David Farrar

Aug 21, 1908 - Aug 31, 1995 (87 years old) in Forest Gate, London, England, UK

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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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Known For

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Black Narcissus

Mr. Dean

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Solomon and Sheba

Pharaoh

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The 300 Spartans

Xerxes

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Went the Day Well?

Lieutenant Jung

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The Dark Tower

Tom Danton

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Beat Girl

Paul Linden

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The Small Back Room

Sammy Rice

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The Battle of the River Plate

Narrator

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Q Planes

Viking Bo'sun

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I Accuse!

Mathieu Dreyfus

Credits

The 300 Spartans 1962

Xerxes

★ 6.4
The Webster Boy 1962

Paul Webster

★ NR
Beat Girl 1960

Paul Linden

★ 5.9
Solomon and Sheba 1959

Pharaoh

★ 6.4
John Paul Jones 1959

John Wilkes

★ 6.1
Watusi 1959

Rick Cobb

★ 5.7
Son of Robin Hood 1958

Des Roches

★ 4.4
I Accuse! 1958

Mathieu Dreyfus

★ 6.1
Woman and the Hunter 1957

David Kirby

★ NR
The Battle of the River Plate 1956

Narrator

★ 6.2
Lost 1956

Detective Inspector Craig

★ 7
Pearl of the South Pacific 1955

Bully Hague

★ 6.2
The Sea Chase 1955

Commander Jeff Napier

★ 6.1
Escape to Burma 1955

The Sawbwa

★ 5.8
Lilacs in the Spring 1954

Charles King

★ 5.5
The Black Shield of Falworth 1954

Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban

★ 6.2
Duel in the Jungle 1954

Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson

★ 5.9
The Golden Horde 1951

Sir Guy of Devon

★ 4.8
Night Without Stars 1951

Giles Gordon

★ 6.7
The Late Edwina Black 1951

Gregory Black

★ 6.4
Gone to Earth 1950

John Reddin

★ 6.2
Cage of Gold 1950

Bill

★ 6.6
Diamond City 1949

Stafford Parker

★ 5.2
The Small Back Room 1949

Sammy Rice

★ 6.7
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill 1948

David Traill

★ 7.7
Frieda 1947

Robert Dawson

★ 5.3
Black Narcissus 1947

Mr. Dean

★ 7.5
Lisbon Story 1946

David Warren

★ 5.7
The Trojan Brothers 1946

Sid Nichols

★ 5
The Echo Murders 1945

Sexton Blake

★ 4.5
Meet Sexton Blake 1945

Sexton Blake

★ 5.5
The World Owes Me a Living 1945

Paul Collyer

★ 6
For Those in Peril 1944

Murray

★ 5.2
The Hundred Pound Window 1944

George Graham

★ NR
The Night Invader 1943

Dick Marlow

★ NR
Headline 1943

'Brookie ' Brooks

★ 5.5
The Dark Tower 1943

Tom Danton

★ 6.1
They Met in the Dark 1943

Commander Lippinscott

★ 6.3
Went the Day Well? 1942

Lieutenant Jung

★ 7.2
Suspected Person 1942

Inspector Thompson

★ 5.5
Sheepdog of the Hills 1941

Reverend Michael Varney

★ 7
Danny Boy 1941

Martin

★ 5.2
Q Planes 1939

Viking Bo'sun

★ 5.9
A Royal Divorce 1938

Louis Bonaparte

★ NR
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror 1938

Granite Grant

★ 5.7
Return of a Stranger 1937

Dr. Young

★ 5.5

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