Random Extremely Weird Facts Most People Don't Know About Cary Grant (18 items)

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  (#6) He Got Married Five Times And Divorced Four Times

  Grant's love life was at odds with the charming leading man image he maintained on screen. He was married five times (three times to actors), and four of his marriages ended in divorce.

  Several of Grant's wives accused him of being too controlling. Dyan Cannon, his fourth wife, claimed Grant forced her to take acid with him and told her what to wear. She reasoned that his troubles with relationships and fear of intimacy came from the disappearance of his mother and his childhood struggles to feel loved.
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  (#13) He Only Had One Front Tooth

  If you take a close look at Grant's pearly whites, you may notice they look a bit off.

  He broke part of an incisor in a childhood accident and had the entire tooth pulled by dental school students. His other teeth eventually closed over the gap.
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  (#10) He Ran Away From Home To Become A Mime

  Around the age of 14, Grant took on odd jobs at a local theater, frequently skipping school to be there instead. When he discovered the Bob Pender Troupe of traveling performers, he ran away to join them. His father forced him to come home, but Grant purposely got himself expelled from school, supposedly for peeking into the girls' bathroom. He rejoined the troupe, performing as a mime and stilt walker and perfecting his comic timing.

  The troupe traveled to America when Grant was 16, and he left them to try his luck on his own.
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  (#4) He Was Almost James Bond

  Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond series, claimed to have modeled his character partially on the suave, sophisticated Grant.

  When Bond was brought to the screen in Dr. No, Grant was offered the part, and producer Albert Broccoli urged him to accept. But he turned it down, as he considered himself too old at age 58. The part eventually went to Sean Connery.
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  (#14) He Retired Twice

  Grant first retired in 1952, believing his way of acting was being replaced by the gritty Method-based work of Marlon Brando and James Dean. He was also upset over Hollywood's blacklisting of Charlie Chaplin for his liberal beliefs.

  Alfred Hitchcock managed to convince Grant to come out of retirement for To Catch A Thief, and Grant continued to work until he finally became a father at the age of 62 in 1966. Then, he retired for good.
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  (#5) He Had Several Special Male Friends

  Grant's sexuality was often questioned throughout his life. Before his film career took off, Grant lived with costume designer Orry-Kelly off and on for nine years, and later with friend Randolph Scott for 12. A manuscript written by Orry-Kelly alluded to the fact that he and Grant had been lovers. But after Grant's popularity in Hollywood began to grow, he became more guarded about his personal life.

  In a book written about her father, Grant's daughter said, "Dad somewhat enjoyed being called gay. He said it made women want to prove the assertion wrong."

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