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Grant was born Archibald Alec Leach on January 18, 1904, at 15 Hughenden Road in the northern Bristol, England suburb of Horfield. [10] [2] He was the second child of Elias James Leach and Elsie Maria Leach (née Kingdon). [11] His father worked as a tailor's presser at a clothes factory, while his mother worked as a seamstress. [12]
Archibald Leach is the birth name of film actor Cary Grant (1904–1986). Archibald Leach may also refer to: Archie Leach, a fictional character played by John Cleese in the film A Fish Called Wanda; Archie Leach, a fictional character played by Richard Chamberlain in the TV series Leverage
Archibald "Archie" Leach, birth name of English-born American actor Cary Grant (1904–1986) Archie League (1907–1986), generally considered the first air traffic controller; Archie Macpherson (born 1937), Scottish sports broadcaster; Archie Manners (born 1993), British magician, comedian, and television presenter
The series depicts the man originally named Archibald Leach, born into poverty in Bristol in 1904, before he became Hollywood's Cary Grant. Scenes set later, in the 1960s, feature Grant in Los Angeles with personal issues affecting his happiness despite international stardom and many hit movies.
Archibald is used as the anglicization of the (unrelated) Gaelic given name Gille Easbuig (also anglicized as Gillespie). The given name Archibald was comparatively popular in the United States in the late 19th century, peaking at rank 290 in 1890, but it rapidly fell out of fashion in the early 20th century, falling below rank 1,000 in ...
Archie Leach (1904–1986), real name of English-American actor Cary Grant; Ben Leach (born 1969), player in English pop group The Farm; Bernard Leach (1887–1979), British studio potter and art teacher; Bobby Leach (1858–1926), English circus performer, went over Niagara Falls in a barrel; Buddy Leach (1934-2022), American politician
Julia Leach, 33, and her fiancé Caroline Ibarra, 37, purchased the 750-year-old chateau in Charente, 90 minutes northeast of Bordeaux, with Leach’s parents in early 2021 with the hopes of ...
Lieutenant Colonel Sir George Archibald Leach, KCB (25 April 1820 – 18 June 1913) was an English civil servant. [1] Leach entered the Royal Engineers in 1837 and retired on half-pay in 1861 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. From 1854 to 1861, he had been in charge of the Irish Survey for the Ordnance Survey.