David Farrar
Acting
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.
Born: August 21, 1908
Place of Birth: Forest Gate, London, England, UK
Known For
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the novel by Hugh Walpole.
Black Narcissus
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.
Went the Day Well?
The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.
Night Without Stars
A partially blind Englishman retires to the French Riviera. He meets and falls for the Widow of a French Resistance fighter but is horrified when he discovers she is involved with smugglers and murderers.
The Small Back Room
As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 Britain, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.
Cage of Gold
The love that Judy, a young painter, feels for Alan, a promising doctor to whom she is engaged, falters when Bill, an old friend, suddenly appears.
The 300 Spartans
The 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Greek Spartan King Leonidis, played by Richard Egan, led a remarkably small number of Greek Sparta to victory over an invading Persian army led by evil King Xerxes that was thought to number over 25,000. This spectacular conflict gave the Grecians enough time to organize a force to ultimately repel the Persians, and thus change the course of Western civilization.
The Late Edwina Black
When a sickly Victorian woman dies suddenly, a postmortem reveals that her body contains a fatal dose of arsenic. Suspicion falls on her husband and her companion, who are lovers. Inspector Martin of Scotland Yard solves the mystery of her death... over a cup of tea.
Solomon and Sheba
Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the court, swearing he will become king. Other rulers are concerned that Solomon's benevolent rule and interest in monotheism will threaten their tyrannical, polytheistic kingdoms. The Queen of Sheba makes an agreement with the Egyptian pharaoh to corrupt Solomon for their mutual benefit.
Headline
A crime reporter begins to investigate the disappearance of his bosses wife who had witnessed a murder.
Filmography
as Xerxes
as Paul Webster
as Paul Linden
as Pharaoh
as John Wilkes
as Rick Cobb
as Des Roches
as Mathieu Dreyfus
as David Kirby
as Narrator
as Detective Inspector Craig
as Bully Hague
as Commander Jeff Napier
as The Sawbwa
as Charles King
as Gilbert Blunt, Earl of Alban
as Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson
as Sir Guy of Devon
as Giles Gordon
as Gregory Black
as John Reddin
as Bill
as Stafford Parker
as Sammy Rice
as David Traill
as Robert Dawson
as Mr. Dean
as David Warren
as Sexton Blake
as Sexton Blake
as Paul Collyer
as Murray
as 'Brookie ' Brooks
as Tom Danton
as Commander Lippinscott
as Lieutenant Jung
as Inspector Thompson
as Martin
as Viking Bo'sun
as Louis Bonaparte
as Granite Grant
as Dr. Young