Career: After appearing in several musicals on Broadway under the name Archie Leach, Grant moved to Hollywood in 1931. He signed up with Paramount Pictures and was given the stage name Cary Grant. He starred opposite Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus (1932) and appeared in two of Mae West's most successful films, She Done Him Wrong and I'm No Angel (both 1933). Grant moved to Columbia Pictures in 1936. The Awful Truth (1937) established Grant's screen persona as a light comedy leading man. He went on to star in a number of romantic comedies, including Holiday (1938), Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Philadelphia Story (1940), His Girl Friday (1940 and My Favourite Wife (1940). In 1941 he starred in Suspicion, the first of four collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock - the others being Notorious (1946), To Catch a Thief (1955) and North by Northwest (1959). In the mid-1950s, he formed his own production company, Granart Productions. In 1963, he appeared alongside Audrey Hepburn in Charade. He retired from acting after making the film Walk, Don't Run (1966). In the late 1960s, he joined the board of directors at Faberge and later joined the boards of other companies, including MGM. In the last few years of his life, he toured in a one-man show, A Conversation with Cary Grant. On the afternoon of November 29, 1986, he sustained a cerebral haemorrhage. He died later that same day, at the age of 82.

Career: Mason remained in the theatre until he began securing minor roles in films. He became popular in the 1940s for playing brooding anti-heroes in a number of Gainsborough melodramas, including The Man in Grey (1943) and The Wicked Lady (1945). His big break came when he landed the lead role in box-office smash The Seventh Veil (1945). This opened the door to Hollywood and he went on to star in a number of popular films, including Julius Caesar (1953), The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951), A Star is Born (1954), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), North by Northwest (1959), Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1959), Lolita (1962), and Georgy Girl (1966). His role in The Verdict (1982) earned him his third and final Academy Award nomination - the other two were for Georgy Girl and A Star is Born. He died on July 27, 1984, in Switzerland, a country he had called home since 1963.