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Home/People/David Farrar
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Born
Aug 21, 1908Died: Aug 31, 1995
Lived 87 years
Place of Birth
Forest Gate, London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

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IMDb Profile

David Farrar

Acting

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.
The 300 Spartans poster

The 300 Spartans

as Xerxes
1962
The Webster Boy poster

The Webster Boy

as Paul Webster
1962
Beat Girl poster

Beat Girl

as Paul Linden
1960
Solomon and Sheba poster

Solomon and Sheba

as Pharaoh
1959
John Paul Jones poster

John Paul Jones

as John Wilkes
1959
Watusi poster

Watusi

as Rick Cobb
1959
Son of Robin Hood poster

Son of Robin Hood

as Des Roches
1958
I Accuse! poster

I Accuse!

as Mathieu Dreyfus
1958
Woman and the Hunter poster

Woman and the Hunter

as David Kirby
1957
The Battle of the River Plate poster

The Battle of the River Plate

as Narrator
1956
Lost poster

Lost

as Detective Inspector Craig
1956
Pearl of the South Pacific poster

Pearl of the South Pacific

as Bully Hague
1955
The Sea Chase poster

The Sea Chase

as Commander Jeff Napier
1955
Escape to Burma poster

Escape to Burma

as The Sawbwa
1955
Lilacs in the Spring poster

Lilacs in the Spring

as Charles King
1954
The Black Shield of Falworth poster

The Black Shield of Falworth

as Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban
1954
Duel in the Jungle poster

Duel in the Jungle

as Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson
1954
The Golden Horde poster

The Golden Horde

as Sir Guy of Devon
1951
Night Without Stars poster

Night Without Stars

as Giles Gordon
1951
The Late Edwina Black poster

The Late Edwina Black

as Gregory Black
1951