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Aleks says on 18/Mar/10
I'm watching The Philadelphia Story right now and I must admit, there were more than two inches between Stewart and Grant. More like 2 1/2 inches. So either Grant was 6'0½" or Stewart was over 6'3".
I don't think Cary was 183 cm flat, but I'd settle for 184.
Allan says on 2/Feb/10
I went to two of the one man shows (An Evening With Cary Grant) in the 1980s. After both shows I was able to shake his hand. I'm 6'1 1/2", we were pretty much eye to eye. I'd say he was around 6'1" when I met him. He seemed a pretty good sized man to me, especially since he was in his 80s. If I recall, in the movie The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer, they mention his height as 6' 1". Aleks says on 28/Dec/09
In his early films such as His Girl Friday, he certainly does look 6'1". It's likely he had lost height by the early 60s.
In North by Northwest, after the argument in the library scene between Thornhill and Vandamm, as Mason is leaving the room, you see him walking by Grant and he's clearly more than one inch shorter. More like 1.5-2 inches.
I do think Mason was more 5'10½" than 5'11". Ed T. says on 28/Nov/09
I saw part of "Charade" last night. Grant looked to be significantly shorter ( maybe 4 unches) than George Kennedy. As I don't believe Kennedy was any taller than 6'4" at his peak, I believe that Grant was no taller than 6'0" ( maybe slightly taller when younger).
Also, the photos provided by Frank2 clearly show that Grant was most likely no taller than 6'0". I believe Frank2's photos show without a doubt that Grant could not have been 6'2" and puts serious doubt as to whether he could have been a full 6'1" Aleks says on 14/Nov/09
In his autobiography, he says 6'2". No way he was that tall.
During the library scene, when Landau is giving Grant the bottle of bourbon, they're seen face to face and they're exactly the same height. Frank2 says on 23/Sep/09
At the end of this clip from a 1950s Academy Awards show, Grant walks out and isn't much taller than 5'10" Bob Hope:
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Well, that's a movie I've seen almost to death and Landau is an inch taller.
What's odd is Grant appears three inches taller than Mason in some scenes and then two inches in others. There's a long shot of Mason walking with Landau and Landau looks to be two inches taller. So perhaps it's the angles used. We never do see a wide shot with Mason and Grant standing side by side.
I met both men. In fact Mason was a good friend of my father going back to when Mason came to Hollywood. I'm even in a 16mm color sound home movie my father shot at Mason's home. In it you see me with Mason and his daughter Portland. In fact, Portland sent me a 'love' note typed on an old fashioned typewriter and signed. I still have it. She sadly died a few years ago. The last time I saw Mason and spoke with him was about six months before he died. He was still my height or 5'11". He looked good. Just a bit frail. We had a nice, brief chat.
I saw Grant several times going back to the 1960s. He always looked six feet even. Very thin. Aleks says on 18/Sep/09
I just re-watched North By Northwest, one of my favorite movies of all-time by the way.
I still say Grant was 6'1". Same height as Martin Landau and two inches taller than James Mason. Mister Lennon says on 3/Sep/09
Great pictures, Frank. In those pictures, yes, Grant Looks more a 6' or a 6' and a half guy than a 6'1, but in the thirties and forties, Grant Looked very close to 6'1, maybe because his great posture. Frank2 says on 3/Sep/09
That's a great photo Gonzalo! By the way, the baldheaded man to the right is Sam Goldwyn. He was about 5'10". Gonzalo says on 3/Sep/09
Great pics, Frank2. In your pics Grant definitely looks around 1`83. The strange thing is he looked at least 1`85 in the thirties and forties. In this pic next to James Stewart he looks just 5-6 cms shorter. Stewart is closer to the camera
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Notice the man to the right of Grant as well as the baldheaded man:
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The actor next to Grant is Adam Williams who was 5'11". The baldheaded character actor is Robert Ellenstein who was 5'10" and believe it or not, is still living. Williams passed away in 2006. Over the years I've run into Bob Ellenstien. The last time was just a few years ago at a restaurant and even though he was about 81 he was still 5'10". Goes to show that not everyone loses height with age.
