SHORT TAKES : Granger ‘Circled’ by Beauties

When British actor Stewart Granger made his Broadway debut this week in “The Circle,” he played a role that came easily.

“I really play myself in this role. An old man who loves beautiful young women,” Granger says.

The 76-year-old actor said in an interview for this weekend’s Parade magazine that he works these days only when he needs the money, but added that roles for men his age are scarce.

“There aren’t many (parts), and they’ll go to Jason Robards and Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas before me. Most of my pals are dead, David Niven, James Mason, Mike Wilding.

“I went to Metro (MGM) to visit my old set where they made ‘Scaramouche,’ and tears rolled down my face,” he continued. “They were making ‘Dallas’ on that same old dear set.”