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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Forest Gate, London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 42

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

​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.

Most Famous Work

Solomon and Sheba
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Solomon and Sheba

(1959) Pharaoh
The 300 Spartans
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6

The 300 Spartans

(1962) Xerxes
Black Narcissus
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8

Black Narcissus

(1947) Mr. Dean
The Battle of the River Plate
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6
The Black Shield of Falworth
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6

The Black Shield of Falworth

(1954) Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban
The Sea Chase
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6

The Sea Chase

(1955) Commander Jeff Napier
Went the Day Well?
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7

Went the Day Well?

(1942) Lieutenant Jung
The Small Back Room
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7

The Small Back Room

(1949) Sammy Rice

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1962 Xerxes
Paul Webster
1960 Paul Linden
1959 Pharaoh
John Wilkes
Rick Cobb
1958 Des Roches
Mathieu Dreyfus
1957 David Kirby
1956 Narrator
Detective Inspector Craig
1955 Bully Hague
Commander Jeff Napier
The Sawbwa
1954 Charles King
Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban
Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson
1951 Sir Guy of Devon
Giles Gordon
Gregory Black
1950 John Reddin
Bill
1949 Stafford Parker
Sammy Rice
1948 David Traill
1947 Robert Dawson
Mr. Dean
1946 David Warren
Sid Nichols
1945 Sexton Blake
Sexton Blake
Paul Collyer
1944 Murray
George Graham
1943 Dick Marlow
'Brookie ' Brooks
Tom Danton
Commander Lippinscott
1942 Lieutenant Jung
Inspector Thompson
1941 Reverend Michael Varney
Martin
1939 Viking Bo'sun
1938 Granite Grant
1937 Dr. Young
Year Character Movie/Tv

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