Cary Grant was six feet even. Oh, maybe six feet plus half an inch when he was a kid. But that's it. He wasn't 6'2" as some have stated. He looked tall simply because most actors where medium height or downright short. Plus he was perfectly proportioned for his height. Frank2 says on 31/Aug/09
Grant with Roger Moore:
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Three six footers - Reagan, Grant and Doug Fairbanks Jr.:
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Grant, Fairbanks and Victor McLaglen who's official height is listed as being 6'3":
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For what it's worth, McLaglen always appeared to be shorter than 6'4" John Wayne. Sometime McLaglen looked as much as two inches shorter than the Duke:
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Here's another shot from GUNGA DIN (one of my favorite films!):
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Grant looks at least two inches shorter than McLaglen and possibly three inches. I believe McLaglen was 6'2".
In MONKEY BUSINESS, Grant was no taller than 6' Hugh Marlowe:
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In that shot he looks slightly shorter. Marlowe surprised me. I met him in the late 1960s and was shocked to discover he was taller than me. In the film RAWHIDE, Tyrone Power and Marlowe are the exact, same height:
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Notice in the next shot that Grant is standing on his tiptoes next to Randolph Scott who was at least 6'2":
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This is more like it:
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The picture of Grant standing erect against a wall while Stewart has his head tilted down shows Stewart to be a lot taller.
You must be kidding when you say you cannot see a three inch difference in any photo I linked.
If you think this photo only shows a two inch difference, you have no idea how long an inch happens to be:
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John Dall was 6'1". His bio says he was 6'1". In the film he's two inches shorter than Stewart and an inch taller than Granger. Next you'll claim Granger was 6'1".
I give up.
Sometimes I feel arguing with some on this forum is akin to banging my head against a brick wall. Mister Lennon says on 30/Aug/09
Frank2, if you post a picture with Grant staindin in a wall and stewart slouching huging Kate hepburn, how on hell we could measure their heights right??? At least, in your last pictures they are standing straight, but again, only two inches of difference between them at the most. I dont see a full three inches difference in any of those pictures, only two inches at the most. And yes, i agree with Alex, probably John Dall was a full 6'2 guy and because of that , he was so close to Stewart.
And yes, agree with him again in this point. You said that you had seen him, but it was when he was in his late 50s or early 60s. He did lost a lot of height at that age. In his 20s and 30s and even 40s, he was a very tall man, towering almost over everyone in his movies. Grant looked a full 6'1 man all the way . Aleks says on 29/Aug/09
Frank2, I agree with you most of the time but even with those pics, I see 2 inches at the most between Grant and Stewart, not three. Dall was probably 6'2".
Grant always looked like a pretty tall man to me, not the average 5'11-6' man.
You've seen him when he was in his late 50s/early 60s, right? He could've lost height by then. Frank2 says on 28/Aug/09
Bad posture? Are you kidding?
All I read here on various threads posted on different celebs is the excuse they're slouching, not standing up straight, etc., etc., etc.
SHEER NONSENSE!!!
In this photo, Stewart is leaning inward and is almost three inches taller than Grant:
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You mean to tell me you cannot see three inches? Look at this photo:
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Explain this one away:
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And this one:
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Here's what a true 6'1" guy looks like next to Stewart:
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That's John Dall who was a legit 6'1" with 6' Farley Granger next to him.
Dall and Granger:
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Dall and Stewart:
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Maybe you are the one who are not able to comprehend what an inch happens to be, because in that picture both men are in a bad posture, none of them is straight at all.
I have ethe grass is greener too, and in a lot of scenes Grant looked the same than Mitchum or even taller. See for instance the fist scene with both of them together, after Mitchum met Deborah Kerr. Also in the dinner scene when they are in the hall. Frank2 says on 28/Aug/09
If you cannot see that Grant was three inches shorter.....well, I give up. You must not be able to comprehend what an inch happens to be.
Look again:
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That's how much taller Stewart is in just every wide shot in the film.
Plus I have THE GRASS IS GREENER and no way does Grant look taller. Watch the scene where both men stand back to back in that mock duel. Mitchum is taller by an inch. Mister Lennon says on 27/Aug/09
by the way, i still desagree. I dont see those three inches that you are talking. I only see two inches at the most beetween Grant and Stewart.
