Cary Grant

How tall was Cary Grant?

Cary Grant is commonly listed at 6 ft 1.5 in (187 cm).

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Cary Grant’s 6 ft 1.5 in (187 cm) is tall for a US man: about 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

Cary Grant is taller than the average US woman by 10 in (25.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Cary Grant: 6 ft 1.5 in (187 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Cary Grant is taller than the average US man by 4.5 in (11.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Cary Grant is taller than the average US woman by 10 in (25.8 cm).Cary Grant is taller than the average US woman by 10 in (25.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Cary Grant: 6 ft 1.5 in (187 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Cary Grant is taller than the average US man by 4.5 in (11.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Cary Grant is taller than the average US woman by 10 in (25.8 cm).

Cary Grant beside others

Cary Grant is one of the taller actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 1 ft 7.5 in (49 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 3 ft 5.5 in (105.7 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

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6 ft 1.5 in (187 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Photo: RKO publicity photographer., derivative work by Crisco 1492, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Cary Grant, 6 ft 1.5 in (187 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)