David Farrar

David Farrar

Actor Aug 21 (died age 87) Forest Gate, London, England, UK 1937–1962 (25 year career)

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Farrar (act…

Known For

Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus

Mr. Dean

The 300 Spartans

The 300 Spartans

Xerxes

Went the Day Well?

Went the Day Well?

Lieutenant Jung

Solomon and Sheba

Solomon and Sheba

Pharaoh

The Small Back Room

The Small Back Room

Sammy Rice

The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate

Narrator

The Sea Chase

The Sea Chase

Commander Jeff Napier

Gone to Earth

Gone to Earth

John Reddin

Filmography

Acting (46)

Movies (46)

The 300 Spartans

The 300 Spartans

as Xerxes

The Webster Boy

The Webster Boy

as Paul Webster

Beat Girl

Beat Girl

as Paul Linden

Solomon and Sheba

Solomon and Sheba

as Pharaoh

John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones

as John Wilkes

Watusi

Watusi

as Rick Cobb

Son of Robin Hood

Son of Robin Hood

as Des Roches

I Accuse!

I Accuse!

as Mathieu Dreyfus

Woman and the Hunter

Woman and the Hunter

as David Kirby

The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate

as Narrator

Lost

Lost

as Detective Inspector Craig

Escape to Burma

Escape to Burma

as The Sawbwa

The Sea Chase

The Sea Chase

as Commander Jeff Napier

Pearl of the South Pacific

Pearl of the South Pacific

as Bully Hague

Lilacs in the Spring

Lilacs in the Spring

as Charles King

Duel in the Jungle

Duel in the Jungle

as Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson

The Black Shield of Falworth

The Black Shield of Falworth

as Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban

The Golden Horde

The Golden Horde

as Sir Guy of Devon

The Late Edwina Black

The Late Edwina Black

as Gregory Black

Night Without Stars

Night Without Stars

as Giles Gordon

Gone to Earth

Gone to Earth

as John Reddin

Cage of Gold

Cage of Gold

as Bill

The Small Back Room

The Small Back Room

as Sammy Rice

Diamond City

Diamond City

as Stafford Parker

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

as David Traill

Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus

as Mr. Dean

Frieda

Frieda

as Robert Dawson

The Trojan Brothers

as Sid Nichols

Lisbon Story

Lisbon Story

as David Warren

The Echo Murders

The Echo Murders

as Sexton Blake

Meet Sexton Blake

Meet Sexton Blake

as Sexton Blake

The World Owes Me a Living

The World Owes Me a Living

as Paul Collyer

For Those in Peril

For Those in Peril

as Murray

The Hundred Pound Window

as George Graham

The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower

as Tom Danton

Headline

Headline

as 'Brookie ' Brooks

The Night Invader

as Dick Marlow

They Met in the Dark

They Met in the Dark

as Commander Lippinscott

Suspected Person

Suspected Person

as Inspector Thompson

Went the Day Well?

Went the Day Well?

as Lieutenant Jung

Sheepdog of the Hills

as Reverend Michael Varney

Danny Boy

Danny Boy

as Martin

Q Planes

Q Planes

as Viking Bo'sun

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror

as Granite Grant

A Royal Divorce

A Royal Divorce

as Louis Bonaparte

Return of a Stranger

Return of a Stranger

as Dr. Young