Farley Granger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Farley Granger

American actor

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1925

Place of Birth: San Jose, California, United States

Date of Death: 27-Mar-2011

Profession: stage actor, television actor, film actor, autobiographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Farley Granger

  • Farley Earle Granger Jr.
  • (July 1, 1925 – March 27, 2011) was an American actor, best known for his two collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock: Rope in 1948 and Strangers on a Train in 1951. Granger was first noticed in a small stage production in Hollywood by a Goldwyn casting director, and given a significant role in The North Star, a controversial film praising the Soviet Union at the height of World War II, but later condemned for its political bias.
  • Another war film, The Purple Heart, followed, before Granger's naval service in Honolulu, in a unit that arranged troop entertainment in the Pacific.
  • Here he made useful contacts, including Bob Hope, Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth.
  • It was also where he began exploring his bisexuality, which he said he never felt any need to conceal. In 1948, Hitchcock cast him in Rope, a fictionalized account of the Leopold and Loeb murder case, which earned mixed reviews, but much critical praise for Granger.
  • Hitchcock then cast him again in Strangers on a Train, as a tennis star drawn into a double murder plot by a wealthy psychopath, played by Robert Walker.
  • Granger would describe this as his happiest film-making experience, and was deeply saddened by Walker's death shortly after shooting. Granger continued to appear on stage, film and television well into his 70s.
  • His work ranged from classical drama on Broadway to several Italian-language films and major documentaries about Hollywood.
  • He tended to find fault with his directors and scriptwriters, however, and his career remains defined by the two Hitchcock films.

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