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David Farrar

David Farrar

Born: 1908-08-21 • Forest Gate, London, England, UK

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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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Filmography
The 300 Spartans poster
The 300 Spartans
1962 • Xerxes
The Webster Boy poster
The Webster Boy
1962 • Paul Webster
Beat Girl poster
Beat Girl
1960 • Paul Linden
Solomon and Sheba poster
Solomon and Sheba
1959 • Pharaoh
John Paul Jones poster
John Paul Jones
1959 • John Wilkes
Watusi poster
Watusi
1959 • Rick Cobb
Son of Robin Hood poster
Son of Robin Hood
1958 • Des Roches
I Accuse! poster
I Accuse!
1958 • Mathieu Dreyfus
Woman and the Hunter poster
Woman and the Hunter
1957 • David Kirby
The Battle of the River Plate poster
The Battle of the River Plate
1956 • Narrator
Lost poster
Lost
1956 • Detective Inspector Craig
Pearl of the South Pacific poster
Pearl of the South Pacific
1955 • Bully Hague
The Sea Chase poster
The Sea Chase
1955 • Commander Jeff Napier
Escape to Burma poster
Escape to Burma
1955 • The Sawbwa
Lilacs in the Spring poster
Lilacs in the Spring
1954 • Charles King
The Black Shield of Falworth poster
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954 • Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban
Duel in the Jungle poster
Duel in the Jungle
1954 • Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson
The Golden Horde poster
The Golden Horde
1951 • Sir Guy of Devon
Night Without Stars poster
Night Without Stars
1951 • Giles Gordon
The Late Edwina Black poster
The Late Edwina Black
1951 • Gregory Black
Gone to Earth poster
Gone to Earth
1950 • John Reddin
Cage of Gold poster
Cage of Gold
1950 • Bill
Diamond City poster
Diamond City
1949 • Stafford Parker
The Small Back Room poster
The Small Back Room
1949 • Sammy Rice
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill poster
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948 • David Traill
Frieda poster
Frieda
1947 • Robert Dawson
Black Narcissus poster
Black Narcissus
1947 • Mr. Dean
Lisbon Story poster
Lisbon Story
1946 • David Warren
No Image
The Trojan Brothers
1946 • Sid Nichols
The Echo Murders poster
The Echo Murders
1945 • Sexton Blake
Meet Sexton Blake poster
Meet Sexton Blake
1945 • Sexton Blake
The World Owes Me a Living poster
The World Owes Me a Living
1945 • Paul Collyer
For Those in Peril poster
For Those in Peril
1944 • Murray
No Image
The Hundred Pound Window
1944 • George Graham
No Image
The Night Invader
1943 • Dick Marlow
Headline poster
Headline
1943 • 'Brookie ' Brooks
The Dark Tower poster
The Dark Tower
1943 • Tom Danton
They Met in the Dark poster
They Met in the Dark
1943 • Commander Lippinscott
Went the Day Well? poster
Went the Day Well?
1942 • Lieutenant Jung
Suspected Person poster
Suspected Person
1942 • Inspector Thompson
No Image
Sheepdog of the Hills
1941 • Reverend Michael Varney
Danny Boy poster
Danny Boy
1941 • Martin
Q Planes poster
Q Planes
1939 • Viking Bo'sun
A Royal Divorce poster
A Royal Divorce
1938 • Louis Bonaparte
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror poster
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
1938 • Granite Grant
Return of a Stranger poster
Return of a Stranger
1937 • Dr. Young