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Ed Grady is a Actor American born on 31 august 1923

Ed Grady

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Nationality USA
Birth 31 august 1923
Death 10 december 2012 (at 89 years)

Edward Louis "Ed" Grady (August 31, 1923 – December 10, 2012) was an American stage, film and television actor and teacher. His film credits included A Simple Twist of Fate in 1994, Lolita in 1997, and The Notebook in 2004. His television roles included the 1993 television miniseries, Alex Haley's Queen; the 1993 Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie, To Dance with the White Dog, as well as a string of series, including In the Heat of the Night, I'll Fly Away, Matlock, and Dawson's Creek, in which he had a recurring role as Gramps Ryan.

Grady's theater roles included three seasons at Unto These Hills, an outdoor Cherokee historical drama staged in Cherokee, North Carolina. Grady portrayed Drowning Bear in the play, which follows the story of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

Grady was born to Eddie Jones Grady and Maude Clara (née Hodges) Grady on August 31, 1923, in Kinston, North Carolina. He graduated from Grainger High School in Kinston. Grady enlisted in the Army Air Force during World War II and trained as a cryptographer. He served on Ie Shima (Iejima) during the war, and was awarded the Soldier's Medal for rescuing the pilot of a P-47 which was on fire.

Grady received a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater and English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) after World War II. He was the member of the Carolina Playmakers at the Playmakers Theatre while studying at UNC. Grady later became an English teacher in New York City, where he also taught a photo workshop held at Columbia University.

In addition to acting, Grady taught television production and English at Freedom High School in Morganton, North Carolina, during the 1970s and Keenan High School in Columbia, South Carolina. He was a resident of Columbia, South Carolina.

Ed Grady died at Palmetto Health Richland hospital in Columbia, South Carolina, on December 10, 2012, at the age of 89. His first wife, Jayne Elliott Grady, had died previously. He was survived by his second wife of twenty-seven years, Carolyn F. Ramsay; two children, Marta and Sean; and two stepchildren, Caroline Hattrich and Stephen Hattrich.

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Filmography of Ed Grady (25 films)