About Mitchum, in the most of the scenes of that movie, they looked the same. Sometimes Mitchum looked a little bit taller and sometimes Grant looked a little bit taller. Not a full inch between both of them. Grant was 6'1 at peak or close. Frank2 says on 26/Aug/09
No, Grant was three inches shorter than Jimmy Stewart. Watch THE PHILADELPHIA STORY. In close angles, Grant looks about two inches shorter, but in the wide shots he's clearly three inches shorter. Plus Grant was an inch shorter than Bob Mitchum in THE GRASS IS GREENER and an inch shorter than Martin Landau in NORTH BY NORTHWEST. Look again at the photos I linked. Plus I met Grant starting in the 1960s and he was an inch taller than me. Aleks says on 26/Aug/09
Grant was two inches shorter than James Stewart, I agree with 6'1". adam says on 22/Aug/09
I agree with Mister Lennon. The difference in those pics isnt as much as three inches. Bob Mitchum was a big fellow with a big presence. Mitchum had an outstanding posture which made him look easily 6-2 at the times.
Jimmy Stewart was definitely a solid 6-3 and Grant only looks about two inches taller. Mister Lennon says on 4/Aug/09
Sorry , but desagree here. Stewart had two inches on Grant, not three. Only see those pictures, that isnt a difference of three inches, two at the very most. Grant had more than an inch on 5'11 david niven. And he looked the same than Mitchum in the grass is greener. In that picture Mitchum looks slighly taller but for his position. Only see the film, they looked the same the most of the times. Frank2 says on 2/Aug/09
Grant was about an inch taller than 5'11" David Niven in THE BISHOP'S WIFE:
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Niven next to 6'3" Gregory Peck:
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And Niven and 5'11" Robert Wagner:
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Is probable that Grant was 6'1 at peak. In the Philadephia history, he was two inches shorter than James Stewart who was 6'3. Also, he was exactly the same height than Robert Mitchum, if not not sligtly taller, in a movie titled the grass is greener. Mitchum was a 6'1 guy at peak. vsharon says on 1/Aug/09
In 1975, I escorted Cary Grant and James Stewart several times in Disney World.
Both put their arm around me because I was in such awe- James Stewart was only about 2 inches taller than cary who was at least 6'-I had to look up-in the same way as my 6'1 boyfriend. Both were sweet gentlemen. Frank2 says on 14/Jul/09
Grant was listed as being six feet in THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBYSOXER. Doug says on 14/Jul/09
I think a downgrade is needed Rob. Check out how he looks in the Charles Coburn pic. That is not how a 6'1" man looks compared to 5'10". I'd downgrade him at least to 6'0.5" if not 6' flat. Doug says on 14/Jul/09
Frank2 is right. Grant was a little over 6' flat like 184cm. Definately not 6'1.5". Either way he always came across as a taller man on screen. Frank2 says on 2/Jul/09
No Adam. Scott was 6'3" and Wayne was 6'4". If Scott was only 6'2" then Cary Grant would have been 5'11". I've seen photos of Grant and Scott who by the way were roommates and there's a definite three inch difference. adam says on 30/Jun/09
Correct Frank. And Randolph Scott was 6-2. Wayne probably 6-2½. Frank2 says on 30/Jun/09
Grant was 6' even. Here he is with 5'10" Charles Coburn:
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Also he is the same height or slightly taller than 6'1" Noah Berry in She Done Him Wrong. Around 1980, he is a bit shorter than 6'1" Ronald Reagan. Sam says on 16/Jan/09
I suspect he lost some height over time. He holds his own heightwise with James Stewart (6'3") and Randolph Scott (6'3"+) in the 1930s (probably less than 2 inches difference). But in the 1960s, he is much shorter than George Kennedy (6'4") and Jim Hutton (6'5") Patrick says on 16/Jan/09
In Gunga Din, he looks really tall and no less than 6'1 anyway. But he was slender and so refined he can give the impression of being taller when on his own. George H. says on 16/Sep/08
I found another one of Grant with Beatty and Philips from a different angle Click Here Hugh says on 6/Sep/08
Between 6ft1 and 6ft2. Closer to 6ft2. He always looked quite tall. Frank2 says on 29/Aug/08
It worked. Thanks! Frank2 says on 29/Aug/08
I hate tinyurl. Many times the links don't work.
