Farley Granger Biography (1925-)

Original name, Farley Earle Granger II; born July 1, 1925, in San Jose, CA; son of Farley Earle and Eva H. Granger.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: July 1, 1925; San Jose, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Damian, a young soldier, The North Star (also known as ArmoredAttack and North Star), RKO, 1943
Sergeant Howard Clinton, The Purple Heart, Twentieth Century-Fox,1944
Pilot Officer Pax Masterson, Enchantment, RKO, 1948
Philip Morgan, Rope (also known as Alfred Hitchcock's Rope), Warner Bros., 1948
Arthur "Bowie" Bowers, They Live by Night (also known as The Twisted Road and Your Red Wagon), RKO, 1949
Johnse Hatfield, Roseanna McCoy, RKO, 1949
Joe Norson, Side Street, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
Chuck, Our Very Own, RKO, 1950
Martin Lynn, Edge of Doom (also known as Stronger Than Fear), RKO, 1950
Jack Greer, I Want You, RKO, 1951
Guy Haines, Strangers on a Train (also known as Strangers),Warner Bros., 1951
Bill Denny, Behave Yourself (also known as Behave Yourself!), RKO, 1951
Jim, "The Gift of the Magi," O. Henry's Full House (also known asFull House), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952
Niels, Hans Christian Andersen, RKO, 1952
Thomas Clayton Campbell, Jr., "Mademoiselle," The Story of Three Loves (also known as Equilibrium and Three Stories of Love), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
Rick Belrow Livingston, Small Town Girl, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
Lieutenant Franz Mahler, Senso (also known as Senso the Serpent, The Wanton Contessa, Livia, and The Wanton Countess), Lux Films, 1954
Nicky Bradna, The Naked Street (also known as Naked Streetand The Brass Ring), United Artists, 1955
Harry K. Thaw, The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1955
Rogue's Gallery, Paramount, 1967
The Chief of Homicide, Pathe/Associated British, 1969
La tela del ragno, 1970
Spike, Qualcosa striscia nel buio (also known as Shadows in theDark, Something Is Crawling in the Dark, and Something Creeping in the Dark), 1971
Major Harriman, Lo chiamavano Trinita (also known as They CallMe Trinity and My Name Is Trinity), 1971
Richard Stuart, Amuck (also known as Leather and Whips, Maniac, Maniac Mansion, Replica of a Crime, Replica di un delitto, Hot Bed of Sex, and Alla ricerca del piacere), Group I, 1972
La rossa dalla pelle che scotta (also known as The Red Headed Corpse and Sweet Spirits), 1972
Inspector Capuana, Rivelazioni di un maniaco sessuale al capo della squadra mobile (also known as Bad Girls, Confessions of a Sex Maniac, Penetrator, Revelations of a Sex Maniac to the Head of theCriminal Investigation Division, The Slasher, The Slasher Is aSex Maniac, So Naked, So Dead, and So Sweet, So Dead), William Mishkin, 1972
Judge Niland, Lo chiamavano Mezzogiorno (also known as A Man Called Noon, The Man Called Noon, and Un hombre llamado Noon), National General, 1973
Computer programming director, The Serpent (also known as NightFlight from Moscow, Die Schlange, Il serpente, and Le serpent), Avco-Embassy, 1973
Evan Lyons, Arnold, Cinerama, 1973
Infamia (also known as La moglie giovane), Emaus Films/Metheus Film, 1974
Mr. Polvesi, La polizia chiede aiuto (also known as The PoliceRequest Help, Coed Murders, and What Have They Done to Your Daughters?), 1975
The Prisoner of Zenda, Universal, 1979
Sheriff George Fraser, Rosemary's Killer (also known as The Graduation and The Prowler), Sandhurst, 1981
Douglas Andrews, Deathmask (also known as Unknown), 1984
The Ambassador, The Imagemaker, Castle Hill, 1986
Pavel, Very Close Quarters, Cable Star, 1986
(Uncredited) Extra, The Whoopee Boys, 1986
(Uncredited; in archive footage) Guy Haines in Strangers on a Train, Throw Momma from the Train, 1987
(Uncredited; in archive footage) Going Hollywood: The War Years, 1988
Himself, The Celluloid Closet (also known as Celluloid Closet and Gefangen in der Traumfabrik), Sony Pictures Classics, 1995
(Uncredited; in archive footage) Luchino Visconti, RaiTrade, 1999
(Uncredited; in archive footage) In the Shadow of Hollywood (alsoknown as A l'ombre d'Hollywood), National Film Board of Canada, 2000
Himself, "Rope" Unleashed (documentary), Universal, 2001
Himself, Rescued from the Closet, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2001
Arthur Pomposello, The Next Big Thing, Castle Hill, 2001
Himself, Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (also known as Broadway: The Golden Age), 2003
Also appeared in Brass Ring; The Co-Ed Murders; A Crimefor a Crime; Kill Me, My Love; The Painter and the Red Head(also known as The Redhead with the Translucent Skin); Planet Venus, Savage Lady; Summer Hurricane; The Syndicate; The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm.
Television Appearances
Series
First Dr. Will Vernon, One Life to Live, ABC, 1976-1977
Trent Archer, The Edge of the Night (also known as Edge of Night), 1980
Earl Mitchell, As the World Turns, CBS, 1986-1988
Miniseries
Enos Sutton, Black Beauty, NBC, 1978
Movies
Nealy, The Challengers, CBS, 1969
David Ames, The Lives of Jenny Dolan, NBC, 1975
Martin Caine, Widow, NBC, 1976
Specials
Himself, Cancer Fund Film Notables Attend Glittering Benefits, 1951

