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Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-02-10 (121 years old)

Place of Birth

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

John Farrow

Biography:

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Villiers Farrow, CBE (10 February 1904 – 27 January 1963) was an Australian, later American, film director, producer and screenwriter. In 1957 he won the Academy Award for Best Writing / Best Screenplay for Around the World in Eighty Days and in 1942 he was nominated as Best Director for Wake Island.

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Known For

Acting

1959

Forbidden Island as Edward Stuart Godfrey

1953

King of the Khyber Rifles as Cpl. Stuart (uncredited)

Writing

1959

John Paul Jones as Writer

1949

Red, Hot and Blue as Screenplay

1935

Last of the Pagans as Screenplay

1934

1932

The Impassive Footman as Screenplay

1931

A Woman of Experience as Adaptation
A Woman of Experience as Screenplay
The Common Law as Screenstory

1930

Inside the Lines as Dialogue
The Bad One as Story

1929

Wolf Song as Writer
The Wheel of Life as Screenplay

1928

The Woman from Moscow as Screenplay
The First Kiss as Adaptation

Directing

1959

John Paul Jones as Director

1957

The Unholy Wife as Director

1956

Back from Eternity as Director
Around the World in Eighty Days as Special Guest Director

1955

The Sea Chase as Director

1954

1953

Hondo as Director
Ride, Vaquero! as Director
Plunder of the Sun as Director

1952

Botany Bay as Director

1951

His Kind of Woman as Director
Submarine Command as Director
Red Mountain as Director

1950

Where Danger Lives as Director
Copper Canyon as Director

1949

Alias Nick Beal as Director
Red, Hot and Blue as Director

1948

The Big Clock as Director
Beyond Glory as Director

1947

California as Director
Easy Come, Easy Go as Director
Blaze of Noon as Director

1946

Calcutta as Director

1945

You Came Along as Director

1944

The Hitler Gang as Director

1943

China as Director

1942

Wake Island as Director

1940

1939

Five Came Back as Director
Women in the Wind as Director
Sorority House as Director
Reno as Director
Full Confession as Director

1938

My Bill as Director

1937

West of Shanghai as Director
Men in Exile as Director

1936

Tarzan Escapes as Co-Director

1934

Production

1957

The Unholy Wife as Producer

1956

Back from Eternity as Producer

1955

The Sea Chase as Producer

1951

His Kind of Woman as Producer

1947

California as Producer