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Farley Earle Granger Jr. (July 1, 1925 – March 27, 2011) was an American actor. 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 (1943), a controversial film praising the Soviet Union at the height of World War II , but later condemned for its ...
Farley Granger was an American actor who starred in films by Alfred Hitchcock, Nicholas Ray and Luchino Visconti. He also appeared in many TV shows and plays, and published his autobiography in 2007.
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Farley Granger. Actor: Strangers on a Train. Farley Earle Granger was born in 1925 in San Jose, California, to Eva (Hopkins) and Farley Earle Granger, who owned an automobile dealership.
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- March 27, 2011
Mar 19, 2007 · Perhaps best known for his roles in Hitchcock’s Rope and Strangers on a Train before ditching Hollywood for the New York stage, handsome Farley Granger (now 81) slept with some of the biggest...
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- 'Rope' (1948) Most posters will try and imply that James Stewart is the lead of Hitchcock's masterful Rope, but it takes a while for his character to enter the picture.
- 'Strangers on a Train' (1951) Strangers on a Train is undoubtedly one of the very best movies Alfred Hitchcock ever directed in his long and accomplished career, and marked the second time the filmmaker collaborated with Granger.
- 'They Live by Night' (1948) A classic thriller in every sense of the word, They Live by Night represents the film noir genre at its best, and perhaps its most direct, too.
- 'What Have They Done to Your Daughters?' (1974) The premise and execution of What Have They Done to Your Daughters? is appropriately wild and fits the fairly full-on title.
Mar 29, 2011 · Farley Granger, who found quick stardom in films like Alfred Hitchcock’s “Strangers on a Train” in the 1940s and ’50s but who then turned aside from Hollywood to pursue stage and television...
Mar 29, 2011 · US actor Farley Granger, best known for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock thrillers Rope and Strangers on a Train, has died in New York at the age of 85. He died on Sunday of natural causes at...
