Tuesday, March 29, 2011

RIP Farley Granger (1925-2011)

Actor Farley Granger, best known for his roles in the Alfred Hitchcock thrillers Rope and Strangers on a Train passed away at the age of 85 of natural causes

Granger's big break came when he was cast in Nicholas Ray's film noir They Live by Night in which he played a rebellious young man opposite leading lady Cathy O'Donnell

He also appeared in Enchantment with David Niven, Evelyn Keyes and Teresa Wright. Other roles followed Roseanna McCoy with Joan Evans, Our Very Own opposite Ann Blyth and Side Street again with O'Donnell



The best role of his career was as the socialite tennis champ embroiled by the psychotic Robert Walker for Strangers Masterful

He then appeared in Full House along with Jeanne Crain, Hans Christian Andersen with Danny Kaye, The Story of Three Loves  with Leslie Caron and Small Town Girl  with Jane Powell. He traveled to Italy to make Senso for Luchino Visconti.  returned to films in The Naked Street with Anthony Quinn and Anne Bancroft and The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing with Joan Collins and Ray Milland.

His last film wasThe Next Big Thing in 2001.

Read more about Granger's life and career in THR

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