Cy Grant Net Worth

Cy Grant Net Worth is
$700,000

Cy Grant Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Cy Grant (8 November 1919 – 13 February 2010) was a Guyanese actor, musician, writer and poet. In the 1950s, he became the first black person to be featured regularly on television in the United Kingdom, mostly due to his appearances on the BBC current affairs show Tonight.Following service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, Grant worked as an actor and singer, before establishing the Drum Arts Centre in the 1970s. In the 1980s, he was appointed director of Concord Multicultural Festivals. A published poet and author of several books, including his 2007 memoir Blackness and the Dreaming Soul, Grant was made an Honorary Fellow of Roehampton University in 1997, and a member of the Scientific and Medical Network in 2001. In 2008, he assisted in the founding of an online archive to trace and commemorate Caribbean airmen of the Second World War.A father of four children, Grant lived with his wife, Dorith, in Highgate, London.

Date Of BirthNovember 8, 1919
Died2010-02-13
Place Of BirthBeterverwagting, British Guiana (now Guyana)
ProfessionActor, Music Department
SpouseDorith
Star SignScorpio
#Fact
1He was the great-grandson of a slave, one of seven children born to a Moravian minister and a music teacher.
2In 1974 founded Drum as Britain's first arts centre to showcasing black actors.
3Sang the original version of the worldwide hit "Feeling Good" (later made even more famous by Michael Buble) in the Anthony Newley-Leslie Bricusse stage play The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd, opening at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, UK, August 3, 1964.
4He served in the RAF during WWII, and qualified as a barrister, before becoming interested in acting.
5Made British television history as the first black person to appear regularly on a British television series, singing topical calypsos.
6Guyanese-British singer and guitarist.

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Metal Mickey1981-1982TV SeriesMr. Young
The Squad1980TV SeriesMr. Bartlett
Blakes 71980TV SeriesHal Mellanby
At the Earth's Core1976Ra
Softly Softly: Task Force1974TV SeriesFordyce
Shaft in Africa1973Emir Ramila
The Persuaders!1971TV SeriesRichard Congoto
Journey to the Far Side of the Sun1969Dr. Gordon (uncredited)
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons1967-1968TV SeriesLieutenant Green
The Honey Pot1967Revenue Agent (scenes deleted)
ITV Play of the Week1957-1964TV SeriesThe dreamer / Peter Stone aka Stoney
They Met in a City1961TV SeriesJoshua Hughes
Calypso1958Peter
White Hunter1957TV SeriesArusna
Sea Wife1957Number Four
Galleon's Key1956TV ShortTom Everly
A Man from the Sun1956TV MovieAlvin Jarvis
Safari1956Chief Massai
Nom-de-Plume1956TV SeriesJuan
Away in a Manger1955TV MovieSinger of Christmas songs
Caviar to the General1955TV MovieJoshua Johnson
Paradise Island1954TV SeriesNapoleon Saturday
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre1953TV SeriesBen

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Armchair Theatre1971TV Series theme sung by - 1 episode
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre1953TV Series musician - 1 episode

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Black and White in Colour1992TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself (1992)
Hullabaloo1968TV SeriesHimself
Freedom Road: Songs of Negro Protest1964TV MovieHimself - singer
Songs of Praise1961TV SeriesHimself - Singer
Ask Anne1961TV SeriesHimself
The Sunday Break1958-1961TV SeriesHimself - Performer
Summerhouse1960TV SeriesHimself
Words and Music1960TV SeriesHimself
Home in Time1960TV SeriesHimself
Tonight1959TV Series documentaryHimself - Performer
Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z1959TV SeriesHimself
Studio E1957TV SeriesHimself
Music for You1955TV SeriesHimself
The Centre Show1952TV SeriesHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Anyone for Demis? How the World Invaded the Charts2011TV Movie documentaryHimself
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars1981TV MovieLieutenant Green
Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons1980TV MovieLieutenant Green
London Conspiracy1974Richard Congoto
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons1968TV SeriesLieutenant Green

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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