Cary Grant statue

The closest I’ll ever get to Hollywood glamour is the life-​size statue of Cary Grant in the @ Bristol square. Cary (real name Archibald Alexander Leach, you can see why he changed it) was born and brought up in Bristol and was a regular visitor as his family was still here.
Cary was one of the great actors throughout 1930s to 1960s and a favourite of Alfred Hitchcock — I highly recommend Notorious and North by Northwest. He also had impeccable comedic timing — check out Bringing up Baby, His Girl Friday and Monkey Business.
The bronze statue was unveiled in 2001 celebrating the 70^th anniversary of his arrival in Hollywood, and was made by sculptor Graham Ibbeson.