Farley Granger

Farley Granger — Biography

Farley Granger was an American film, stage, and television actor, born in San Jose, California, on 1 July 1925 and died in New York City on 27 March 2011. Spotted while performing in a modest stage production, he was signed by a casting director working for Samuel Goldwyn and placed in a prominent part in the wartime drama The North Star (1943), a picture that drew controversy for its sympathetic treatment of the Soviet Union; another war-themed feature, The Purple Heart (1944), came soon after. Following naval service in the Pacific, he resumed acting and achieved lasting recognition through two Alfred Hitchcock thrillers, Rope (1948) and Strangers on a Train (1951), later calling the latter his most rewarding experience on a film set. He also starred opposite Alida Valli in Luchino Visconti's Italian production Senso (1954). In the decades that followed he kept working steadily across Broadway, European cinema, and American television well into his seventies. In recognition of his television career, he received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.