Actor

Raymond Chandler

Writing

Career Snapshot

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Acting credits

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

1.6

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Movies: 21Series: 4Crew credits: 25

TMDB ID: 12493

IMDb ID: nm0151452

Known for: Writing

Born: July 23, 1888

Died: March 26, 1959

Age: 70

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1942 - 2023

Years active: 82

Average TMDB rating: 6.48

Wikidata: Q180377

Also known as

Raymond Thornton Chandler

Other jobs

Novel (13)Screenplay (6)Writer (2)Characters (1)Short Story (1)Story (1)Teleplay (1)

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Biography

Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. Chandler had an immense stylistic influence on American popular literature. He is a founder of the hardboiled school of detective fiction, along with Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain and other Black Mask writers. The protagonist of his novels, Philip Marlowe, like Hammett's Sam Spade, is considered by some to be synonymous with "private detective".