Farley Granger

1925-2011

Biography: life and films

Farley Granger was an American actor. He was born in San Jose, California, USA on 1st July 1925 and died in New York City, New York, USA on 27th March 2011, aged 85.

His best films as an actor include Nicholas Ray's crime-thriller They Live by Night (1948), Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train (1951), Charles Vidor's Hans Christian Andersen (1952), Luchino Visconti's Senso (1954) and Richard Fleischer's The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955).

Farley Granger appeared in 43 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Richard Friedman (2 films), Mark Robson (2), Lewis Milestone (2), Leonard Horn (2), Irving Reis (2) and Alfred Hitchcock (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (23 films), Thriller (10), romance (7), crime-thriller (6), Horror (6), comedy (4), War (4), history (3), Documentary (3) and Western (2).

Our average rating for Farley Granger over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

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The North Star (1943) [a]

The Purple Heart (1944) [a]

Enchantment (1948) [a]

Rope (1948) [a]

They Live by Night (1948) [a]

Roseanna McCoy (1949) [a]

Edge of Doom (1950) [a]

Our Very Own (1950) [a]

Side Street (1950) [a]

Behave Yourself! (1951) [a]

I Want You (1951) [a]

Strangers on a Train (1951) [a]

Hans Christian Andersen (1952) [a]

O. Henry's Full House (1952) [a]

Small Town Girl (1953) [a]

The Story of Three Loves (1953) [a]

Senso (1954) [a]

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955) [a]

The Naked Street (1955) [a]

Rogue's Gallery (1968) [a]

Lo chiamavano Trinità... (1970) [a]

La Rossa dalla pelle che scotta (1971) [a]

Qualcosa striscia nel buio (1971) [a]

Alla ricerca del piacere (1972) [a]

Rivelazioni di un maniaco sessuale al capo della squadra mobile (1972) [a]

Amore mio, uccidimi! (1973) [a]

Arnold (1973) [a]

Le Serpent (1973) [a]

Un Hombre llamado Noon (1973) [a]

La Moglie giovane (1974) [a]

La Polizia chiede aiuto (1974) [a]

Pianeta Venere (1974) [a]

The Prowler (1981) [a]

Deathmask (1984) [a]

The Imagemaker (1986) [a]

Very Close Quarters (1986) [a]

Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988) [a]

The Celluloid Closet (1995) [a]

Luchino Visconti (1999) [a]

The Next Big Thing (2001) [a]



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