ACTOR

Farley Granger

1925 - 2011

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Farley Earle Granger Jr. (July 1, 1925 – March 27, 2011) was an American actor. Granger was first noticed in a small stage production in Hollywood by a Goldwyn casting director, and given a significant role in The North Star (1943), a controversial film praising the Soviet Union at the height of World War II, but later condemned for its political position. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Farley Granger has received more than 2,261,699 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Farley Granger is the 1,219th most popular actor (up from 2,083rd in 2019), the 2,097th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,436th in 2019) and the 572nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Farley Granger ranks 1,219 out of 13,578. Before him are Lee Byung-hun, Clive Owen, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Jonathan Frakes, and Ellen Barkin. After him are Julian Glover, David Prowse, Kate Beckinsale, Marina Berti, Leslie Caron, and Nathan Fillion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Farley Granger ranks 118. Before him are Luciano Leggio, Aliya Moldagulova, Warren Christopher, Masanori Tokita, Max Morlock, and Innokenty Smoktunovsky. After him are Jenő Buzánszky, Alexander Shulgin, Antoine Gizenga, Lino Lacedelli, Arnaldo Forlani, and Serge Moscovici. Among people deceased in 2011, Farley Granger ranks 87. Before him are Raúl Ruiz, Jimmy Savile, Archduke Felix of Austria, Pinetop Perkins, Warren Christopher, and Lyudmila Gurchenko. After him are Harold Garfinkel, Juan María Bordaberry, Danielle Mitterrand, Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, Saad el-Shazly, and Cy Twombly.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Farley Granger ranks 2,097 out of 20,380. Before him are Don Walsh (1931), Jermaine Jackson (1954), Jonathan Frakes (1952), Leo McCarey (1898), Fredric Jameson (1934), and Ellen Barkin (1954). After him are Jesse Douglas (1897), George Roy Hill (1921), Ornette Coleman (1930), Steve Perry (1949), Bob Kahn (1938), and Leroy Anderson (1908).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Farley Granger ranks 572. Before him are Donald Glover (1983), Veronica Lake (1922), William Petersen (1953), Jennifer Lawrence (1990), Jonathan Frakes (1952), and Ellen Barkin (1954). After him are Josh Brolin (1968), Kurtwood Smith (1943), Michael Jeter (1952), Alex Borstein (1971), Jim Parsons (1973), and Jennifer Beals (1963).

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Television and Movie Roles

Strangers on a Train
Guy Haines
Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder to an amateur tennis player — a theory he plans to test out.
Jun 27o 19517.668 / 10
Rope
Phillip Morgan
Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.
Mar 11o 19487.9 / 10
Senso
Il Tenente Franz Mahler
A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.
Dec 30o 19547.2 / 10