Biography
Granger and co-stars Margaret Lockwood, James Mason and Phyllis Calvert immediately became major stars with their appearances in the melodramatic period romp, "The Man in Grey" (1943), and for the rest of the decade Granger reigned as one of Britain's premiere leading men. With his strong profile, his deep, dulcet voice and a shock of wavy hair he typically appeared in historical romances and actioners for Gainsborough and Rank including …
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Career Milestones
| Acted on the London stage with Vivien Leigh in "Serena Blandish" | ||
| Served with the Black Watch regiment during WWII; invalided out | ||
| Starred as Colonel Alan MacKenzie opposite James Drury and Doug McClure on the NBC western series "The Men from Shiloh" | ||
| Was voted one of Great Britain's top ten boxoffice stars in annual "Motion Picture Herald-Fame" poll in 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949 | ||
1933 | Made film debut in a bit part in "A Southern Maid" | |
1935 | Began as a repertory actor; worked with companies in Hull and Birmingham | |
1936 | Acted in the Malvern Theatre Festivals | |
1939 | Film career began in earnest with "So This Is London" | |
1942 | Began playing leading roles in British films | |
1943 | Vaulted to star status with his role in "The Man in Grey", which also made stars of Phyllis Calvert, Margaret Lockwood and James Mason | |
1949 | Signed with MGM | |
1950 | First American film, "King Solomon's Mines" | |
1955 | Returned briefly to Great Britain to co-star opposite wife Jean Simmons in "Footsteps in the Fog" | |
1956 | Became an American citizen | |
1957 | Left MGM | |
1958 | Returned to Great Britain to make two films | |
1962 | Began making films in Italy with his roles in "Sodom and Gomorrah" and "The Swordsman of Siena" | |
1965 | Began making films in West Germany | |
1969 | TV-movie debut, "Any Second Now" | |
1972 | Played Sherlock Holmes in a TV-movie adaptation of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" | |
1982 | Played Prince Philip in the TV-movie, "The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana" | |
1988 | Made final feature film, "Hell Hunters" | |
1991 | Made final stage appearance opposite Rex Harrison and Glynis Johns in an adaptation of Somerset Maugham's "The Circle" | |
1992 | Appeared in the made-for-Cinemax interview documentary, "Ava Gardner" | |