[Editor Rob: it's to do with the referrer, in the comment below you click the url when the image doesn't show and hit return or try CTRL+F5 and many times it should show.] Frank2 says on 28/Aug/08
Grant with director 5'6" Frank Capra and 6'3" Jimmy Stewart:
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Grant with 6'2" Warren Beatty:
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Grant and 5'10" Pat Boone:
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Grant was 6' even when I first saw him in the late 1960s. That was when he maintained an office at Universal in a large bungalow. He had a cream-colored Rolls Royce Silver Cloud with a big dent in the front fender. It seems someone hit him and he refused to fix it until the guilty party paid him. The dent remained for several months. So long that I saw some rust starting to form. Grant was a notorious tightwad. So tight he even charged for autographs. Mario says on 28/Aug/08
I would say that he was 6 ft 1.5 in his 30s, and that he was about 6 ft 1 in his 'charade' days. By the 80s he could have been under the 6 ft mark, but I con only judge his pictures since he dind't make any movie's after the 60s. James Stewart was 6 ft 3.5 in my opinion. Frank2 says on 26/Aug/08
Grant was described as being 6 feet tall in BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY SOXER.
Most stars are listed taller than they are or were. Grant was quite thin, probably no more than 165 lbs. in his prime. I met him when he was older and he was hardly any taller than me and I'm 5'11". By then he had put on some weight. I did see him one day at Universal way back when he had an office there. At the time he was in his sixties and looked to be a solid six feet. Frank2 says on 3/Aug/08
Wayne looked about two inches taller than Mclaglen in THE QUIET MAN. Wayne was a solid 6'4". I met him a couple of times when he was at Universal doing ROOSTER COGBURN. One day he was wearing moccasins and he towered over me. And this was when he was older. Wayne was a big man! Big in every way. We sure don't have stars like him any more. Really a shame. Ed(1) says on 2/Aug/08
Frank2, if Mclaglen was only 6ft2, then Wayne must have been 6ft3 tops around the time of The Quiet Man! I could see that! Frank2 says on 2/Aug/08
Richard Nixon was 5'10". Cary Grant was 6' or just slight taller, maybe by half an inch. Victor McLaglen was around 6'2". Now, Victor's son Andy who's been a successful film director is huge. He's up there in height with Michael Crichton. I think Andy is 6'7" and Crichton is 6'9" making then the tallest directors in Hollywood. BK_Daniel says on 23/Jun/08
For some reason I was thinking of the word "sean" while spelling "seem". I want to make sure everyone understands that the word I meant was "seem". Thank you. BK_Daniel says on 22/Jun/08
He lookes a good 2 inches shorter than Jimmy Stewart. He's a slim guy and has and may look 6'2" at times but doesn't really seam to tower over guys like James Mason. I think he is 6'1" flat. The reason James Stewart looks closer to Grant's height is because he is very thin and his width would be that of an average 6'2"er. Ed(1) says on 15/Jun/08
I don't know what kind of camera trickery they used in Gunga Din, but Grant was nearly identical to Victor Mclaglen(6ft3),who was virtually the same height as John Wayne(6ft4) in The Quiet Man? Grant wears vintage style British Calvary boots from the late 1800's, which have a heel like a cowboy boot(1.5-2in). He had to have been at least 6ft1 to pull off looking the same height as Mclaglen, but what I don't get is how come Mclaglen wore the same boots but wasn't still 2 inches taller then Grant? Anonymous says on 7/Mar/08
look at elvis photo with president nixon he looks elvis is considerebely taller and nixon officialy was 182cm. observer says on 26/Feb/08
I read something very interesting in the travel section of the Sunday paper about a Cary Grant movie that was filmed in Malibu Creek State Park. The movie, filmed in 1948, is "Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House." The Blandings House was built at seven-eighths scale so that Cary Grant would appear taller. Mr. Blandings House is now a park office.
