David Farrar
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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1908-08-21 · Forest Gate, London, England, UK
- Died
- 1995-08-31
Known for
- Black Narcissus (1947) — Mr. Dean
- The 300 Spartans (1962) — Xerxes
- Solomon and Sheba (1959) — Pharaoh
- The Small Back Room (1949) — Sammy Rice
- Went the Day Well? (1942) — Lieutenant Jung
- The Battle of the River Plate (1956) — Narrator
- The Sea Chase (1955) — Commander Jeff Napier
- Q Planes (1939) — Viking Bo'sun
- Gone to Earth (1950) — John Reddin
- Beat Girl (1960) — Paul Linden
- The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) — Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban
- Frieda (1947) — Robert Dawson
- The Late Edwina Black (1951) — Gregory Black
- The Dark Tower (1943) — Tom Danton
- They Met in the Dark (1943) — Commander Lippinscott
- John Paul Jones (1959) — John Wilkes