Farley Granger

Farley Granger
Granger in the trailer for Rope (1948)
Born
Farley Earle Granger

(1925-07-01)July 1, 1925
DiedMarch 27, 2011(2011-03-27) (aged 85)
New York City, New York, United States
Cause of deathNatural causes
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • acting coach

Farley Earle Granger (July 1, 1925 - March 27, 2011) was an American movie, theatre, and television actor. Two of the movies he was in were directed by Alfred Hitchcock: Rope and Strangers on a Train.

Granger was bisexual, and had relationships with both women and men.[1] Some of the people he was involved with were Shelley Winters, Ava Gardner, Leonard Bernstein, and screenwriter Arthur Laurents. His longtime romantic partner was television producer Robert Calhoun.[2]

Granger wrote an autobiography called Include Me Out: My Life From Goldwyn to Broadway. He died of natural causes.

Selected performances

Movies

  • Rope (as Phillip Morgan)
  • Strangers On a Train (as Guy Haines)
  • O. Henry's Full House''
  • Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing\

Television

  • Wagon Train, episode "The Charles Avery Story"
  • Ironside, episode "Eat, Drink and Be Buried"
  • Get Smart, episode "Supersonic Boom"
  • Hawaii Five-O, episode "One for the Money"
  • The Six Million Dollar Man, episode "The Midas Touch"
  • The Edge of Night, two episodes
  • As the World Turns, 14 episodes

Side Street- Ny setting about a man who steals money from a safe meant for blackmail and gets caught up in the murders

References

  1. ↑ "Farley Granger, star of Alfred Hitchcock thrillers, dies at 85". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Farley Granger, Screen Idol and Stage Actor, Dies at 85 - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. New York. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 October 2011.

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