David Farrar (actor)

David Farrar
Born	21 August 1908(1908-08-21) Forest Gate, London, England
Died	31 August 1995(1995-08-31) (aged 87) South Africa
Spouse	Irene Elliot (1929-1976)

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, Barbara.

He died on the 31 August 1995, 10 days after his 87th birthday.

Filmography

• Return of a Stranger (1937)— Doctor Young
• Silver Top (1938)
• Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938)
• A Royal Divorce (1938)— Louis Bonaparte
• Q Planes (1939)
• Danny Boy (1941)— Martin
• Sheepdog of the Hills (1941)
• Penn of Pennsylvania (1941)
• Suspected Person (1942)
• Went the Day Well? (1942)— Lt. Jung, alias Lt. Maxwell
• They Met in the Dark (1943)— Commander Lippinscott
• The Dark Tower (1943)
• The Night Invader (1943)— Dick Marlow
• The Hundred Pound Window (1944)— George Graham
• For Those in Peril (1944)— Murray
• Headline (1944)
• The World Owes Me a Living (1945)— Paul Collyer
• Meet Sexton Blake (1945)— Sexton Blake
• The Echo Murders (1945)— Sexton Blake
• Lisbon Story (1946)— David Warren
• The Trojan Brothers (1946)
• Black Narcissus (1947)— Mr. Dean
• Frieda (1947)— Robert
• Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill (1948)— David Traill
• Diamond City (1949)— Stafford Parker
• The Small Back Room (1949) — Sammy Rice
• Cage of Gold (1950)
• Gone to Earth (1950)— John "Jack" Reddin
• Night Without Stars (1951)
• The Late Edwina Black (1951)— Gregory Black
• The Golden Horde (1951)
• The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) — Earl of Alban
• Duel in the Jungle (1954)
• Lilacs in the Spring (1954)
• Escape to Burma (1955)
• The Sea Chase (1955)
• Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)
• Lost (1956) — Detective Inspector Craig
• The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
• Woman and the Hunter (1957)
• I Accuse! (1958)
• The Son of Robin Hood (1958)
• John Paul Jones (1959)
• Watusi (1959)
• Solomon and Sheba (1959)
• Beat Girl (1959) — Paul Linden
• Solomon and Sheba (1959) — Pharaoh (Siamun)
• The Webster Boy (1962)
• The 300 Spartans (1962) — King Xerxes

External links

• David Farrar at the Internet Movie Database
• David Farrar biography and credits at the British Film Institute's Screenonline

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Name	Farrar, David
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Date of birth	21 August 1908
Place of birth	Forest Gate, London, England
Date of death	31 August 1995
Place of death	South Africa