Himself, The 13th Annual Tony Awards, 1959
Himself, The 18th Annual Tony Awards, 1965
Shelby Carpenter, Laura, ABC, 1968
Richard, "The Day Before Sunday," CBS Playhouse, 1970
Himself, Night of 100 Stars, 1982
Himself, The Thrill of Genius (also known as Hitchcock: Il brividio del genio), 1985
As the World Turns: 30th Anniversary, 1986
(Uncredited; in archive footage) Fejezetek a film toerteneteboel: Az olasz neorealizmus, 1990
(In archive footage) Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (documentary; also known as Dial H Hitchcock: The Genius Behind the Showman and Dial H for Hitchcock), TCM, 1999
Himself, Reputations: Alfred Hitchcock (documentary), BBC, 1999
Himself, Shelley Winters: Full Disclosure (documentary), Arts andEntertainment, 2001
Himself, Hitchcock: Alfred the Great (documentary; also known as Biography: Hitchcock--Alfred the Great), 2001
Goldwyn, PBS, 2001
Himself, Visconti (documentary; also known as The Life and Times of Count Luchino Visconti), BBC, 2002
Episodic
Himself, Toast of the Town, 1953, 1955
"Splendid with Swords," Schlitz Playhouse of Stars CBS, 1955
"Incident in an Alley," The U.S. Steel Hour, ABC, later CBS, 1955
"Caesar and Cleopatra," Producers' Showcase, NBC, 1956
Fred, "Pistolero," Robert Montgomery Presents, NBC, 1956
John Haywood, "Faceless Adversary," Climax!, CBS, 1956
Harold Sizeman, "Sizeman and Son," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1956
"Stand by to Dive," Ford Theater (also known as The Ford Television Theater), ABC, 1956
Steve Adams, "Men against Speed," The 20th Century-Fox Hour, CBS,1956
Himself, I've Got a Secret, 1956, 1957, 1959
"Starfish," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1956
"The Clay Pigeon," Robert Montgomery Presents, NBC, 1957
Philip, "The Bottle Imp," The U.S. Steel Hour, CBS, 1957
"Circle of Fear," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1957
"Man in a Trance," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1957
"The Clouded Image," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1957
Lieutenant Charles Avery, "The Charles Avery Story," Wagon Train,NBC, 1957
Paul Burgess, "Beyond This Place," DuPont Show of the Month, CBS,1957
"Come to Me," Kraft Television Theater, NBC, 1957
Francis, "The Hidden River," The U.S. Steel Hour, CBS, 1958
Dr. Sigmund Freud, "The Wound Within," The U.S. Steel Hour, CBS, 1958
"The Music of Romance," The Bell Telephone Hour, 1960
"Arrowsmith," DuPont Show of the Month, CBS, 1960
"The Inn of the Flying Dragon," Dow Hour of Great Mysteries, NBC,1960
"Born a Giant," Our American Heritage, NBC, 1960
Rudlof Rassendy II/King Rudolf V, "The Prisoner of Zenda," DuPont Showof the Month, CBS, 1961
Morris Townsend, "The Heiress," Family Classics, CBS, 1961
Morgan Cain, "Nightmare," Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater,NBC, 1966
"The Shock of Recognition," Run for Your Life, NBC, 1966
"Blind Man's Bluff," Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater, NBC,1967
Mitch Kirby, "Eat, Drink and Be Buried," Ironside, NBC, 1967
Jack Graham, "Hondo and the Apache Kid," Hondo, ABC, 1967
Billet, "Supersonic Boom," Get Smart, NBC, 1967
Curtis Anderson, "What Flowers Daisies Are," Outsider, NBC, 1968
Hoagland Walters, "The Ordeal," Name of the Game, NBC, 1968