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The Notebook, 2h3
Directed by Nick Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, Gena Rowlands, James Garner, James Marsden, Sam Shepard
Roles Harry
Rating78% 3.900863.900863.900863.900863.90086
At a modern-day nursing home, an elderly man named Duke (James Garner) begins to read a romantic story from his notebook to a fellow patient (Gena Rowlands).
New Best Friend, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Mia Kirshner, Meredith Monroe, Dominique Swain, Scott Bairstow, Rachel True, Taye Diggs
Rating53% 2.6502952.6502952.6502952.6502952.650295
Un shérif enquête sur le meurtre d'un étudiant et découvre que cet événement tragique a un rapport avec un mystérieux projet scolaire.
Lolita
Lolita (1997)
, 2h17
Directed by Adrian Lyne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Films about pedophilia, Road movies
Actors Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Dominique Swain, Frank Langella, Keith Reddin, Ben Silverstone
Roles Dr. Melinik
Rating68% 3.403683.403683.403683.403683.40368
In 1947, Humbert Humbert (Jeremy Irons), a European professor of French literature, travels to the United States to take a teaching position in New Hampshire. He rents a room in the home of widow Charlotte Haze (Melanie Griffith), largely because he sees her adolescent daughter Dolores (Dominique Swain), also called "Lo", while touring the house. Obsessed from boyhood with girls of this age (whom he calls "nymphets"), Humbert is immediately smitten with Lo and marries Charlotte just to be near her.
Deadly Pursuits, 1h30
Directed by Félix Enríquez Alcalá
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Tori Spelling, Patrick Muldoon, Richard Belzer, Reginald VelJohnson, Ed Grady
Roles Albert Chartrain
Rating47% 2.3803552.3803552.3803552.3803552.380355
Étudiant en économie, Tim découvre un matin les corps sans vie de sa mère et de sa sœur. Introuvable depuis le drame, son père Daniel est le principal suspect. Tim entame une enquête qui le conduit à Charleston, dernier endroit où son père a été aperçu.
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest, 1h32
Directed by James D.R. Hickox
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Serial killer films
Actors Jim Metzler, Nancy Lee Grahn, Daniel Cerny, Charlize Theron, Mari Morrow, Duke Stroud
Roles Dr. Appleby
Rating43% 2.156232.156232.156232.156232.15623
Eli and Joshua are being taken into foster care with William and Amanda Porter of Chicago after the death of their father, who was killed by Eli. The two boys do not mix well with a home in modern Chicago; their formal, Amish-like clothes from Gatlin and Eli's fire-and-brimstone prayer at dinner, as well as his bringing a suitcase full of corn to Chicago, strike their new parents and neighbors as unusual. On his first night in Chicago, after everyone else has gone to sleep, Eli quietly leaves the Porter's house for an empty factory on the other side of a nearby cornfield. Taking with him the suitcase of corn, Eli prays to He Who Walks Behind the Rows and plants corn seeds on the grounds of the factory, causing rows of corn to appear almost instantly.
A Simple Twist of Fate, 1h46
Directed by Gillies MacKinnon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O'Hara, Alana Austin, Stephen Baldwin
Roles Judge Marcus
Rating62% 3.147323.147323.147323.147323.14732
When high school music teacher Michael McCann discovers his wife is pregnant by another man, he divorces her and retreats into a life of solitude as a maker of finely crafted furniture in rural Virginia. Five years later, his only companion is a valuable collection of gold coins. But his heart is hurt again when Tanny Newland, the unsavory younger brother of politician John Newland, crashes his brother's car in the woods surrounding Michael's house, seriously injuring the woman he is with. Afraid of being arrested for drunk driving, Tanny steals Michael's coins while he's sleeping, takes off into the night and is never seen again.
The Yearling, 1h30
Directed by Rod Hardy
Genres Drama
Actors Peter Strauss, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jean Smart, Wil Horneff, Brad Greenquist, Richard Hamilton
Roles Doc Wilson
Rating62% 3.1439853.1439853.1439853.1439853.143985
A young, impoverished 12 years old boy named Jody Baxter (Wil Horneff), the lone surviving child of four, lives on a farm in 1870s Florida Everglades shortly after the American Civil War develops a lasting bond with an orphaned deer named Fawn.
Scattered Dreams, 1h33
Directed by Neema Barnette
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gerald McRaney, Tyne Daly, Ed Grady, Alicia Silverstone, Sonny Shroyer, Rhoda Griffis
Rating59% 2.999212.999212.999212.999212.99921
It is about a loving couple which trying to make a living in 1951 Florida. When they are arrested, for a crime they didn't commit. The pair are given long jail terms and ripped from their children, so they begin a stunning fight for justice that has them facing the ruthless sheriff responsible for their incarceration.
Deadly Relations, 2h
Directed by Bill Condon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Robert Urich, Shelley Fabares, Gwyneth Paltrow, Matthew Perry, Roxana Zal, Dan Biggers
Roles Judge Carr
Rating59% 2.950992.950992.950992.950992.95099
Leonard Fagot has four daughters and loves them so much, that he usurps his control over them. He lets them know how he feels about the men they date. And if he disapproves of them, he probably will have them killed to get them out of his daughters' life.
Alex Haley's Queen, 4h42
Directed by John Erman
Origin USA
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism
Actors Halle Berry, Danny Glover, Christopher Allport, Jasmine Guy, Timothy Daly, Martin Sheen
Roles Doctor
Rating75% 3.7948553.7948553.7948553.7948553.794855
The series begins with the friendly relationship between James Jackson Jr. (Tim Daly), the son of the plantation owner, and one of the slaves, Easter (Jasmine Guy), at the Jackson estate, known as Forks of Cypress, near Florence in northern Alabama. James and Easter have grown up together (within the social limits of the plantation culture), and gradually their feelings for each other have developed into romance. Easter is the daughter of an African-American house slave, Captain Jack (Paul Winfield), and his true love, Annie, another slave, who is part-Cherokee, and who is no longer on the Jackson property.
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice, 1h34
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about religion, Serial killer films
Actors Terence Knox, Ryan Bollman, Paul Scherrer, Christie Clark, Rosalind Allen, Sean Bridgers
Roles Dr. Richard Appleby
Rating44% 2.2062652.2062652.2062652.2062652.206265
The plot involves Hemingford, Nebraska, a town near Gatlin (the original film's setting). The people of Hemingford decide to adopt the surviving children from Gatlin, intending to help them start new lives. Unfortunately for the well-meaning locals, the children go out to the cornfield where one of the cult members, Micah, is possessed by He Who Walks Behind The Rows, the demonic entity the cult worships.
Consenting Adults, 1h35
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey, Rebecca Miller, Lady Day-Lewis, E. G. Marshall, Forest Whitaker
Roles Mr. Watkins
Rating56% 2.8479752.8479752.8479752.8479752.847975
Composer Richard Parker and his wife Priscilla live an ordinary suburban life until they meet their new neighbors Eddy and Kay Otis. The two couples became friends. Kay's talent for blues singing gets Richard's attention, and Eddy is attracted to Priscilla. It becomes clear that Eddy is a scam artist who fakes a neck injury after an auto accident for the insurance proceeds, the majority of which he offers to the Parkers as a gift. Eddy chastises Richard for not living dangerously, and suggests they swap mates for an evening.
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, 1h28
Directed by Steve Miner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Sports films, Films about horses, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Horse sports in film
Actors Gabrielle Anwar, Michael Schoeffling, Cliff Robertson, Kathleen York, Dylan Kussman, Frank Renzulli
Roles prédicateur
Rating71% 3.599663.599663.599663.599663.59966
Sonora Webster is an orphan living with her aunt during the Great Depression. Sonora learns that because of the family's financial difficulties, her treasured horse Lightning will be sold and she will be placed in an orphanage. Instead, Sonora slips out of the house during the night.
Not Without My Daughter, 1h56
Directed by Brian Gilbert
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about families, Feminist films, Films about domestic violence
Actors Sally Field, Alfred Molina, Roshan Seth, Sarah Badel, Georges Corraface, Sasson Gabai
Roles Grandpa
Rating64% 3.201623.201623.201623.201623.20162
An Iranian physician, Sayed Bozorg "Moody" Mahmoody wants to visit Iran with his American family. He claims that his Iranian family wants to meet his wife Betty and daughter Mahtob, and asks them to come with him for a two-week visit. Despite her deep fears about visiting Iran, particularly due to the Iranian Hostage Crisis, Betty reluctantly agrees. Upon their arrival, they are all greeted warmly by Moody's family, but shortly before their flight back to America, Moody announces to his wife that he wishes for them to stay in Iran. Betty realises that she has been deceived by her husband, even though Moody took an oath that they would return to America, "swearing" on the sacred Koran. When she protests, Moody strikes her, and nobody in Moody's family sympathises with her.