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David Farrar

Acting Born Aug 21, 1908 Forest Gate, London, England, UK 24 credits

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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

Film

Black Narcissus

as Mr. Dean

Full filmography

  • The 300 Spartans (1962) as Xerxes
  • Black Narcissus (1947) as Mr. Dean
  • Solomon and Sheba (1959) as Pharaoh
  • The Battle of the River Plate (1956) as Narrator
  • The Golden Horde (1951) as Sir Guy of Devon
  • The Sea Chase (1955) as Commander Jeff Napier
  • Beat Girl (1960) as Paul Linden
  • The Small Back Room (1949) as Sammy Rice
  • The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) as Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban
  • Went the Day Well? (1942) as Lieutenant Jung
  • John Paul Jones (1959) as John Wilkes
  • Q Planes (1939) as Viking Bo'sun
  • Lost (1956) as Detective Inspector Craig
  • The Son of Robin Hood (1958) as Des Roches
  • I Accuse! (1958) as Mathieu Dreyfus
  • Duel in the Jungle (1954) as Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson
  • For Those in Peril (1944) as Murray
  • Cage of Gold (1950) as Bill
  • Gone to Earth (1950) as John Reddin
  • Escape to Burma (1955) as The Sawbwa
  • Pearl of the South Pacific (1955) as Bully Hague
  • Headline (1943) as 'Brookie ' Brooks
  • Return of a Stranger (1937) as Dr. Young
  • Diamond City (1949) as Stafford Parker