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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)
Movie
John Wilkes
John Paul Jones (1959)
Movie
Rick Cobb
Watusi (1959)
Movie
Des Roches
Son of Robin Hood (1958)
Movie
Mathieu Dreyfus
I Accuse! (1958)
Movie
David Kirby
Woman and the Hunter (1957)
Movie
Det. Insp. Craig
Lost (1956)
Movie
Bully Hague
Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)
Movie
Commander Jeff Napier
The Sea Chase (1955)
Movie
The Sawbwa
Escape to Burma (1955)
Movie
Charles King
Lilacs in the Spring (1954)
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Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
Movie
Perry Henderson
Duel in the Jungle (1954)
Movie
Sir Guy of Devon
The Golden Horde (1951)
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Giles Gordon
Night Without Stars (1951)
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John 'Jack' 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)
Movie
Robert
Frieda (1947)
Movie
Mr. Dean
Black Narcissus (1947)
Movie
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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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Flt.Lt. Murray
For Those in Peril (1944)
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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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6
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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Harold Martin
Danny Boy (1941)
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Viking Bo'sun
Q Planes (1939)
Movie
Louis Bonaparte
A Royal Divorce (1938)
Movie
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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