Farley Granger, a film and Broadway star, is remembered for his youthful good looks. (AP)

Screen icon Farley Granger died of natural causes on Sunday at his home in Manhattan, according to a New York City medical examiner’s office spokeswoman.  He was 85.

Samuel Goldwyn talent scouts signed Granger, a North Hollywood High School student, at the age of 16.

His first movie was 1943’s “The North Star,” but he stopped acting to serve in the U.S. Navy during World War II. 

Granger’s most iconic roles were in Hitchcock’s “Rope” in 1948 and “Strangers on a Train” in 1951.

Granger’s other film credits include “They Live by Night,” “Side Street,” “The Story of Three Loves,” and “Hans Christian Andersen.”

In the 1960’s, Granger made the switch from film to Broadway.  In 1960 he debuted in “First Impressions,” a musical version of “Pride and Prejudice.”

He later starred as the lead in the long-running thriller “Deathtrap.”

Granger, remembered for his bisexuality, had relationships with actresses Shelley Winters and Janice Rule, as well as composer Leonard Bernstein and writer Arthur Laurents.

His longtime partner was Robert Calhoun, who passed away in 2008.  In a 2007 New York Times interview Granger said: “I’ve lived the greater part of my life with a man, so obviously that’s the most satisfying to me,” (nytimes.com).

Granger leaves no immediate survivors.