewart Granger
Infobox Actor
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name = Stewart Granger
caption = from the trailer for "Young Bess " (1953)
birthname = James Lablache Stewart
birthdate =May 6 ,1913
location =London ,England
deathdate =August 16 ,1993 , aged 80
deathplace =Santa Monica, California
spouse =Elspeth March (1938-1948)
Jean Simmons (1950-1960)
Caroline LeCerf (1964-1969)Stewart Granger (
May 6 ,1913 –August 16 ,1993 ), born James Lablache Stewart, was an English filmactor , mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. Tall, dark, dignified and handsome, Granger was a popular leading man in the 40s, 50s and 60s.He was born in
London , and educated atEpsom College , and theWebber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art . The grandson of the opera singerLuigi Lablache , he was obliged to change his name in order to avoid being confused with the famous American actor James Stewart. As Granger reported in an interview once, his off-screen friends called him "Jimmy".Acting career
In 1933, he made his film debut as an extra. His first starring role was in the
Gainsborough Pictures periodmelodrama "The Man in Grey " (1943), a film that helped to make him a huge star in Britain. In the early 1950s, he moved toHollywood and starred in a number ofswashbuckler s and other adventure films for which his theatrical voice, stature (6'3" 191 cm) and dignified profile made him a natural, such as "King Solomon's Mines" (1950), "Scaramouche" (1952) and the 1952 remake of "The Prisoner of Zenda", but he was just as dashing in comedies, as demonstrated by his performance in "North To Alaska " withJohn Wayne .In
Germany , Granger acted in the role ofOld Surehand in three western movies adapted from novels by German authorKarl May , with French actorPierre Brice (playing the fictional Indian chiefWinnetou ), in "Unter Geiern" ("Frontier Hellcat") (1964), "Der Ölprinz" ("Rampage at Apache Wells") (1965) and "Old Surehand" ("Flaming Frontier") (1965).He was united with
Pierre Brice andLex Barker , also a Karl May movie hero, in "Gern hab' ich die Frauen gekillt" ("Killer's Carnival") (1966). In the GermanEdgar Wallace movie series of the 1960s, he was seen in "The Trygon Factor" (1966). Towards the end of his career, Granger even starred in a German soap-opera called "Das Erbe der Guldenburgs" ("The Guldenburg Heritage") (1987).Personal life
He was married three times:
#Elspeth March (1938–1948); two children, Jamie and Lindsay
#Jean Simmons (1950–1960), (with whom he had starred in "Adam and Evelyne ", "Young Bess " and "Footsteps in the Fog "); one daughter, Tracy
# Caroline LeCerf (1964–1969); one daughter, SamanthaStewart Granger revealed in his autobiography [ Sparks fly upward, Granger, Stewart, Putnam; 1st American edition (1981), ISBN 0-399-12674-0 ] that
Deborah Kerr had tried to seduce him in the back of a London cab in 1950. Although they were married to others, they went on to have an affair. [cite web |url=http://www.leninimports.com/stewart_granger.html#partone|title=Stewart Granger|accessdate=2007-11-19 ] They remained lifelong friends.In 1956, Granger became a
naturalized citizen of theUnited States .He died in
Santa Monica, California fromprostate cancer at the age of 80.elected filmography
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The Man in Grey " (1943)
*"Thursday's Child" (1943)
*"Madonna of the Seven Moons " (1944)
*"Love Story" (1944)
*"Waterloo Road" (1944), withJohn Mills
*"Fanny by Gaslight" (1944)
*"Caesar and Cleopatra" (1945), withClaude Rains
*"Caravan" (1946)
*"Captain Boycott " (1947)
*"Blanche Fury " (1948)
*"Saraband for Dead Lovers " (1948), withJoan Greenwood
*"Adam and Evelyne " (1949)
*"King Solomon's Mines" (1950) asAllan Quatermain
*"The Light Touch" (1951), withPier Angeli
*"Scaramouche" (1952), withMel Ferrer
*"The Prisoner of Zenda" (1952), withDeborah Kerr
*"Salome " (1953), withRita Hayworth
*"Young Bess " (1953), withJean Simmons
*"All the Brothers Were Valiant " (1953), with Robert Taylor
*"Beau Brummell " (1954), withElizabeth Taylor andPeter Ustinov
*"Green Fire " (1954), withGrace Kelly
*"Moonfleet" (1955) byFritz Lang
*"Footsteps in the Fog " (1956)
*"The Last Hunt " (1956), with Robert Taylor
*"Bhowani Junction " (1956), withAva Gardner
* " Harry Black" (1958)
*"North to Alaska " (1960), withJohn Wayne
*"Sodom and Gomorrah" (1962) byRobert Aldrich
* "Target for Killing " (1966)
*"The Hound of the Baskervilles " (1972) (TV ) asSherlock Holmes
*"The Wild Geese " (1978), withRichard Burton ,Roger Moore andHardy Krüger References
External links
*imdb name|id=0001289|name=Stewart Granger
* [http://www.britmovie.co.uk/actors/g/001.html Britmovie.com]Persondata
NAME= Granger, Stewart
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Stewart, James Lablache
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actor
DATE OF BIRTH=6 May ,1913
PLACE OF BIRTH=London ,United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH=16 August ,1993
PLACE OF DEATH=Santa Monica ,California
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