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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
The 300 Spartans
(1962)
Xerxes
Black Narcissus
(1947)
Mr. Dean
The Battle of the River Plate
(1956)
Narrator
Beat Girl
(1960)
Paul Linden
The Small Back Room
(1949)
Sammy Rice
Full Filmography
Acting
Return of a Stranger
(1937)
Dr. Young
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
(1938)
Granite Grant
A Royal Divorce
(1938)
Louis Bonaparte
Q Planes
(1939)
Viking Bo'sun
Danny Boy
(1941)
Martin
Sheepdog of the Hills
(1941)
Reverend Michael Varney
Went the Day Well?
(1942)
Lieutenant Jung
Suspected Person
(1942)
Inspector Thompson
They Met in the Dark
(1943)
Commander Lippinscott
Headline
(1943)
'Brookie ' Brooks
The Dark Tower
(1943)
Tom Danton
The Night Invader
(1943)
Dick Marlow
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
Black Narcissus
(1947)
Mr. Dean
Frieda
(1947)
Robert Dawson
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
(1948)
David Traill
The Small Back Room
(1949)
Sammy Rice
Diamond City
(1949)
Stafford Parker
Gone to Earth
(1950)
John Reddin
Cage of Gold
(1950)
Bill
The Late Edwina Black
(1951)
Gregory Black
The Golden Horde
(1951)
Sir Guy of Devon
Night Without Stars
(1951)
Giles Gordon
The Black Shield of Falworth
(1954)
Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban
Lilacs in the Spring
(1954)
Charles King
Duel in the Jungle
(1954)
Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson
The Sea Chase
(1955)
Commander Jeff Napier
Escape to Burma
(1955)
The Sawbwa
Pearl of the South Pacific
(1955)
Bully Hague
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
Solomon and Sheba
(1959)
Pharaoh
John Paul Jones
(1959)
John Wilkes
Watusi
(1959)
Rick Cobb
Beat Girl
(1960)
Paul Linden
The 300 Spartans
(1962)
Xerxes
The Webster Boy
(1962)
Paul Webster