Cary Grant looked to be about 6'1" in his movies. Maybe things in many of his movies were scaled down to make him appear taller than he really was. anonymous says on 20/Aug/07
In the movie 'His Girl Friday', he looks at least 5 inches taller than his costar Rosalind Russell & she was at least 5'7" plus. Ivan 6'2.25 says on 6/Jul/07
The great actor was close to 6'1 in Philadelphia story 2 inches shorter than
James Stewart and 5 inches taller than Hepburn TJ says on 6/Jun/07
In that clip with Elvis, he wasn't a couple of inches shorter. They were about the same height - Cary possibly a tiny bit smaller. Elvis wore boots with heels in that period though. lrua says on 5/Jun/07
I don't think he was ever 6'1", that was pure hollywood fantasy, probably 5'11" and looking even shorter later in life, there is a clip of him bak stage at one of Elvis Presley's Vegas shows, looking a couple of inches shorter that Elvis. Josh says on 29/Apr/07
HE LOOKED ATLEAT 6FT IN NORTH BY NORTHWEST. MAYBE TALLER BUT WAS ALWAYS TOUCHING THE 6FT MARK. Brah says on 23/Feb/07
Rob, in this article, "Cary Grant responded to the "How tall are you?" question with, “Six feet and a half inch tall.”
Time for a downgrade perhaps?
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[Editor Rob: link to other interpretation] daver says on 25/Jan/07
i think cary grant LOOKED 6'1-1/2" in his films definitely-whether he actually WAS is another question
he always looks very tall by himself but when he was with women in his films (i.e. grace kelly in 'to catch a thief') he always makes the woman look very tall (i thought grace kelly was about 5'10 when i saw her next to him)
what im saying is that he gives the appearance of being 6'1.5", maybe even 6'2" but in reality, he was probably a very well proportioned 6 footer (maybe 6'0.5"ish) Gonzalo says on 27/Sep/06
That pic with Moore proves nothing. Grant is behind him. Grant was 6`0 or 6`1, that`s clear. In his early films he looked very tall but when he was in his fifties he looked 6 feet even Anonymous says on 27/Jun/06
I'd say from my viewings of his movies he was 6' or a little over. I've also read biographies where he was described as 6'2'' and this surprised me a little as he never came across on film as that big. He just doesn't look like a 6'2'' guy. I've seen the film with Mitchum that frank2 mentions and my recollection is in agreement with his, Mitchum was a little taller than Grant. Frank2 says on 21/Jun/06
That photo looks like he's with Roger Moore and is at least three inches shorter. Grant is standing behind Moore making him look like he's four inches shorter. The funny thing is I ran into Moore one day in Beverly Hills and he was just aout my height or 5'11", maybe a half an inch taller at most. By then he was getting up there, possibly already in his mid-seventies. He was also quite smashed! Frank2 says on 20/Jun/06
As far as I know, Cary never did lie about his height. In the film The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer they listed his height as being six feet. Paramount publicity listed him at six feet. Then in the 1980's we started reading stuff like when Richard Schickel wrote in his book Cary, a Celebration that Grant was 6'2". Then I started reading he was even 6'3"! Utter nonsense!
I met Cary when he was in his early sixties. He was about an inch taller than me. I'm getting up there myself and haven't lost any height. I know several people who are way up there such as producer AC Lyles who haven't lost height as they've aged. Cary was never more than possibly just over 6'.
Look, I have The Grass is Greener, just double checked it and in the back-to-back shot, Mitchum is an inch taller. That's the best check of their height variance.
Have you ever watched Operation Petticoat? In it Cary is visibly shorter than Dick Sargent. Dick was about 6'2" or slightly under. I know since I met him as well. Watch the film and then tell me that Cary isn't at least two inches shorter than Sargent. Then watch the film Destination Tokyo and notice that Cary is shorter by at least two inches than 6'2" John Ridgley. Cary is also as short when standing next to Ridgley in Arsenic and Old Lace. In that same film, Cary is two inches shorter than 6'2" Jack Carson. Both Ridgley and Carson play policemen in the classic Capra comedy. Mario says on 19/Jun/06
Most of the time they look the same height, sometimes Cary looks taller other times Mitchum. We also don't should forget that Cary was 56 years old when this film came out, so it's pretty normal that he has lost an half inch by this time.
