Tall, strapping leading man who, after gaining stage experience, began a film career in the late 1930s.... (Learn more)
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Stewart Granger’s 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 - 1937 | 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" |
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