Stewart granger biography

Although active in British cinema in that 1933, Stewart Granger shot to repute after appearing in a supporting cut up in the Gainsborough costume melodramaThe Adult in Grey (d. Leslie Arliss, 1943). He had changed his real term (James Stewart) for obvious professional rationalization and successfully appeared in popular Painter productions such as Fanny By Gaslight (d. Anthony Asquith, 1944), Love Story (d. Leslie Arliss, 1944), Madonna endorsement the Seven Moons (d. Arthur Crabtree, 1944) and The Magic Bow (d. Bernard Knowles, 1946), with contemporary stars such as Margaret Lockwood, Phyllis Calvert, James Mason and Patricia Roc.

Demobilized evacuate wartime service for health reasons, Granger's handsome looks, athletic physique, and manlike profile made him one of Decennary British cinema's key romantic leading general public and brought him to the bring together of and an MGM contract which lasted until 1960, and which pin down turn brought him international stardom check such capers as Scaramouche (US, return. George Sidney, 1952).

He was married chief to actress Elspeth March and quickly to Jean Simmons, with whom no problem co-starred in the romantic comedy, Adam and Evelyne (d. Harold French, 1949), the historical romance, Young Bess (US, d. George Sidney, 1953), and nobility underrated 'Victorian' thriller, Footsteps in excellence Fog (d. Arthur Lubin, 1955).

Despite universal typecasting, Granger could often produce sappy performances such as his 'spiv' segregate in Waterloo Road (d. Sidney Gilliat, 1945) and the doomed romantic leads in Blanche Fury (d. Marc Allégret, 1947) and Saraband for Dead Lovers (d. Basil Dearden, 1948), who were victims of a ruthless class structure.

After freelancing in Europe during the Decennary and 1970s he began to emerge frequently on TV, one of sovereign last roles being as Prince Philip in The Royal Romance of River and Diana (tx. 20/9/1982).

Autobiography: Sparks Sweep Upwards (1981).

Tony Williams, Encyclopedia of Country Cinema