Stewart Granger

Stewart Granger (6 May, 1913 - 16 August, 1993) was an English film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles.

He was born in London, his real name being James Lablanche Stewart. He was obliged to change it in order to enter an acting career. In 1933, he made his first film appearance as an extra. In 1938, he married the actress, Elspeth March. His first starring role was in The Man in Grey (1943). After ten years of marriage and two children, he was divorced and soon afterwards married another actress, Jean Simmons, with whom he had starred in Adam and Evelyne.

Granger went on to appear in numerous adventure films, including:

• King Solomon's Mines (1950)
• Soldiers Three (1951)
• Scaramouche (1952)
• The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
• All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
• Moonfleet (1955)

Divorcing from Jean Simmons after ten years and a daughter, he married for a third time and had another child. In later life he became an American citizen, and died in Santa Monica, California, of cancer.