JOHN FARROW
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Date of birth
10 February 1904
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death
28 January 1963
Beverly Hills, California, USA. (heart attack)
Sometimes Credited As:
John V. Farrow / John Villiers Farrow
Birth name
John N.B. Villiers-Farrow
Height
5' 11½" (1.82 m)
Spouse
Maureen O'Sullivan (12 September 1936 - 28 January 1963) (his death) 7 children
Felice Lewin (? - ?) (first)
Trivia
Had seven children with Maureen O'Sullivan: Michael, Patrick, Maria (Mia Farrow), John Charles Farrow, Prudence Farrow, Theresa (Tisa Farrow) and Stephanie Farrow.
Father-in-law of Frank Sinatra.
Father-in-law of André Previn.
Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA - Section P, Lot 317, Grave 5
Roman Catholic convert.
Grandfather of Moses Farrow, Soon-Yi Previn, Daisy Previn and Fletcher Farrow Previn
Salary
Ladies of the Mob (1928) $7,300
Mini Biography
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 marine filming and stayed as a screenwriter, from A Sailor's Sweetheart (1927) through Tarzan Escapes (1936). He married Tarzan's Jane, 'Maureen O'Sullivan', in 1936. He began directing in 1937 (Men in Exile (1937) and West of Shanghai (1937)). He was injured while serving as Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy in World War II. After that he converted to Catholicism and wrote a biography of Thomas More, a history of the Papacy, a Tahiti/English dictionary and several novels. He collaborated in the writing of several of his films and shared the Academy Award for Around the World in Eighty Days (1956).
IMDb mini-biography by
Ed Stephan
Filmography
Director
1. John Paul Jones (1959)
2. The Unholy Wife (1957)
... aka The Lady and the Prowler (USA)
3. Back from Eternity (1956)
4. The Sea Chase (1955)
5. A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)
6. Hondo (1953)
7. Plunder of the Sun (1953)
8. Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
9. Botany Bay (1953)
10. Submarine Command (1951)
... aka The Submarine Story (USA)
11. His Kind of Woman (1951)
12. Copper Canyon (1950)
13. Where Danger Lives (1950)
14. Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
15. Alias Nick Beal (1949)
... aka The Contact Man (UK)
16. Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
17. Beyond Glory (1948)
18. The Big Clock (1948)
19. Blaze of Noon (1947)
20. Calcutta (1947)
21. Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
22. California (1946)
23. Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
24. You Came Along (1945)
25. The Hitler Gang (1944)
26. China (1943)
27. Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
28. Wake Island (1942)
29. A Bill of Divorcement (1940)
... aka Never to Love (USA: reissue title)
30. Married and in Love (1940)
31. Reno (1939)
32. Full Confession (1939)
33. Five Came Back (1939)
34. Sorority House (1939)
... aka That Girl from College (UK)
35. Women in the Wind (1939)
36. The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
37. Comet Over Broadway (1938) (uncredited)
38. Broadway Musketeers (1938)
39. My Bill (1938)
40. Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938)
41. The Invisible Menace (1938)
... aka Without Warning
42. She Loved a Fireman (1937)
43. West of Shanghai (1937)
... aka War Lord
44. Men in Exile (1937)
45. Tarzan Escapes (1936) (uncredited)
46. The Spectacle Maker (1934) (as John Villiers Farrow)
Writer
1. John Paul Jones (1959)
2. Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
3. Ride, Vaquero! (1953) (uncredited)
4. Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
5. Last of the Pagans (1935) (original story and screenplay) (as John Villiers Farrow)
... aka Typee (Australia)
6. The Spectacle Maker (1934) (as John Villiers Farrow)
7. Don Quixote (1933) (English version)
... aka Adventures of Don Quixote
8. The Impassive Footman (1932)
... aka Woman In Chains (USA)
... aka Woman in Bondage (USA)
9. The Common Law (1931) (screen story)
10. A Woman of Experience (1931) (dialogue & screenplay) (play The Registered Woman)
... aka Registered Woman
11. Inside the Lines (1930) (dialogue)
12. Shadow of the Law (1930)
13. The Bad One (1930) (story)
14. Seven Days' Leave (1930)
... aka Medals
15. The Four Feathers (1929) (titles)
16. The Wheel of Life (1929) (adaptation)
17. A Dangerous Woman (1929)
... aka The Woman Who Needed Killing
18. The Wolf Song (1929)
19. Three Weekends (1928) (adaptation)
... aka Three Week Ends (USA: poster title)
20. The Woman from Moscow (1928) (also titles)
21. The First Kiss (1928) (adaptation)
22. Ladies of the Mob (1928)
23. The Blue Danube (1928) (story)
... aka Honour Above All (UK)
24. The Showdown (1928) (titles)
25. The Bride of the Colorado (1928) (story)
... aka Bride of the Night (USA)
26. The Wreck of the Hesperus (1927) (story)
27. A Sailor's Sweetheart (1927)
28. White Gold (1927) (titles)
Producer
1. The Unholy Wife (1957) (producer)
... aka The Lady and the Prowler (USA)
2. Back from Eternity (1956) (producer)
3. The Sea Chase (1955) (producer)
4. Submarine Command (1951) (co-executive producer)
... aka The Submarine Story (USA)
5. The Big Clock (1948) (producer)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
1. Don Quixote (1933) (assistant director)
... aka Adventures of Don Quixote
2. Don Quichotte (1933/I) (assistant director)
3. Don Quichotte (1933/II) (assistant director)
Actor
1. Forbidden Island (1959) .... Stuart Godfrey
2. King of the Khyber Rifles (1953) (uncredited) .... Cpl. Stuart