Cary Grant peak height: 6 ft 1.5 (based on his movie's of the 30s and 40s)
Cary Grant height in the late 50s, early 60s is 6 ft 1
Cary Grant height in the 80s, hmmm difficult, I don't know?
Really this man dind't have any reason to lie about his height, he was a legitimate 6 ft 1.5. Frank2 says on 18/Jun/06
I have the film and just checked it. Grant is an inch shorter than 6'1" Mitchum when they stand back to back. Grant is also an inch shorter than 6'1" Martin Landau. I also met Cary and being 5'11" I noticed he was only an inch taller than me. piwo81 says on 18/Jun/06
He was the same height or max 1 cm shorter then Robert Mitchum in "The Grass Is Greener" from 1959. There is a scene in which they are dueling and stand back to back. There is almost no difference between them in other scenes. David says on 5/Jun/06
Having met Cary Grant, and myself being 6ft. 1 1/2", I can safely say that Cary Grant was at least 6ft. 2". Ramiro says on 5/Jun/06
The same useless controversy here. You can discuss for lightyears about somebody's height that you appreciate in pictures, cinema' shots or even if you saw the man, but you'll never be able to give the exact and accurate height. Regarding Elvis, his height was measured in barefoot in the army with all guarantee and with many eyewitnesses including the press at 6'1/2'' and of course I trust more in that than in an rough appreciation made by the so fallible human eye with all the many factors that distort this appreciation including that everybody wear shoes and boots with different heels and probably lifts. In the case of Elvis we don't have to discuss nothing about his height because WE HAVE IT without any doubt. And today we know another thing for sure: Elvis never wore lifts as Graceland Archives said to me some time ago (they have Elvis' original boots and shoes to see). Picture says on 8/May/06
Frank2 do you realise that you are the first guy that claims to have met Cary Grant and that says he is 6 foot?
I have never seen him listed under 6 ft 1. Frank2 says on 7/May/06
Well, that must have been another Cary. The one I saw was never that tall. In his prime he was 6' and later when he got a lot older became slightly more than 5'11". Now a taller actor who didn't lose a centimeter in height was Ray Milland. I met him only six months before he died and he was still 6'1".
And Tiger, I'm not the first to claim Cary was six feet. In The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer he's described as being six feet. In early Paramount publicity with Mae West he's described as being six feet.
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I've read 6'2'' for Grant but he never looked that big to me. I'd say 6' to 6'1'' at most. talker says on 26/Apr/06
Cary Grant was tall,he looked tall in his movies and i believe the original listing of 6'1.5".I believe J.Stewart was 6'3.5"he really looks very tall in all his movies,taller than other 6'3" guys but he seemed uncomfortable with his height and rarely stood straight.Check Cary next to 6'4"Randolph Scott,an actot who stood straight,he really looks more than 6'1". Gonzalo says on 6/Apr/06
Grant was probably 6`0 as Frank2 has mentioned but he is´`t going to convince us with pics taken from The Philadelphia story. I have seen the movie and the pictures and I only see a two inch difference. Maybe it was a trick to avoid JS towering over CG but from what we see Grant is not 6`0.
Stewart was 6`3 and a half, that is 1`92. He did look that tall Picture says on 30/Mar/06
Bad Picture frank2 unless James Stewart has a head of 35 cm.
The guy was 6 ft 1.5, please Rob put him back at his original height?
Those pictures that Frank2 has posted are to bad for words. Frank2 says on 28/Mar/06
So what? That makes it correct? Grant NEVER claimed to be 6'1-1/2"! Studio publicity listed him back in the thirties and forties as 6'. In Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer his character is described as being exactly six feet. Those shots of Stewart next to Grant show a much greater difference than an inch and a half. But believe what you want. After all, Hollywood is the land of make beleive and if they didn't have so many suckers buying their stuff they'd have folded years ago. Picture says on 28/Mar/06
I agree with Sam. Grant is only 1.5 inch shorter than stewart.
