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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
Solomon and Sheba
(1959)
Pharaoh
Black Narcissus
(1947)
Mr. Dean
The 300 Spartans
(1962)
Xerxes
Beat Girl
(1960)
Paul Linden
The Battle of the River Plate
(1956)
Narrator
Went the Day Well?
(1942)
Lieutenant Jung
The Black Shield of Falworth
(1954)
Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban
The Sea Chase
(1955)
Commander Jeff Napier
Full Filmography
Acting
Return of a Stranger
(1937)
Dr. Young
A Royal Divorce
(1938)
Louis Bonaparte
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
(1938)
Granite Grant
Q Planes
(1939)
Viking Bo'sun
Danny Boy
(1941)
Martin
Sheepdog of the Hills
(1941)
Reverend Michael Varney
Suspected Person
(1942)
Inspector Thompson
Went the Day Well?
(1942)
Lieutenant Jung
The Night Invader
(1943)
Dick Marlow
The Dark Tower
(1943)
Tom Danton
Headline
(1943)
'Brookie ' Brooks
They Met in the Dark
(1943)
Commander Lippinscott
For Those in Peril
(1944)
Murray
The Hundred Pound Window
(1944)
George Graham
The Echo Murders
(1945)
Sexton Blake
Meet Sexton Blake
(1945)
Sexton Blake
The World Owes Me a Living
(1945)
Paul Collyer
Lisbon Story
(1946)
David Warren
The Trojan Brothers
(1946)
Sid Nichols
Frieda
(1947)
Robert Dawson
Black Narcissus
(1947)
Mr. Dean
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
(1948)
David Traill
Diamond City
(1949)
Stafford Parker
The Small Back Room
(1949)
Sammy Rice
Cage of Gold
(1950)
Bill
Gone to Earth
(1950)
John Reddin
The Late Edwina Black
(1951)
Gregory Black
Night Without Stars
(1951)
Giles Gordon
The Golden Horde
(1951)
Sir Guy of Devon
The Black Shield of Falworth
(1954)
Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban
Duel in the Jungle
(1954)
Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson
Lilacs in the Spring
(1954)
Charles King
Pearl of the South Pacific
(1955)
Bully Hague
Escape to Burma
(1955)
The Sawbwa
The Sea Chase
(1955)
Commander Jeff Napier
Lost
(1956)
Detective Inspector Craig
The Battle of the River Plate
(1956)
Narrator
Woman and the Hunter
(1957)
David Kirby
I Accuse!
(1958)
Mathieu Dreyfus
Son of Robin Hood
(1958)
Des Roches
Watusi
(1959)
Rick Cobb
John Paul Jones
(1959)
John Wilkes
Solomon and Sheba
(1959)
Pharaoh
Beat Girl
(1960)
Paul Linden
The 300 Spartans
(1962)
Xerxes
The Webster Boy
(1962)
Paul Webster