David Farrar

David Farrar

🎂 21st August 1908 (117 yrs) 📍 Forest Gate, London, England, UK

Known For

Black Narcissus

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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David Farrar

Movies Featuring David Farrar

The 300 Spartans

The 300 Spartans (1962)

as Xerxes
The Webster Boy

The Webster Boy (1962)

as Paul Webster
Beat Girl

Beat Girl (1960)

as Paul Linden
Solomon and Sheba

Solomon and Sheba (1959)

as Pharaoh
John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones (1959)

as John Wilkes
Watusi

Watusi (1959)

as Rick Cobb
Son of Robin Hood

Son of Robin Hood (1958)

as Des Roches
I Accuse!

I Accuse! (1958)

as Mathieu Dreyfus
Woman and the Hunter

Woman and the Hunter (1957)

as David Kirby
The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate (1956)

as Narrator
Lost

Lost (1956)

as Detective Inspector Craig
Pearl of the South Pacific

Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)

as Bully Hague
The Sea Chase

The Sea Chase (1955)

as Commander Jeff Napier
Escape to Burma

Escape to Burma (1955)

as The Sawbwa
Lilacs in the Spring

Lilacs in the Spring (1954)

as Charles King
The Black Shield of Falworth

The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)

as Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban
Duel in the Jungle

Duel in the Jungle (1954)

as Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson
The Golden Horde

The Golden Horde (1951)

as Sir Guy of Devon
Night Without Stars

Night Without Stars (1951)

as Giles Gordon
The Late Edwina Black

The Late Edwina Black (1951)

as Gregory Black
Gone to Earth

Gone to Earth (1950)

as John Reddin
Cage of Gold

Cage of Gold (1950)

as Bill
Diamond City

Diamond City (1949)

as Stafford Parker
The Small Back Room

The Small Back Room (1949)

as Sammy Rice
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill (1948)

as David Traill
Frieda

Frieda (1947)

as Robert Dawson
Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus (1947)

as Mr. Dean
Lisbon Story

Lisbon Story (1946)

as David Warren
No Image

The Trojan Brothers (1946)

as Sid Nichols
The Echo Murders

The Echo Murders (1945)

as Sexton Blake
Meet Sexton Blake

Meet Sexton Blake (1945)

as Sexton Blake
The World Owes Me a Living

The World Owes Me a Living (1945)

as Paul Collyer
For Those in Peril

For Those in Peril (1944)

as Murray
No Image

The Hundred Pound Window (1944)

as George Graham
No Image

The Night Invader (1943)

as Dick Marlow
Headline

Headline (1943)

as 'Brookie ' Brooks
The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower (1943)

as Tom Danton
They Met in the Dark

They Met in the Dark (1943)

as Commander Lippinscott
Went the Day Well?

Went the Day Well? (1942)

as Lieutenant Jung
Suspected Person

Suspected Person (1942)

as Inspector Thompson
No Image

Sheepdog of the Hills (1941)

as Reverend Michael Varney
Danny Boy

Danny Boy (1941)

as Martin
Q Planes

Q Planes (1939)

as Viking Bo'sun
A Royal Divorce

A Royal Divorce (1938)

as Louis Bonaparte
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938)

as Granite Grant
Return of a Stranger

Return of a Stranger (1937)

as Dr. Young