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Raymond Chandler

Known for
Writing
Born
July 23, 1888
Died
March 26, 1959
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA

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".

Filmography

Credits from TMDB.