Bad argument Frank2, I don't like Grant movies but it's obvious that he was the 6 ft 1.5 he claimed. Frank2 says on 27/Mar/06
Height is in the eye of the beholder. We see what we want to see. Look at the photos and tell me Grant only looks to be an inch and a half shorter. Then go grab a tape measure and look at how small an inch and a half really is. An inch is pretty small, so small that in a film I doubt anyone would notice the difference except rarely. In fact an inch is almost exactly the width of a bottle cap! I have a few friends who are 6' yet when we have our pictures taken together it's hard to see the difference. It takes at least two inches in a film for it to register. Cary was three inches shorter than Stewart. I've seen numerous photos taken of them together at parties on on the set. Grant was also about as short when compared to his 6'3" buddy Randolph Scott. sam says on 27/Mar/06
Frank, Grant doesn't look 3 inches shorter than Stewart in Philadelphia Story. In most of the film, Grant looks 1.5-2 inches shorter. In a scene where Grant follows Stewart into an office, the difference doesn't look all that great. Gonzalo says on 24/Mar/06
What a difference between Nicholson and Grant. Today`s stars (Nicholson is still a star despite his age) cannot be compared with the stars of the forties.
The difference in height between Stewart and Grant in Philadelphia Story was less than I had expected. Just a couple of inches. Or maybe it was the posture. Stewart used to slouch and Grant was always very straight (is that the right word? Straight? Stretched? stiff? Help me with my english!) Frank2 says on 11/Mar/06
Also, next time you watch Arsenic and Old Lace notice that Cary is an inch shorter than 6'1" Ramond Massey and two inches shorter than 6'2" Jack Carson. Frank2 says on 11/Mar/06
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He looked to be at least three inches shorter than 6'3" Stewart. Frank2 says on 11/Mar/06
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The woman between Cary and Pat Boone is Grant's wife. The tall woman to Grant's left is actress Jo Ann Pflug. Jo Ann is about 5'9" barefoot. I'll bet she was wearing flats that evening. Gonzalo says on 10/Mar/06
Grant looked a little bit over 6-1 when he was young. But it´s true he didn´t look that tall in the fifties (North by northwest, Indiscreet, Operation Petticoat). He looked shorter than Landau in North by northwest. I have a picture of Grant with a friend of my father and he looked clearly taller than him. My friend was a bit over 5-7 at that time and Grant looks around 6-1. I will try to scan the picture and send it.
Anyway, Cary Granthe was a superb actor, one of the greatest Gotxo says on 5/Mar/06
Frank2:
Dude, i don't know if you met the guys you say, but your comment on what politics ar worth for and about not making fun of scumb as Hilter was awesome.
BTW Cary grant could be the 6' you give him as he looks 4" smaller than George Kennedy in the fight scenes of charade. Frank2 says on 3/Mar/06
By the way, take a look at the movie The Hunters. You'll clearly see that Richard Egan is an inch shorter than six-one Bob Mitchum. Frank2 says on 3/Mar/06
Tell you what people, here's a little true story that just came back to me. When I worked at MGM, some of the women I knew there who were big Elvis fans and would attend all his concerts once he started them up in Las Vegas were arguing with me about how tall Elvis was. They said he was six two. I said he was just under six feet. I ended up walking them up to the soundstage where they were filming The Trouble With Girls. Elvis was in between takes and was standing next to actor Edward Andrews. Now Andrews was a big man, possibly six three. Elvis looked considerably shorter which forced one of the girls to say something like "You were right! He doesn't look over six feet." And in that film Elvis wore boots that built him up by at least two inches. True story. Take it or leave it. Frank2 says on 3/Mar/06
Look fella, I DID work in the entertainment industry for nearly forty years. I DID meet as well as know many of the people listed here. I really don't give a damn if you believe me or not. What I do find offensive is your pathetic attempt at humor by inserting Hitler in the argument. Isn't it interesting that when people don't really have that much to contribute be it in politics or just about anything they bring up Nazis and Hitler. Grow up. Frank2 says on 2/Mar/06
Where is it? In the grave. Egan's long dead. You'll just have to take my word on both of them. I was there and talked to both. I was there when Elvis said jokingly that he never made six feet. And he did wear boots with obvious higher than normal heels. Can't you see them? It's clear in his films that he wore them. I'm not saying he was short. Five eleven is a respectable height. Bill Holden was five eleven in his prime. Bob Wagner is five eleven....well maybe today at 75 he's five ten. I met Holden when I was about to go work on "When Time Ran Out, a horrible Irwin Allen disaster film that also starred Paul Newman. Holden had shrunk by then to about five ten. Frank2 says on 2/Mar/06
I met Dick Egan when he was still relatively young and he was most definitely six feet even! Arguing this is fruitless since you simply won't accept anyone else's opinion that changes what you have fixed in your mind. I met Elvis and saw him many times while I worked at MGM in Culver City back in the 1960's. He was not anymore than five eleven. Oh well, maybe five eleven and a half if he stood up as straight as possible.
