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David Farrar

David Farrar

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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.

Description above from the Wikipedia article David Farrar

Born

Aug 21, 1908

Forest Gate, London, England, UK

Died

Aug 31, 1995

Known For

Acting

Movies

47 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.5

Known For

The Battle of the River Plate
The Battle of the River Plate
1956 • as Narrator
★ 6.4
Black Narcissus
Black Narcissus
1947 • as Mr. Dean
★ 7.5
The 300 Spartans
The 300 Spartans
1962 • as Xerxes
★ 6.5
Solomon and Sheba
Solomon and Sheba
1959 • as Pharaoh
★ 6.5
The Black Shield of Falworth
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954 • as Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban
★ 6.4
The Small Back Room
The Small Back Room
1949 • as Sammy Rice
★ 6.8
The Sea Chase
The Sea Chase
1955 • as Commander Jeff Napier
★ 6.3
Went the Day Well?
Went the Day Well?
1942 • as Lieutenant Jung
★ 7.1
Gone to Earth
Gone to Earth
1950 • as John Reddin
★ 6.3
Duel in the Jungle
Duel in the Jungle
1954 • as Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson
★ 6.4
Beat Girl
Beat Girl
1960 • as Paul Linden
★ 5.9
Cage of Gold
Cage of Gold
1950 • as Bill
★ 6.7
The Son of Robin Hood
The Son of Robin Hood
1958 • as Des Roches
★ 5.3
I Accuse!
I Accuse!
1958 • as Mathieu Dreyfus
★ 6.6
They Met in the Dark
They Met in the Dark
1943 • as Commander Lippinscott
★ 6.3
Woman and the Hunter
Woman and the Hunter
1957 • as David Kirby
★ 8.0
The Late Edwina Black
The Late Edwina Black
1951 • as Gregory Black
★ 6.7
The Golden Horde
The Golden Horde
1951 • as Sir Guy of Devon
★ 5.2
Pearl of the South Pacific
Pearl of the South Pacific
1955 • as Bully Hague
★ 6.2
Lilacs in the Spring
Lilacs in the Spring
1954 • as Charles King
★ 6.0
John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones
1959 • as John Wilkes
★ 6.0
Lost
Lost
1956 • as Detective Inspector Craig
★ 6.8
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948 • as David Traill
★ 7.6
Escape to Burma
Escape to Burma
1955 • as The Sawbwa
★ 6.2
A Royal Divorce
A Royal Divorce
1938 • as Louis Bonaparte
★ 9.0
The World Owes Me a Living
The World Owes Me a Living
1945 • as Paul Collyer
★ 8.0
For Those in Peril
For Those in Peril
1944 • as Murray
★ 6.1
Return of a Stranger
Return of a Stranger
1937 • as Dr. Young
★ 6.0
The Webster Boy
The Webster Boy
1962 • as Paul Webster
★ 10.0
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
1938 • as Granite Grant
★ 6.0
Q Planes
Q Planes
1939 • as Viking Bo'sun
★ 6.0
The Dark Tower
The Dark Tower
1943 • as Tom Danton
★ 6.2
Watusi
Watusi
1959 • as Rick Cobb
★ 5.8
Suspected Person
Suspected Person
1942 • as Inspector Thompson
★ 6.7
Lisbon Story
Lisbon Story
1946 • as David Warren
★ 6.2
Night Without Stars
Night Without Stars
1951 • as Giles Gordon
★ 7.2
Frieda
Frieda
1947 • as Robert Dawson
★ 5.6
The Echo Murders
The Echo Murders
1945 • as Sexton Blake
★ 6.3
movie
The Trojan Brothers
1946 • as Sid Nichols
★ 6.5
movie
The Hundred Pound Window
1944 • as George Graham
★ 9.0
Meet Sexton Blake
Meet Sexton Blake
1945 • as Sexton Blake
★ 6.8
Danny Boy
Danny Boy
1941 • as Martin
★ 6.5
movie
The Night Invader
1943 • as Dick Marlow
★ 9.0
Diamond City
Diamond City
1949 • as Stafford Parker
★ 6.0
Headline
Headline
1943 • as 'Brookie ' Brooks
★ 7.0
movie
Sheepdog of the Hills
1941 • as Reverend Michael Varney
★ 8.0