- Born
- Died
- Birth nameCyril Ewart Lionel Grant
- Height6′ 2½″ (1.89 m)
- Cy Grant was born on November 8, 1919 in Beterverwagting, British Guiana [now Guyana]. He was an actor, known for Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967), At the Earth's Core (1976) and Shaft in Africa (1973). He was married to Dorith. He died on February 13, 2010 in London, England, UK.
- SpousesDorith(1956 - February 13, 2010) (his death, 3 children)? (divorced, 1 child)
- Made British television history as the first black person to appear regularly on a British television series, singing topical calypsos.
- In 1974 founded Drum as Britain's first arts centre to showcasing black actors.
- He was the great-grandson of a slave, one of seven children born to a Moravian minister and a music teacher.
- Guyanese-British singer and guitarist.
- He served in the RAF during WWII, and qualified as a barrister, before becoming interested in acting.
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