[Editor Rob: Frank2, I'm sure some people might raise an eyebrow, but what kind of work did you do at these studios?
] Frank2 says on 2/Mar/06
Well, Richard Egan was an even six feet. And I can't show you anything since what I know is mostly from my memories of being in the biz and being around these people. You can accept it or dismiss it. I fully realize that anybody can get on these forums and post nonsense so I can readily understand your reluctance to accept what I'm saying to be true. Nevertheless it is. And Elvis doesn't look as tall as Egan. I have a copy of the film and just looked at it to make sure. And I do have some publicity stills in a book on Elvis and Egan looks to be at least an inch taller in every single side-by-side shot taken. In one he looks two inches taller. Plus I worked with a fellow who worked in the Fox publicity department in the 1950's. He even picked up Elvis at the airport when he came out to film Love Me Tender. My friend who recently passed away was an even six feet and told me he was surprised to find Elvis being shorter than him. TJ says on 1/Mar/06
So Frank2, you met Elvis a few times (in passing presumably), but just happened to both overhear him saying he was half an inch under 6ft AND see him in his stocking feet?? Forgive me if I'm sceptical. Frank2 says on 1/Mar/06
Watch Elvis in Love Me Tender. He's obviously shorter than Richard Egan. I met Egan and he was six feet tall. And Elvis was about the same height as Bill Campbell who I've met and he's no more than 5'11". Elvis was not six feet tall. He even said so! I once overheard him tell someone that he "just missed it by half an inch." During his Las Vegas concerts he wore lifts that elevated him by over three inches. Frank2 says on 27/Feb/06
I knew Landou and he always claimed to be 6'1". He never looked any taller to me in person. just looked at the film once again and when the two actors are standing back to back, Mitchum looks to be about an inch taller.
As for Elvis looking taller than Grant, I also met the King several times when I worked at MGM and he was about 5'11" in his stocking feet and always wore lifts to boost his height to well over six feet. I only met Grant once at a party and he looked to be about my height which is 5'11" but that was only a couple of years before he died. sam says on 27/Feb/06
He looked the same height as Mitchum to me and Landau was actually 6'2"-6'3" at his peak. He's always been listed 6'1" or 6'1.5", I believe it. TJ says on 26/Feb/06
Are you sure about this Rob. There's video footage of Elvis meeting him in 1970 and, if anything, Elvis looks slightly taller. Frank2 says on 26/Feb/06
Grant was an even six feet. He looked taller because he only weighed about 165 lbs. In the film The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer he's described as being exactly six feet. take a look at him in both North By Northwest and The Grass is Greener. He's clearly an inch shorter than both Martin Landau and Robert Mitchum, both six foot one. CelebHeights Editor says on 12/Dec/05
In a Conversation with Cary Grant, one of those audience things, he did state: "I'm 6ft 1 and a half inches and shrinking..." bill says on 6/Dec/05
In McCann's outstanding biography, 'Cary Grant. A Class Apart', his height is given as 6' 2". sam says on 20/May/05
I thought heights were ALWAYS measured with shoes off (that's the way I've had my height measured in physicals), so I'm always assuming that heights are barefooted heights (you don't get weighed with platform shoes on, why have your height measured with them on). Obviously, there's been a lot of stars who fibbed their heights, although I do think Grant was a little over 6'1". Next to Jimmy Stewart (6'3"-6'3 1/2"), an inch and a half or two inches difference looks about right. rut says on 19/May/05
To Rob: Maybe six one and a half was with shoes on..?
[Editor Rob: I think harder to compare the old stars...] sam says on 17/May/05
Yeah, I've usually heard 6'1 1/2". |
