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Stewart Granger ( May 6 , 1913 – August 16 , 1993 ) was an English film Actor , mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. Tall, dark and dignifiedly handsome, Granger was a popular leading man in the 40's, 50's and 60's, He was born in London , the grandson of the actor Luigi Lablache , his real name being James Lablache Stewart. He was obliged to change it in order not to be confused with the famous American actor James Stewart . As Granger reported in an interview once, his off-screen friends called him "Jimmy". In 1933 , he made his film debut as an extra. His first starring role was in the Gainsborough period Melodrama '' The Man In Grey '' ( 1943 ), a film that helped to make him a huge star in Britain . In the early 1950s he moved to Hollywood and starred in a number of Swashbucklers and other adventure films. Granger's theatrical voice and tall stature made him a natural for he-man roles, but he was just as dashing in comedies, which was shown by his performance in '' North To Alaska '' with John Wayne . He was married three times: # Elspeth March ( 1938 – 1948 ); (two children, Jamie and Lindsay) # Jean Simmons ( 1950 – 1960 ), (with whom he had starred in '' Adam And Evelyne ''); (one child) # Caroline LeCerf ( 1964 – 1969 ); (one daughter Samantha) In 1956 , Granger became a Naturalized Citizen of the United States . In Germany , Granger acted in the role of Old Surehand in three western-movies made after novels by German author Karl May , with French actor Pierre Brice (in the role of the fictional red Indian-chief Winnetou ), in " Unter Geiern " ( Frontier Hellcat ) (1964), " Der Ölprinz " ( Rampage At Apache Wells ) (1965) and " Old Surehand " ( Flaming Frontier ) ( 1965 ). With Pierre Brice and Lex Barker , who was also a Karl-May-movie hero, he was united in the movie " Gern Hab' Ich Die Frauen Gekillt " ( Killer's Carnival ) (1966). In the German Edgar Wallace -movie series of the 1960's he was to be seen in " The Trygon Factor " (1966). Towards the end of his career Granger even starred in a German soap-opera called " Das Erbe Der Guldenburgs " ( The Guldenburg Heritage ) ( 1987 ). He died in Santa Monica, California , from Prostate Cancer aged 80. SELECTED FILMS
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