David Farrar

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David Farrar

Acting August 21, 1908

Forest Gate, London, England, UK

​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 no…

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Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus

7.5 1947 Movie
The 300 Spartans

The 300 Spartans

6.5 1962 Movie
Solomon and Sheba

Solomon and Sheba

6.4 1959 Movie
Went the Day Well?

Went the Day Well?

7.1 1942 Movie
The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate

6.4 1956 Movie
The Small Back Room

The Small Back Room

6.7 1949 Movie
The Sea Chase

The Sea Chase

6.3 1955 Movie
The Black Shield of Falworth

The Black Shield of Falworth

6.2 1954 Movie
Gone to Earth

Gone to Earth

6.2 1950 Movie
Q Planes

Q Planes

6.0 1939 Movie
Beat Girl

Beat Girl

5.9 1960 Movie
John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones

6.0 1959 Movie

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​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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1962
    The 300 Spartans

    Movie Xerxes

  2. 1962
    The Webster Boy

    Movie Paul Webster

  3. 1960
    Beat Girl

    Movie Paul Linden

  4. 1959
    Solomon and Sheba

    Movie Pharaoh

  5. 1959
    John Paul Jones

    Movie John Wilkes

  6. 1959
    Watusi

    Movie Rick Cobb

  7. 1958
    The Son of Robin Hood

    Movie Des Roches

  8. 1958
    I Accuse!

    Movie Mathieu Dreyfus

  9. 1957
    Woman and the Hunter

    Movie David Kirby

  10. 1956
    The Battle of the River Plate

    Movie Narrator

  11. 1956
    Lost

    Movie Detective Inspector Craig

  12. 1955
    Pearl of the South Pacific

    Movie Bully Hague

  13. 1955
    The Sea Chase

    Movie Commander Jeff Napier

  14. 1955
    Escape to Burma

    Movie The Sawbwa

  15. 1954
    Lilacs in the Spring

    Movie Charles King

  16. 1954
    The Black Shield of Falworth

    Movie Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban

More credits
  1. 1954
    Duel in the Jungle

    Movie Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson

  2. 1951
    The Golden Horde

    Movie Sir Guy of Devon

  3. 1951
    Night Without Stars

    Movie Giles Gordon

  4. 1951
    The Late Edwina Black

    Movie Gregory Black

  5. 1950
    Gone to Earth

    Movie John Reddin

  6. 1950
    Cage of Gold

    Movie Bill

  7. 1949
    Diamond City

    Movie Stafford Parker

  8. 1949
    The Small Back Room

    Movie Sammy Rice

  9. 1948
    Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

    Movie David Traill

  10. 1947
    Frieda

    Movie Robert Dawson

  11. 1947
    Black Narcissus

    Movie Mr. Dean

  12. 1946
    Lisbon Story

    Movie David Warren

  13. 1946
    The Trojan Brothers

    Movie Sid Nichols

  14. 1945
    The Echo Murders

    Movie Sexton Blake

  15. 1945
    Meet Sexton Blake

    Movie Sexton Blake

  16. 1945
    The World Owes Me a Living

    Movie Paul Collyer

  17. 1944
    For Those in Peril

    Movie Murray

  18. 1944
    The Hundred Pound Window

    Movie George Graham

  19. 1943
    The Night Invader

    Movie Dick Marlow

  20. 1943
    Headline

    Movie 'Brookie ' Brooks

  21. 1943
    The Dark Tower

    Movie Tom Danton

  22. 1943
    They Met in the Dark

    Movie Commander Lippinscott

  23. 1943
    A Fighter Has Crashed

    Movie

  24. 1942
    Went the Day Well?

    Movie Lieutenant Jung