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John Farrow (I) (1904–1963)

Director | Writer | Producer

John Farrow wrote short stories and plays during his four-year career in the navy. In the late 1920s he came to Hollywood as a technical advisor for a film about Marines and stayed as a screenwriter, from A Sailor's Sweetheart through Tarzan Escapes. He married Tarzan's Jane, Maureen O'Sullivan, in 1936. He began directing in 1937 ( Men in Exile and West of Shanghai)... See full bio »

Born:

John N.B. Villiers-Farrow
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Died:

(age 58) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1962-1963 Empire (TV series)
– Where the Hawk Is Wheeling (1963)
– Echo of a Man (1962)
– The Tall Shadow (1962)
 
1959 John Paul Jones
 
1957 The Unholy Wife
 
1956 Back from Eternity
 
1955 The Sea Chase
 
1954 A Bullet Is Waiting
 
1953 Hondo
 
1953 Plunder of the Sun
 
1953 Ride, Vaquero!
 
1953 Botany Bay
 
1951 Submarine Command
 
1951 Red Mountain (uncredited)
 
1951 His Kind of Woman
 
1950 Copper Canyon
 
1950 Where Danger Lives
 
1949 Red, Hot and Blue
 
1949 Alias Nick Beal
 
1948 Night Has a Thousand Eyes
 
1948 Beyond Glory
 
1948 The Big Clock
 
1947 Blaze of Noon
 
1947 Calcutta
 
1947 Easy Come, Easy Go
 
1947 California
 
1946 Two Years Before the Mast
 
1945 You Came Along
 
1944 The Hitler Gang
 
1943 China
 
1942 Commandos Strike at Dawn
 
1942 Wake Island
 
1940 A Bill of Divorcement
 
1940 Married and in Love
 
1939 Reno
 
1939 Full Confession
 
1939 Five Came Back
 
1939 Sorority House
 
1939 Women in the Wind
 
1939 The Saint Strikes Back
 
1938 Comet Over Broadway (uncredited)
 
1938 Broadway Musketeers
 
1938 My Bill
 
1938 Little Miss Thoroughbred
 
1938 The Invisible Menace
 
1937 She Loved a Fireman
 
1937 West of Shanghai
 
1937 Men in Exile
 
1936 Tarzan Escapes (uncredited)
 
1934 The Spectacle Maker (short) (as John Villiers Farrow)
 
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1959 John Paul Jones (writer)
 
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days (screenplay)
 
1953 Ride, Vaquero! (uncredited)
 
1949 Red, Hot and Blue (screenplay)
 
1935 Last of the Pagans (original story and screenplay / as John Villiers Farrow)
 
1934 The Spectacle Maker (short) (as John Villiers Farrow)
 
1933 Don Quixote (collaborator: english version)
 
1932 Woman in Bondage
 
1931 The Common Law (screen story)
 
1931 Their Mad Moment (contract writer - uncredited)
 
1931 A Woman of Experience (adapted from the play: "The Registered Woman" / screen play & dialogue by)
 
1930 Inside the Lines (dialogue)
 
1930 Shadow of the Law (scenario)
 
1930 The Bad One (story)
 
1930 Seven Days' Leave
 
1929 The Four Feathers (titles - uncredited)
 
1929 The Wheel of Life (adaptation)
 
1929 A Dangerous Woman (writer)
 
1929 The Wolf Song (writer)
 
1928 Three Weekends (adaptation)
 
1928 The Woman from Moscow (screenplay / titles)
 
1928 The First Kiss (adaptation)
 
1928 Ladies of the Mob (writer)
 
1928 The Blue Danube (story)
 
1928 The Showdown (titles)
 
1928 The Bride of the Colorado (story)
 
1927 The Wreck of the Hesperus (story)
 
1927 A Sailor's Sweetheart
 
1927 White Gold (titles)
 
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1957 The Unholy Wife (producer)
 
1956 Back from Eternity (producer)
 
1955 The Sea Chase (producer)
 
1951 Submarine Command (co-executive producer - uncredited)
 
1951 His Kind of Woman (producer)
 
1947 California (producer)
 
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1959 Forbidden Island
Edward Stuart Godfrey
 
1955 The Shrike
Englishman (uncredited)
 
1953 King of the Khyber Rifles
Cpl. Stuart (uncredited)
 
1942 Commandos Strike at Dawn
British Naval Officer (uncredited)
 
1933 Don Quixote (assistant director)
 
1933/I Don Quichotte (assistant director)
 
1933/II Don Quichotte (assistant director)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1955 The Sea Chase (lyrics: "Steh'ich in finstrer Mitternacht" - uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

John V. Farrow | John Villiers Farrow

Height:

5' 11½" (1.82 m)
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Star Sign:

Aquarius