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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

46

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-08-21

Day of Death

1995-08-31 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Forest Gate, London, England, UK

Also Known As

David Farrar

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 (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Went the Day Well?

1942

Went the Day Well?

as

Lieutenant Jung

The Black Shield of Falworth

1954

The Black Shield of Falworth

as

Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban

The Sea Chase

1955

The Sea Chase

as

Commander Jeff Napier

Solomon and Sheba

1959

Solomon and Sheba

as

Pharaoh

Beat Girl

1960

Beat Girl

as

Paul Linden

Black Narcissus

1947

Black Narcissus

as

Mr. Dean

The Small Back Room

1949

The Small Back Room

as

Sammy Rice

The 300 Spartans

1962

The 300 Spartans

as

Xerxes

John Paul Jones

1959

John Paul Jones

as

John Wilkes

They Met in the Dark

1943

They Met in the Dark

as

Commander Lippinscott

Frieda

1947

Frieda

as

Robert Dawson

Diamond City

1949

Diamond City

as

Stafford Parker

Gone to Earth

1950

Gone to Earth

as

John Reddin

For Those in Peril

1944

For Those in Peril

as

Murray

Escape to Burma

1955

Escape to Burma

as

The Sawbwa

Headline

1943

Headline

as

'Brookie ' Brooks

Lost

1956

Lost

as

Detective Inspector Craig

Cage of Gold

1950

Cage of Gold

as

Bill

The Late Edwina Black

1951

The Late Edwina Black

as

Gregory Black

The Echo Murders

1945

The Echo Murders

as

Sexton Blake

Watusi

1959

Watusi

as

Rick Cobb

The Dark Tower

1943

The Dark Tower

as

Tom Danton

I Accuse!

1958

I Accuse!

as

Mathieu Dreyfus

Meet Sexton Blake

1945

Meet Sexton Blake

as

Sexton Blake

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

1948

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

as

David Traill

Lilacs in the Spring

1954

Lilacs in the Spring

as

Charles King

Danny Boy

1941

Danny Boy

as

Martin

Duel in the Jungle

1954

Duel in the Jungle

as

Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson

Son of Robin Hood

1958

Son of Robin Hood

as

Des Roches

Q Planes

1939

Q Planes

as

Viking Bo'sun

A Royal Divorce

1938

A Royal Divorce

as

Louis Bonaparte

The Golden Horde

1951

The Golden Horde

as

Sir Guy of Devon

Suspected Person

1942

Suspected Person

as

Inspector Thompson

The Night Invader

1943

The Night Invader

as

Dick Marlow

Return of a Stranger

1937

Return of a Stranger

as

Dr. Young

The World Owes Me a Living

1945

The World Owes Me a Living

as

Paul Collyer

The Hundred Pound Window

1944

The Hundred Pound Window

as

George Graham

Sheepdog of the Hills

1941

Sheepdog of the Hills

as

Reverend Michael Varney

Lisbon Story

1946

Lisbon Story

as

David Warren

Woman and the Hunter

1957

Woman and the Hunter

as

David Kirby

Night Without Stars

1951

Night Without Stars

as

Giles Gordon

The Webster Boy

1962

The Webster Boy

as

Paul Webster

The Trojan Brothers

1946

The Trojan Brothers

as

Sid Nichols

Production

Crew

Directing