---
name: "Raymond Chandler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/raymond-chandler"
fi1m_id: "raymond-chandler"
imdb_id: "nm0151452"
tmdb_id: 12493
wikidata_id: "Q180377"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "23 July 1888"
died: "26 March 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-25T03:34:28.658081+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Raymond Chandler

## Identity

Raymond Chandler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/raymond-chandler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** raymond-chandler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0151452
- **TMDB ID:** 12493
- **Wikidata ID:** Q180377
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Chandler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180377, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151452/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12493

Writer. Born 23 July 1888 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 26 March 1959.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 23 July 1888, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 26 March 1959
- **Active:** 1944–1993
- **Also known as:** Raymond Thornton Chandler
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 86 (3), 1950s 86 (1), 1970s 86 (1), 1990s 72 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 87 to 82 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 6, Drama 4, Mystery 4, Thriller 4
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $21m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Chandler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180377, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151452/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12493

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Strangers on a Train*](https://film.one/film/strangers-on-a-train.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888–1959) was an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for his detective novels featuring private investigator Philip Marlowe and for his work on several Hollywood screenplays.

Chandler began publishing short stories in the pulp magazine *Black Mask* in 1933. His first novel, *The Big Sleep*, was published in 1939. He worked as a screenwriter from 1943, with credits including the screenplay for *Double Indemnity* (1944, with Billy Wilder), *The Blue Dahlia* (1946) and *Strangers on a Train* (1951).

*Sources: britannica.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Fallen Angels* (1993), Fi1m 72, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *The Long Goodbye* (1973), Fi1m 86, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-goodbye.md)
- *Strangers on a Train* (1951), Fi1m 86, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/strangers-on-a-train.md)
- *The Big Sleep* (1946), Fi1m 84, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-sleep.md)
- *Double Indemnity* (1944), Fi1m 92, as Man Reading Book (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/double-indemnity.md)
- *Murder, My Sweet* (1944), Fi1m 82, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/murder-my-sweet.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Marlowe* (2023), Characters
- *The Long Goodbye* (2014), series, Novel
- *The Coronation* (1999), Characters
- *Poodle Springs* (1998), Novel
- *Once You Meet a Stranger* (1996), Teleplay
- *Red Wind* (1995), Short Story
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, Story — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *Morning Patrol* (1987), Novel
- *Philip Marlowe, Private Eye* (1983), series, Writer
- *The Big Sleep* (1978), Novel
- *Farewell, My Lovely* (1975), Novel
- *Double Indemnity* (1973), Screenplay
- *The Long Goodbye* (1973), Novel — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-goodbye.md)
- *Marlowe* (1969), Novel
- *Climax!* (1954), series, Writer
- *Strangers on a Train* (1951), Screenplay — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/strangers-on-a-train.md)
- *The Brasher Doubloon* (1947), Novel
- *Lady in the Lake* (1946), Novel, Screenplay
- *The Big Sleep* (1946), Novel — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-sleep.md)
- *The Blue Dahlia* (1946), Screenplay
- *The Unseen* (1945), Screenplay
- *Murder, My Sweet* (1944), Novel — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/murder-my-sweet.md)
- *And Now Tomorrow* (1944), Screenplay
- *Double Indemnity* (1944), as Man Reading Book (uncredited) · Screenplay — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/double-indemnity.md)
- *Time to Kill* (1942), Novel
- *The Falcon Takes Over* (1942), Novel

## Gallery

- ![Raymond Chandler](https://film.one/media/person/103489/gallery-652760f4174a.jpg) Raymond Chandler — Photographer uncredited. Published by Alfred A. Knopf., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Raymond_Chandler_%28Lady_in_the_Lake_portrait%2C_1943%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Blue plaque erected by English Heritage at 110 Auckland Road, London SE19 2BY 7th October 2014](https://film.one/media/person/103489/gallery-ddfc1bfca161.jpg) Blue plaque erected by English Heritage at 110 Auckland Road, London SE19 2BY 7th October 2014 — Spudgun67, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/110_Auckland_Road%2C_London_SE19_2BY_-_former_residence_of_Raymond_Chandler.jpg/1280px-110_Auckland_Road%2C_London_SE19_2BY_-_former_residence_of_Raymond_Chandler.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Raymond and Cissy Chandler gravestone (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/103489/gallery-33655dba8fce.jpg) Raymond and Cissy Chandler gravestone (2022) — Alan Islas, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Raymond_Chandler_gravestone.jpg/1280px-Raymond_Chandler_gravestone.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Raymond Chandler](https://film.one/media/person/103489/gallery-ccbb85433b9d.jpg) Raymond Chandler — Image via TMDB
- ![Raymond Chandler](https://film.one/media/person/103489/gallery-d9d4619d5852.jpg) Raymond Chandler — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1947: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The Blue Dahlia*
- 1945: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Double Indemnity*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel 1955: Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel (won), for *The Long Goodbye*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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