David Farrar
Acting1908Forest Gate, London, England, UK
Biography
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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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Known For
Acting History
1962
The 300 Spartans
as Xerxes
The Webster Boy
as Paul Webster
1960
Beat Girl
as Paul Linden
1959
1958
I Accuse!
as Mathieu Dreyfus
Son of Robin Hood
as Des Roches
1957
Woman and the Hunter
as David Kirby
1956
The Battle of the River Plate
as Narrator
Lost
as Detective Inspector Craig
1955
Escape to Burma
as The Sawbwa
Pearl of the South Pacific
as Bully Hague
The Sea Chase
as Commander Jeff Napier
1954
Duel in the Jungle
as Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson
Lilacs in the Spring
as Charles King
The Black Shield of Falworth
as Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban
1951
The Golden Horde
as Sir Guy of Devon
Night Without Stars
as Giles Gordon
The Late Edwina Black
as Gregory Black
1950
Cage of Gold
as Bill
Gone to Earth
as John Reddin
1949
The Small Back Room
as Sammy Rice
Diamond City
as Stafford Parker
1948
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
as David Traill
1947
Frieda
as Robert Dawson
Black Narcissus
as Mr. Dean
1946
Lisbon Story
as David Warren
The Trojan Brothers
as Sid Nichols
1945
The Echo Murders
as Sexton Blake
Meet Sexton Blake
as Sexton Blake
The World Owes Me a Living
as Paul Collyer
1944
For Those in Peril
as Murray
The Hundred Pound Window
as George Graham
1943
Headline
as 'Brookie ' Brooks
They Met in the Dark
as Commander Lippinscott
The Dark Tower
as Tom Danton
The Night Invader
as Dick Marlow
1942
Went the Day Well?
as Lieutenant Jung
Suspected Person
as Inspector Thompson
1941
Sheepdog of the Hills
as Reverend Michael Varney
Danny Boy
as Martin
1939
Q Planes
as Viking Bo'sun
1938
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
as Granite Grant
A Royal Divorce
as Louis Bonaparte
1937
Return of a Stranger
as Dr. Young