Raymond Chandler Biography

Raymond Chandler biography

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NAME: Raymond Chandler
OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur, Author, Screenwriter
BIRTH DATE: July 23, 1888
DEATH DATE: March 26, 1959
EDUCATION: Dulwich Collage
PLACE OF BIRTH: Chicago, Illinois
PLACE OF DEATH: La Jolla, California

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Detective fiction writer Raymond Chandler is best known for creating the private detective character Philip Marlowe, featured in The Big Sleep.

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Detective fiction writer Raymond Chandler made great contributions to both crime fiction drama and film noir cinema. He created the well-known private detective Philip Marlowe, played by Humphrey Bogart on screen. He adapted the screenplays for Double Indemnity and Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train. His only original screenplay was for The Blue Dahlia which was nominated for an Academy Award.