David Farrar

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

46

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-08-21

Deathday

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

Black Narcissus
7.5%

Black Narcissus

May 26, 1947

The 300 Spartans
6.4%

The 300 Spartans

Aug 1, 1962

Solomon and Sheba
6.4%

Solomon and Sheba

Dec 18, 1959

Went the Day Well?
7.2%

Went the Day Well?

Dec 7, 1942

The Small Back Room
6.7%

The Small Back Room

Feb 21, 1949

The Sea Chase
6.1%

The Sea Chase

Jun 4, 1955

Q Planes
5.9%

Q Planes

Feb 21, 1939

Gone to Earth
6.2%

Gone to Earth

Nov 6, 1950

Beat Girl
5.9%

Beat Girl

Aug 21, 1960

The Dark Tower
6.1%

The Dark Tower

Oct 18, 1943

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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
Son of Robin Hood as Des Roches
1958
I Accuse! as Mathieu Dreyfus
1957
Woman and the Hunter as David Kirby
1956
The Battle of the River Plate as Narrator
1956
Lost as Detective Inspector Craig
1955
Pearl of the South Pacific as Bully Hague
1955
The Sea Chase as Commander Jeff Napier
1955
Escape to Burma as The Sawbwa
1954
Lilacs in the Spring as Charles King
1954
The Black Shield of Falworth as Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban
1954
Duel in the Jungle as Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson
1951
The Golden Horde as Sir Guy of Devon
1951
Night Without Stars as Giles Gordon
1951
The Late Edwina Black as Gregory Black
1950
Gone to Earth as John Reddin
1950
Cage of Gold as Bill
1949
Diamond City as Stafford Parker
1949
The Small Back Room as Sammy Rice
1948
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill as David Traill
1947
Frieda as Robert Dawson
1947
Black Narcissus as Mr. Dean
1946
Lisbon Story as David Warren
1946
The Trojan Brothers as Sid Nichols
1945
The Echo Murders as Sexton Blake
1945
Meet Sexton Blake as Sexton Blake
1945
The World Owes Me a Living as Paul Collyer
1944
For Those in Peril as Murray
1944
The Hundred Pound Window as George Graham
1943
The Night Invader as Dick Marlow
1943
Headline as 'Brookie ' Brooks
1943
The Dark Tower as Tom Danton
1943
They Met in the Dark as Commander Lippinscott
1942
Went the Day Well? as Lieutenant Jung
1942
Suspected Person as Inspector Thompson
1941
Sheepdog of the Hills as Reverend Michael Varney
1941
Danny Boy as Martin
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
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