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John Farrow

Known for directing · Born 10 February 1904 · Died 28 January 1963 · aged 58 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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​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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Farrow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known for

Around the World in 80 Days

1956

Hondo

1953

The Big Clock

1948

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935

Tarzan Escapes

1936

His Kind of Woman

1951

Where Danger Lives

1950

The Sea Chase

1955

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

1948

Five Came Back

1939

Alias Nick Beal

1949

Wake Island

1942

Acting (3)

1959Forbidden IslandEdward Stuart GodfreyFilm
1953King of the Khyber RiflesCpl. Stuart (uncredited)Film
1942Commandos Strike at DawnBritish Naval Officer (uncredited)Film

Directing (46)

1959John Paul JonesDirector, WriterFilm
1957The Unholy WifeDirector, ProducerFilm
1956Back from EternityDirector, ProducerFilm
1955The Sea ChaseDirector, ProducerFilm
1954A Bullet Is WaitingDirectorFilm
1953HondoDirectorFilm
1953Ride, Vaquero!DirectorFilm
1953Plunder of the SunDirectorFilm
1952Botany BayDirectorFilm
1951His Kind of WomanDirector, ProducerFilm
1951Submarine CommandDirectorFilm
1950Where Danger LivesDirectorFilm
1950Copper CanyonDirectorFilm
1949Alias Nick BealDirectorFilm
1949Red, Hot and BlueDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1948The Big ClockDirectorFilm
1948Night Has a Thousand EyesDirectorFilm
1948Beyond GloryDirectorFilm
1947CaliforniaDirector, ProducerFilm
1947Blaze of NoonDirectorFilm
1947Easy Come, Easy GoDirectorFilm
1946CalcuttaDirectorFilm
1946Two Years Before the MastDirectorFilm
1945You Came AlongDirectorFilm
1944The Hitler GangDirectorFilm
1943ChinaDirectorFilm
1942Wake IslandDirectorFilm
1942Commandos Strike at DawnDirectorFilm
1940A Bill of DivorcementDirectorFilm
1940Married and in LoveDirectorFilm
1939Five Came BackDirectorFilm
1939The Saint Strikes BackDirectorFilm
1939Sorority HouseDirectorFilm
1939Full ConfessionDirectorFilm
1939Women in the WindDirectorFilm
1939RenoDirectorFilm
1938The Invisible MenaceDirectorFilm
1938My BillDirectorFilm
1938Broadway MusketeersDirectorFilm
1938Little Miss ThoroughbredDirectorFilm
1938Comet Over BroadwayDirectorFilm
1937West of ShanghaiDirectorFilm
1937Men in ExileDirectorFilm
1937She Loved a FiremanDirectorFilm
1936Tarzan EscapesCo-DirectorFilm
1934The Spectacle MakerDirector, WriterFilm

Writing (19)

1956Around the World in 80 DaysScreenplay, Special Guest DirectorFilm
1935Mutiny on the BountyWriterFilm
1935Last of the PagansScreenplayFilm
1932The Impassive FootmanScreenplayFilm
1931The Common LawScreenstoryFilm
1931A Woman of ExperienceAdaptation, Screenplay, DialogueFilm
1931Their Mad MomentWriterFilm
1930Inside the LinesDialogueFilm
1930Seven Days LeaveWriterFilm
1930The Bad OneStoryFilm
1929Wolf SongWriterFilm
1929The Wheel of LifeScreenplayFilm
1928Ladies of the MobWriterFilm
1928The Blue DanubeStoryFilm
1928The Woman from MoscowScreenplayFilm
1928The First KissAdaptation, WriterFilm
1928Three Week EndsAdaptationFilm
1928The Bride of the ColoradoStoryFilm
1927The Wreck of the HesperusWriterFilm