2002 CARY GRANT ~ LEGENDS OF HOLLYWOOD 3692 Plate Block of 4 x 37 cents US Postage Stamps

On October 15 2002 in Los Angeles CA; the USPS issued the 8th addition to the Legends of Hollywood series. Grant was one of the silver screen's most beloved actors, charmed audiences as a debonair leading man, bringing wit and sophistication to his varied roles in more than seventy movies. Born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England, he came to the United States in 1920. In 1942, he legally changed his name to Cary Grant and became a citizen of the United States, ten years after his first feature film "This is the Night." With his distinctive yet not quite placeable Mid-Atlantic accent, he was noted as perhaps the foremost exemplar of the debonair leading man, handsome, virile, charismatic and charming. At the 42nd Academy Awards the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored him with an Honorary Award "for his unique mastery of the art of screen acting with the respect and affection of his colleagues".