About

Known credits:
77
Birthday:
1904-02-10
Place of birth:
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Website:
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John Farrow

Overview

​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 Actor Edward Stuart Godfrey 59
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1953 King of the Khyber Rifles Actor Cpl. Stuart (uncredited) 59
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Directing
1959 John Paul Jones Directing Director 58
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1957 The Unholy Wife Directing Director 58
Average
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days Directing Special Guest Director 62
Fair
1956 Back from Eternity Directing Director 59
Average
1955 The Sea Chase Directing Director 59
Average
1954 A Bullet Is Waiting Directing Director 58
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1953 Hondo Directing Director 61
Fair
1953 Plunder of the Sun Directing Director 58
Average
1953 Ride, Vaquero! Directing Director 58
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1952 Botany Bay Directing Director 59
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1951 Red Mountain Directing Director 59
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1951 Submarine Command Directing Director 58
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1951 His Kind of Woman Directing Director 59
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1950 Where Danger Lives Directing Director 59
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1950 Copper Canyon Directing Director 58
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1949 Red, Hot and Blue Directing Director 58
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1949 Alias Nick Beal Directing Director 59
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1948 Night Has a Thousand Eyes Directing Director 59
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1948 Beyond Glory Directing Director 59
Average
1948 The Big Clock Directing Director 62
Fair
1947 Blaze of Noon Directing Director 59
Average
1947 Easy Come, Easy Go Directing Director N/A
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1947 California Directing Director 59
Average
1946 Calcutta Directing Director 59
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1946 Two Years Before the Mast Directing Director 59
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1945 You Came Along Directing Director 59
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1944 The Hitler Gang Directing Director 59
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1943 China Directing Director 59
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1942 Commandos Strike at Dawn Directing Director 58
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1942 Wake Island Directing Director 58
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1940 A Bill of Divorcement Directing Director 59
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1940 Married and in Love Directing Director 59
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1939 Reno Directing Director 59
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1939 Full Confession Directing Director 58
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1939 Five Came Back Directing Director 59
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1939 Sorority House Directing Director 59
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1939 Women in the Wind Directing Director 59
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1939 The Saint Strikes Back Directing Director 58
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1938 Comet Over Broadway Directing Director 59
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1938 Broadway Musketeers Directing Director 58
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1938 My Bill Directing Director 59
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1938 Little Miss Thoroughbred Directing Director 58
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1938 The Invisible Menace Directing Director 58
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1937 She Loved a Fireman Directing Director 59
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1937 West of Shanghai Directing Director 58
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1937 Men in Exile Directing Director 58
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1936 Tarzan Escapes Directing Co-Director 59
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1934 The Spectacle Maker Directing Director 58
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Writing
1959 John Paul Jones Writing Writer 58
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1956 Around the World in Eighty Days Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
1949 Red, Hot and Blue Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1935 Last of the Pagans Writing Screenplay 59
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1935 Mutiny on the Bounty Writing Writer 64
Fair
1934 The Spectacle Maker Writing Writer 58
Average
1932 The Impassive Footman Writing Screenplay 58
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1931 The Common Law Writing Screenstory 59
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1931 Their Mad Moment Writing Writer 58
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1931 A Woman of Experience Writing Screenplay 59
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1931 A Woman of Experience Writing Adaptation 59
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1931 A Woman of Experience Writing Dialogue 59
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1930 Inside the Lines Writing Dialogue 58
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1930 The Bad One Writing Story N/A
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1930 Seven Days Leave Writing Writer 59
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1929 The Wheel of Life Writing Screenplay N/A
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1929 Wolf Song Writing Writer 58
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1928 The Woman from Moscow Writing Screenplay N/A
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1928 The First Kiss Writing Adaptation N/A
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1928 Ladies of the Mob Writing Writer N/A
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1928 The Blue Danube Writing Story N/A
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1927 The Wreck of the Hesperus Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1957 The Unholy Wife Production Producer 58
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1956 Back from Eternity Production Producer 59
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1955 The Sea Chase Production Producer 59
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1951 His Kind of Woman Production Producer 59
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1947 California Production Producer 59
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