Farley Earle Granger was born in 1925 in San Jose, California, to Eva (Hopkins) and Farley Earle Granger, who owned an automobile dealership. Right out of high school, he was brought to the attention of movie producer Samuel Goldwyn, who cast him in a small role in Fuoco a oriente (1943). He followed it up with a much bigger part in Prigionieri di Satana (1944) and then joined the army. After his release he had to wait until Nicholas Ray cast him in the low-budget RKO classic La donna del bandito (1948) with Cathy O'Donnell, and then he was recalled by Goldwyn, who signed him to a five-year contract. He then made Nodo alla gola (1948) for Alfred Hitchcock and followed up for Goldwyn with Fuga nel tempo (1948) with David Niven, Evelyn Keyes and Teresa Wright. Other roles followed, including Rosanna (l'odio e l'amore) (1949) with Joan Evans, Noi che ci amiamo (1950) with Ann Blyth and La via della morte (1950), again with Cathy O'Donnell. He returned to Hitchcock for the best role of his career, as the socialite tennis champ embroiled in a murder plot by psychotic Robert Walker in L'altro uomo (1951). He then appeared in La giostra umana (1952) with Jeanne Crain, Il favoloso Andersen (1952) with Danny Kaye, Storia di tre amori (1953) with Leslie Caron and Amore provinciale (1953) with Jane Powell. He went to Italy to make Senso (1954) for Luchino Visconti with Alida Valli, one of his best films. He did a Broadway play in 1955, ”The Carefree Tree”, and then returned to films in Brooklyn chiama polizia (1955) with Anthony Quinn and Anne Bancroft and L'altalena di velluto rosso (1955) with Joan Collins and Ray Milland. Over the next ten years Granger worked extensively on television and the stage, mainly in stock, and returned to films in Gioco d'azzardo (1968) with Dennis Morgan. He then returned to Italy, where he made a series of films, including Sfida sulla pista di fuoco (1970) with 'Anne Baxter (I)', Lo chiamavano Mezzogiorno (1973) with Richard Crenna and Arnold (1973) with Stella Stevens. More recent films include Rosemary's Killer (1981), La maschera della morte (1992), The Imagemaker (1986) and The Next Big Thing (2001). Since the 1950s he has continued to work frequently on American television and, in 1980, returned to Broadway and appeared in Ira Levin's successful play ”Deathtrap”. In 2007 he published his autobiography, ”Include Me Out: My Life from Goldwyn to Broadway” with Robert Calhoun. A longtime resident of New York, Granger has recently appeared in several documentaries discussing Hollywood and, often, specifically Alfred Hitchcock.

Birth Name: Farley Earle Granger II

Height: 177

Birth Details: July 1, 1925 in San Jose, California, USA

Date of Birth: 1925-07-01

Place of Birth: San Jose, California, USA

Spouses: