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David Farrar

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedAug 21, 1908 (Died at 87)
Zodiac Sign♌Leo
Place of BirthForest Gate, London, England, UK
Career Span1937 – 1995
Known Credits42 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 0.9

David Farrar

Total Works

42

42 movies • 0 shows

Avg Rating

6.4 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Black Narcissus
7.5
Black Narcissus
1947•movie
as Mr. Dean
The 300 Spartans
6.5
The 300 Spartans
1962•movie
as Xerxes
Solomon and Sheba
6.5
Solomon and Sheba
1959•movie
as Pharaoh
The Small Back Room
6.7
as Sammy Rice

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 42 titles featuring David Farrar

Black Narcissus
7.5
Black Narcissus
1947•movie

as Mr. Dean

The 300 Spartans
6.5
The 300 Spartans
1962•movie

as Xerxes

Solomon and Sheba
6.5
Solomon and Sheba
1959•movie

as Pharaoh

The Small Back Room
6.7

as Sammy Rice

Went the Day Well?
7.1
Went the Day Well?
1942•movie

as Lieutenant Jung

The Battle of the River Plate
6.4

as Narrator

The Sea Chase
6.3
The Sea Chase
1955•movie

as Commander Jeff Napier

Q Planes
6.0
Q Planes
1939•movie

as Viking Bo'sun

Gone to Earth
6.2
Gone to Earth
1950•movie

as John Reddin

Beat Girl
5.9
Beat Girl
1960•movie

as Paul Linden

The Black Shield of Falworth
6.4

as Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban

Frieda
5.6
Frieda
1947•movie

as Robert Dawson

The Late Edwina Black
6.7

as Gregory Black

The Dark Tower
6.2
The Dark Tower
1943•movie

as Tom Danton

They Met in the Dark
6.3

as Commander Lippinscott

John Paul Jones
6.0
John Paul Jones
1959•movie

as John Wilkes

Pearl of the South Pacific
6.2

as Bully Hague

Cage of Gold
6.7
Cage of Gold
1950•movie

as Bill

Escape to Burma
6.2
Escape to Burma
1955•movie

as The Sawbwa

Watusi
5.8
Watusi
1959•movie

as Rick Cobb

The Golden Horde
5.2
The Golden Horde
1951•movie

as Sir Guy of Devon

For Those in Peril
6.1
For Those in Peril
1944•movie

as Murray

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
7.6

as David Traill

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
6.0

as Granite Grant

I Accuse!
6.6
I Accuse!
1958•movie

as Mathieu Dreyfus

Duel in the Jungle
6.4
Duel in the Jungle
1954•movie

as Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson

Lost
6.8
Lost
1956•movie

as Detective Inspector Craig

Diamond City
6.0
Diamond City
1949•movie

as Stafford Parker

Headline
7.0
Headline
1943•movie

as 'Brookie ' Brooks

The Son of Robin Hood
5.3

as Des Roches

Lisbon Story
6.2
Lisbon Story
1946•movie

as David Warren

Night Without Stars
7.2

as Giles Gordon

The Echo Murders
6.3
The Echo Murders
1945•movie

as Sexton Blake

Meet Sexton Blake
6.8
Meet Sexton Blake
1945•movie

as Sexton Blake

Lilacs in the Spring
6.0

as Charles King

Danny Boy
6.5
Danny Boy
1941•movie

as Martin

Suspected Person
6.7
Suspected Person
1942•movie

as Inspector Thompson

Return of a Stranger
6.0

as Dr. Young

The World Owes Me a Living
8.0

as Paul Collyer

A Royal Divorce
9.0
A Royal Divorce
1938•movie

as Louis Bonaparte

Woman and the Hunter
8.0

as David Kirby

The Webster Boy
10.0
The Webster Boy
1962•movie

as Paul Webster