
David Farrar
Known for Acting · 46 credits
- Born
- 1908-08-21
- Died
- 1995-08-31
- Place of birth
- Forest Gate, London, England, UK
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
Movies (46)

The 300 Spartans
1962
as Xerxes

Solomon and Sheba
1959
as Pharaoh

The Battle of the River Plate
1956
as Narrator

Black Narcissus
1947
as Mr. Dean

Beat Girl
1960
as Paul Linden

The Sea Chase
1955
as Commander Jeff Napier

The Black Shield of Falworth
1954
as Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban

Q Planes
1939
as Viking Bo'sun

Went the Day Well?
1942
as Lieutenant Jung

Lost
1956
as Detective Inspector Craig

The Small Back Room
1949
as Sammy Rice

John Paul Jones
1959
as John Wilkes

I Accuse!
1958
as Mathieu Dreyfus

They Met in the Dark
1943
as Commander Lippinscott

Gone to Earth
1950
as John Reddin

Duel in the Jungle
1954
as Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson

Diamond City
1949
as Stafford Parker

The Golden Horde
1951
as Sir Guy of Devon

Cage of Gold
1950
as Bill

The Son of Robin Hood
1958
as Des Roches

Escape to Burma
1955
as The Sawbwa

The Late Edwina Black
1951
as Gregory Black

The Dark Tower
1943
as Tom Danton

Pearl of the South Pacific
1955
as Bully Hague

Woman and the Hunter
1957
as David Kirby

For Those in Peril
1944
as Murray

Danny Boy
1941
as Martin

Watusi
1959
as Rick Cobb

Frieda
1947
as Robert Dawson

Night Without Stars
1951
as Giles Gordon
The Night Invader
1943
as Dick Marlow

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948
as David Traill

A Royal Divorce
1938
as Louis Bonaparte

Lilacs in the Spring
1954
as Charles King

Headline
1943
as 'Brookie ' Brooks

Lisbon Story
1946
as David Warren

The Echo Murders
1945
as Sexton Blake
The Trojan Brothers
1946
as Sid Nichols

The Webster Boy
1962
as Paul Webster

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
1938
as Granite Grant

The World Owes Me a Living
1945
as Paul Collyer

Return of a Stranger
1937
as Dr. Young
The Hundred Pound Window
1944
as George Graham
Sheepdog of the Hills
1941
as Reverend Michael Varney

Suspected Person
1942
as Inspector Thompson

Meet Sexton Blake
1945
as Sexton Blake
About David Farrar
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Farrar (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributo… With 46 credits spanning from 1937 to 1962, David Farrar has appeared in 46 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular David Farrar Movies
- The 300 Spartans (1962) — as Xerxes
- Solomon and Sheba (1959) — as Pharaoh
- The Battle of the River Plate (1956) — as Narrator
- Black Narcissus (1947) — as Mr. Dean
- Beat Girl (1960) — as Paul Linden
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