How many actors have played Raymond Chandler’s detective Philip Marlowe?

July 22, 2020January 10, 2012 by Pamela Landy

Seven actors have played Raymond Chandler’s detective Philip Marlowe.

They are: Dick Powell, Humphrey Bogart, Robert Montgomery, George Montgomery, James Garner, Elliott Gould, and Robert Mitchum.

Only Mitchum has played him more than once, in Farewell My Lovely (1975) and The Big Sleep (1978).

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1 thought on “How many actors have played Raymond Chandler’s detective Philip Marlowe?”

Garth

July 30, 2014 at 4:53 am

He was also played by Powers Booth in an HBO series, and by James Caan in the made for cable film “Poodle Springs”.

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