- 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.
- Sang 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.
- In 1974 founded Drum as Britain's first arts centre to showcasing black actors.
- 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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