David Farrar
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-08-21
Day of Death
1995-08-31 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Forest Gate, London, England, UK
David Farrar
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Farrar (21 August 1908 – 31 August 1995) was an English stage and film actor, born in Forest Gate, east London.
Three of his most notable film roles were leads in the Powell and Pressburger films Black Narcissus (1947), The Small Back Room (1949), and Gone to Earth (1950).
He retired in 1962. After the death of his wife Irene in 1976, he moved to South Africa to be with their daughter.
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Known For
Acting
(1962)
The 300 Spartans
as Xerxes
(1962)
The Webster Boy
as Paul Webster
(1960)
Beat Girl
as Paul Linden
(1959)
Solomon and Sheba
as Pharaoh
(1959)
John Paul Jones
as John Wilkes
(1959)
Watusi
as Rick Cobb
(1958)
I Accuse!
as Mathieu Dreyfus
(1958)
Son of Robin Hood
as Des Roches
(1957)
Woman and the Hunter
as David Kirby
(1956)
The Battle of the River Plate
as Narrator
(1956)
Lost
as Detective Inspector Craig
(1955)
The Sea Chase
as Commander Jeff Napier
(1955)
Pearl of the South Pacific
as Bully Hague
(1955)
Escape to Burma
as The Sawbwa
(1954)
The Black Shield of Falworth
as Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban
(1954)
Duel in the Jungle
as Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson
(1954)
Lilacs in the Spring
as Charles King
(1951)
The Late Edwina Black
as Gregory Black
(1951)
The Golden Horde
as Sir Guy of Devon
(1951)
Night Without Stars
as Giles Gordon
(1950)
Cage of Gold
as Bill
(1950)
Gone to Earth
as John Reddin
(1949)
The Small Back Room
as Sammy Rice
(1949)
Diamond City
as Stafford Parker
(1948)
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
as David Traill
(1947)
Black Narcissus
as Mr. Dean
(1947)
Frieda
as Robert Dawson
(1946)
The Trojan Brothers
as Sid Nichols
(1946)
Lisbon Story
as David Warren
(1945)
Meet Sexton Blake
as Sexton Blake
(1945)
The Echo Murders
as Sexton Blake
(1945)
The World Owes Me a Living
as Paul Collyer
(1944)
The Hundred Pound Window
as George Graham
(1944)
For Those in Peril
as Murray
(1943)
The Dark Tower
as Tom Danton
(1943)
Headline
as 'Brookie ' Brooks
(1943)
They Met in the Dark
as Commander Lippinscott
(1943)
The Night Invader
as Dick Marlow
(1942)
Went the Day Well?
as Lieutenant Jung
(1942)
Suspected Person
as Inspector Thompson
(1941)
Danny Boy
as Martin
(1941)
Sheepdog of the Hills
as Reverend Michael Varney
(1939)
Q Planes
as Viking Bo'sun
(1938)
A Royal Divorce
as Louis Bonaparte
(1938)
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
as Granite Grant
(1937)
Return of a Stranger
as Dr. Young