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John Farrow

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Born: 1904-02-10
Died: 1963-01-28
From: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.4

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

Photos2

Awards & Nominations4 won · 2 nominated

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Around the World in 80 Days

1957
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Around the World in 80 Days

1957
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Director

Wake Island

1943
🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

🏆 Won

Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Holy Sepulchre

🏆 Won

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Acting3 titles

Forbidden Island
6.3
Movie

Forbidden Island

1959Action
King of the Khyber Rifles
5.9
Movie

King of the Khyber Rifles

1953Action
Commandos Strike at Dawn
5.5
Movie

Commandos Strike at Dawn

1942Action

Directing48 titles

Beyond Glory
8.0
Movie

Beyond Glory

1948Drama
She Loved a Fireman
7.5
Movie

She Loved a Fireman

1937Drama
The Big Clock
7.3
Movie

The Big Clock

1948Thriller
Sorority House
7.3
Movie

Sorority House

1939Romance
You Came Along
7.3
Movie

You Came Along

1945Drama
A Bill of Divorcement
7.2
Movie

A Bill of Divorcement

1940Drama
Easy Come, Easy Go
7.0
Movie

Easy Come, Easy Go

1947Comedy
China
6.9
Movie

China

1943Action
Alias Nick Beal
6.8
Movie

Alias Nick Beal

1949Drama
His Kind of Woman
6.8
Movie

His Kind of Woman

1951Thriller
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
6.8
Movie

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

1948Thriller
California
6.8
Movie

California

1947Action
Women in the Wind
6.8
Movie

Women in the Wind

1939Action
Back from Eternity
6.7
Movie

Back from Eternity

1956Action
Red Mountain
6.7
Movie

Red Mountain

1951Action
Reno
6.7
Movie

Reno

1939Drama
Around the World in 80 Days
6.7
Movie

Around the World in 80 Days

1956Action
Tarzan Escapes
6.7
Movie

Tarzan Escapes

1936Action
Hondo
6.6
Movie

Hondo

1953Action
Botany Bay
6.6
Movie

Botany Bay

1952Action
My Bill
6.6
Movie

My Bill

1938Drama
Two Years Before the Mast
6.5
Movie

Two Years Before the Mast

1946Action
Where Danger Lives
6.4
Movie

Where Danger Lives

1950Thriller
Calcutta
6.4
Movie

Calcutta

1946Thriller
A Bullet Is Waiting
6.3
Movie

A Bullet Is Waiting

1954Drama
Five Came Back
6.3
Movie

Five Came Back

1939Action
Plunder of the Sun
6.3
Movie

Plunder of the Sun

1953Action
The Hitler Gang
6.3
Movie

The Hitler Gang

1944Drama
The Spectacle Maker
6.3
Movie

The Spectacle Maker

1934Drama
The Sea Chase
6.2
Movie

The Sea Chase

1955Action
Red, Hot and Blue
6.2
Movie

Red, Hot and Blue

1949Drama
Ride, Vaquero!
6.1
Movie

Ride, Vaquero!

1953Action
John Paul Jones
6.0
Movie

John Paul Jones

1959Action
Wake Island
5.9
Movie

Wake Island

1942Action
Submarine Command
5.8
Movie

Submarine Command

1951Action
West of Shanghai
5.8
Movie

West of Shanghai

1937Action
The Saint Strikes Back
5.7
Movie

The Saint Strikes Back

1939Thriller
Copper Canyon
5.7
Movie

Copper Canyon

1950Action
Married and in Love
5.7
Movie

Married and in Love

1940Drama
Blaze of Noon
5.7
Movie

Blaze of Noon

1947Drama
Comet Over Broadway
5.7
Movie

Comet Over Broadway

1938Drama
Full Confession
5.6
Movie

Full Confession

1939Drama
Commandos Strike at Dawn
5.5
Movie

Commandos Strike at Dawn

1942Action
Men in Exile
5.0
Movie

Men in Exile

1937Thriller
Little Miss Thoroughbred
4.8
Movie

Little Miss Thoroughbred

1938Romance
The Unholy Wife
4.7
Movie

The Unholy Wife

1957Thriller
Broadway Musketeers
4.4
Movie

Broadway Musketeers

1938Drama
The Invisible Menace
4.3
Movie

The Invisible Menace

1938Thriller

Writing21 titles

Ladies of the Mob
10.0
Movie

Ladies of the Mob

1928Thriller
The Wreck of the Hesperus
10.0
Movie

The Wreck of the Hesperus

1927Drama
The Blue Danube
10.0
Movie

The Blue Danube

1928Romance
The First Kiss
9.0
Movie

The First Kiss

1928Drama
The Wheel of Life
9.0
Movie

The Wheel of Life

1929Drama
The Woman from Moscow
8.0
Movie

The Woman from Moscow

1928Romance
Their Mad Moment
7.5
Movie

Their Mad Moment

1931Comedy
Mutiny on the Bounty
7.4
Movie

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935Action
The Bad One
7.0
Movie

The Bad One

1930Romance
Three Week Ends
7.0
Movie

Three Week Ends

1928Comedy
Seven Days Leave
6.8
Movie

Seven Days Leave

1930Drama
Around the World in 80 Days
6.7
Movie

Around the World in 80 Days

1956Action
Last of the Pagans
6.7
Movie

Last of the Pagans

1935Action
The Spectacle Maker
6.3
Movie

The Spectacle Maker

1934Drama
Red, Hot and Blue
6.2
Movie

Red, Hot and Blue

1949Drama
A Woman of Experience
6.2
Movie

A Woman of Experience

1931Romance
John Paul Jones
6.0
Movie

John Paul Jones

1959Action
Inside the Lines
5.5
Movie

Inside the Lines

1930Drama
The Common Law
5.4
Movie

The Common Law

1931Drama
Wolf Song
4.9
Movie

Wolf Song

1929Romance
The Impassive Footman
4.3
Movie

The Impassive Footman

1932Thriller

Production5 titles

His Kind of Woman
6.8
Movie

His Kind of Woman

1951Thriller
California
6.8
Movie

California

1947Action
Back from Eternity
6.7
Movie

Back from Eternity

1956Action
The Sea Chase
6.2
Movie

The Sea Chase

1955Action
The Unholy Wife
4.7
Movie

The Unholy Wife

1957Thriller