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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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Filmography
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Self - Actor, Black Narcissus

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024)
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Paul Webster

The Webster Boy (1962)
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Paul Linden

Beat Girl (1960)
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John Wilkes

John Paul Jones (1959)
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Rick Cobb

Watusi (1959)
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Des Roches

Son of Robin Hood (1958)
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Mathieu Dreyfus

I Accuse! (1958)
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David Kirby

Woman and the Hunter (1957)
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Detective Inspector Craig

Lost (1956)
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Bully Hague

Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)
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Commander Jeff Napier

The Sea Chase (1955)
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The Sawbwa

Escape to Burma (1955)
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Charles King

Lilacs in the Spring (1954)
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Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban

The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
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Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson

Duel in the Jungle (1954)
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Sir Guy of Devon

The Golden Horde (1951)
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Giles Gordon

Night Without Stars (1951)
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Gregory Black

The Late Edwina Black (1951)
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John Reddin

Gone to Earth (1950)
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Stafford Parker

Diamond City (1949)
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Sammy Rice

The Small Back Room (1949)
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David Traill

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill (1948)
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Robert Dawson

Frieda (1947)
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Mr. Dean

Black Narcissus (1947)
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David Warren

Lisbon Story (1946)
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Sid Nichols

The Trojan Brothers (1946)
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Sexton Blake

The Echo Murders (1945)
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Sexton Blake

Meet Sexton Blake (1945)
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Paul Collyer

The World Owes Me a Living (1945)
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George Graham

The Hundred Pound Window (1944)
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Dick Marlow

The Night Invader (1943)
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'Brookie ' Brooks

Headline (1943)
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Tom Danton

The Dark Tower (1943)
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Commander Lippinscott

They Met in the Dark (1943)
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Lieutenant Jung

Went the Day Well? (1942)
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6
Inspector Thompson

Suspected Person (1942)
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Reverend Michael Varney

Sheepdog of the Hills (1941)
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Martin

Danny Boy (1941)
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Viking Bo'sun

Q Planes (1939)
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Louis Bonaparte

A Royal Divorce (1938)
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Granite Grant

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938)
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Dr. Young

Return of a Stranger (1937)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1908-08-21
Deathday1995-08-31 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon Borough of Newham, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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