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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 21, 1908
Place of Birth:
Forest Gate, London, England, UK
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David Farrar
Biography
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | The 300 Spartans | Xerxes |
| 1962 | The Webster Boy | Paul Webster |
| 1960 | Beat Girl | Paul Linden |
| 1959 | Solomon and Sheba | Pharaoh |
| 1959 | John Paul Jones | John Wilkes |
| 1959 | Watusi | Rick Cobb |
| 1958 | I Accuse! | Mathieu Dreyfus |
| 1958 | Son of Robin Hood | Des Roches |
| 1957 | Woman and the Hunter | David Kirby |
| 1956 | Lost | Detective Inspector Craig |
| 1956 | The Battle of the River Plate | Narrator |
| 1955 | The Sea Chase | Commander Jeff Napier |
| 1955 | Escape to Burma | The Sawbwa |
| 1955 | Pearl of the South Pacific | Bully Hague |
| 1954 | The Black Shield of Falworth | Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban |
| 1954 | Lilacs in the Spring | Charles King |
| 1954 | Duel in the Jungle | Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson |
| 1951 | The Late Edwina Black | Gregory Black |
| 1951 | The Golden Horde | Sir Guy of Devon |
| 1951 | Night Without Stars | Giles Gordon |
| 1950 | Gone to Earth | John Reddin |
| 1950 | Cage of Gold | Bill |
| 1949 | The Small Back Room | Sammy Rice |
| 1949 | Diamond City | Stafford Parker |
| 1948 | Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill | David Traill |
| 1947 | Black Narcissus | Mr. Dean |
| 1947 | Frieda | Robert Dawson |
| 1946 | Lisbon Story | David Warren |
| 1946 | The Trojan Brothers | Sid Nichols |
| 1945 | The Echo Murders | Sexton Blake |
| 1945 | Meet Sexton Blake | Sexton Blake |
| 1945 | The World Owes Me a Living | Paul Collyer |
| 1944 | For Those in Peril | Murray |
| 1944 | The Hundred Pound Window | George Graham |
| 1943 | They Met in the Dark | Commander Lippinscott |
| 1943 | Headline | 'Brookie ' Brooks |
| 1943 | The Dark Tower | Tom Danton |
| 1943 | The Night Invader | Dick Marlow |
| 1942 | Went the Day Well? | Lieutenant Jung |
| 1942 | Suspected Person | Inspector Thompson |
| 1941 | Danny Boy | Martin |
| 1941 | Sheepdog of the Hills | Reverend Michael Varney |
| 1939 | Q Planes | Viking Bo'sun |
| 1938 | Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror | Granite Grant |
| 1938 | A Royal Divorce | Louis Bonaparte |
| 1937 | Return of a Stranger | Dr. Young |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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