British writer whose novels, including The Horse's Mouth (1944), concern the necessity of personal freedom. Elizabeth Cabot Cary Cary Arthur Joyce Lunel Grant Cary Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe
a US film actor, who was born in the UK. He is known for being very good-looking and for appearing as characters who are confident, amusing and relaxed, in humorous films such as Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1940), and The Philadephia Story (1940) (1904-86). orig. Archibald Alexander Leach born Jan. 18, 1904, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng. died Nov. 29, 1986, Davenport, Iowa, U.S. British-born U.S. film actor. He performed with an acrobatic comedy troupe in England before he found parts in stage musicals. He made his film debut in This Is the Night (1932) and earned stardom with Mae West in She Done Him Wrong (1933). His debonair charm and good looks, combined with a distinctive voice, made him a longtime popular star in sophisticated comedies such as Topper (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1940), and The Philadelphia Story (1941). He also starred in Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers Suspicion (1941), Notorious (1946), To Catch a Thief (1955), and North by Northwest (1959). He received an honorary Academy Award in 1970
(1904-1986, born Archibald Alexander Leach) British-born USA movie actor who starred in such movies as "North by Northwest" and "The Philadelphia Story
born Dec. 7, 1888, Londonderry, Ire. died March 29, 1957, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Eng. British novelist. Cary studied art in Edinburgh and Paris before graduating from the University of Oxford. After serving in West Africa in World War I, he began publishing short stories, then novels, some set in Africa, including An American Visitor (1933) and Mister Johnson (1939). The Horse's Mouth (1944), his best-known novel, was the third in a trilogy in which each volume is narrated by one of three protagonists. Other works include a second trilogy, A Prisoner of Grace (1952), Except the Lord (1953), and Not Honour More (1955)
born Dec. 7, 1888, Londonderry, Ire. died March 29, 1957, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Eng. British novelist. Cary studied art in Edinburgh and Paris before graduating from the University of Oxford. After serving in West Africa in World War I, he began publishing short stories, then novels, some set in Africa, including An American Visitor (1933) and Mister Johnson (1939). The Horse's Mouth (1944), his best-known novel, was the third in a trilogy in which each volume is narrated by one of three protagonists. Other works include a second trilogy, A Prisoner of Grace (1952), Except the Lord (1953), and Not Honour More (1955)