David Farrar

Known for

Acting

Born

August 21, 1908

Birthplace

Forest Gate, London, England, UK

Died

August 31, 1995 (aged 87)

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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Best known work

Black Narcissus

1947

The 300 Spartans

1962

Solomon and Sheba

1959

The Small Back Room

1949

Went the Day Well?

1942

The Battle of the River Plate

1956

The Sea Chase

1955

Q Planes

1939

Beat Girl

1960

Gone to Earth

1950

Filmography

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
The 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