Kirby Grant

Kirby Grant was born on Nov 24, 1911 in USA. Kirby Grant's big-screen debut came with Sweet Adeline directed by Mervyn LeRoy in 1934, strarring Singing Beer Garden Patron (uncredited). Kirby Grant is known for Sky King directed by Hollingsworth Morse, Kirby Grant stars as Sky King and Gloria Winters as Penny King. The upcoming new movie Kirby Grant plays is Yukon Vengeance which will be released on Jan 17, 1954.

As a child, Kirby received a scholarship to the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Kirby won the scholarship as a violinist and singer, but he also dabbled as a sculptor. He would play a violinist in the film, Griseries (1935), which starred Henry Fonda. While his movie career was less than spectacular, he did have the lead in a number of low- budget westerns and also played a Canadian Mountie in low-budget adventures. But it would be Television, where Kirby would gain the kind of fame that would follow him for the rest of his life. "Out of the blue of the western sky comes Sky King". Sky King (1951) was a Television series where Kirby played a wealthy gentleman rancher who used his twin engine Cessna to capture the evil ones. As everyone knows, the plane was called the "Song Bird", his ranch was "the Flying Crown Ranch", located near "Grover, Arizona", and he had a niece named Penny and a nephew named Clipper. Kirby was a lifelong flying enthusiast taught to fly by barnstormers in the 1920's. "Sky King" was a huge success and Kirby made approximately 130 episodes which guaranteed syndication. After the show ended, Kirby traveled with the Carson and Barnes Circus and retired in 1970. He later bought the title and rights to the show, Sky King (1951), and became a public relations director for Sea World in Florida.