Arnold, "One for the Money," Hawaii Five-O, CBS, 1969
"The Loner," Medical Center, CBS, 1969
"The Haunting of Penthouse D," The Wide World of Mystery, ABC, 1974
Bert Carrington, "The Midas Touch," The Six Million Dollar Man, ABC, 1974
O'Hare, "A Matter of Choice," Nakia, ABC, 1974
Paul Quincy, "The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne," Ellery Queen, NBC,1975
"Scavenger's Paradise," Matt Helm, ABC, 1975
"Million Dollar Baby," Medical Story, NBC, 1975
Julian Klae, "The Klae Dynasty," The Invisible Man, NBC, 1975
Charles Cummings, "Tell Her She's Great/Matchmaker, Matchmaker Times Two/The Baby Alarm," The Love Boat, ABC, 1980
Doctor Roebuck, "Pain Killer," Tales from the Darkside, syndicated, 1984
"Country Blues/A Matter of Taste/Frat Brothers Forever," The Love Boat, ABC, 1984
Himself, Today, 1984
(In archive footage) Guy Haines, "History of Railroads as Seen in the Movies," Today, NBC, 1985
"Call Me Grandma," The Love Boat, ABC, 1985
Jerome Ashcroft, "How to Make a Killing without Really Trying," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1989
"Malcolm," Monsters, 1990
(In archive footage) Sergeant Howard Clinton, "Review of War Films Past and Present," Today, NBC, 1990
(In archive footage) Guy Haines, "A Look Into the Latest Hitchcock-like Psychological Tale of Murder and Obsession: The Talented Mr. Ripley," Weekend Today, NBC, 1999
Jamie deRoy & Friends, Manhattan Neighborhood Network, 2002
Also appeared in The Arthur Murray Party, ABC, Dumont, CBS,and NBC; Kojak, CBS and ABC; Masquerade Party, NBC, CBS, ABC,and syndicated; Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, CBS.
Stage Appearances
The Carefree Tree, 1955
Fitzwilliam Darcy, First Impressions, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1959
Jack Williams, The Warm Peninsula, Broadway production, 1959-1960
The King and I, New York City Center, New York City, 1960
Brigadoon, 1962-1963
Konstantin Treplev, The Seagull, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1964
John Proctor, The Crucible, Belasco Theatre, 1964
The son, The Glass Menagerie, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1965
Kennedy's Children, Studebaker Theatre, IL, 1976
Count Dracula, 1978
The Torch-Bearers, McCarter Theatre, NJ, 1978
A Month in the Country, McCarter Theatre, 1979
Sidney Bruhl, Deathtrap, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1981-1982
Night of 100 Stars (also known as Night of One Hundred Stars), Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 1982
Prior, Outward Bound, Apple Corps Theatre, New York City, 1984
Eldon, Talley & Son, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City,1985
Semi-Monde, Lyric Theatre, London, 2001
Also appeared in Advise and Consent, New York City; The Sound of Music; The Marriage Fool, Circle Repertory Company, New York City; The Streets of New York, New York City; Outward Bound; Ring Round the Moon; Hedda Gabler; She Stoops to Conquer; Liliom.
Radio Appearances
"The North Star--Screen Guild Theater," Louella Parsons, 1948
"Our Very Town," Lux Radio Theater, 1951
Live from London, 1999

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

The Advocate, August 20, 1996, pp. 713-714

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