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.
Known For
| Birth Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
|---|---|
| Born | 1904-02-10 |
| Died | 1963-01-28 |
Movies
Forbidden Island
as Edward Stuart Godfrey
1959
King of the Khyber Rifles
as Cpl. Stuart (uncredited)
1953
Movies
John Paul Jones
Writer
1959
John Paul Jones
Director
1959
The Unholy Wife
Producer
1957
The Unholy Wife
Director
1957
Around the World in Eighty Days
Special Guest Director
1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
Screenplay
1956
Back from Eternity
Producer
1956
Back from Eternity
Director
1956
The Sea Chase
Producer
1955
The Sea Chase
Director
1955
A Bullet Is Waiting
Director
1954
Hondo
Director
1953
Plunder of the Sun
Director
1953
Ride, Vaquero!
Director
1953
Botany Bay
Director
1952
Red Mountain
Director
1951
Submarine Command
Director
1951
His Kind of Woman
Producer
1951
His Kind of Woman
Director
1951
Where Danger Lives
Director
1950
Copper Canyon
Director
1950
Red Hot and Blue
Screenplay
1949
Red Hot and Blue
Director
1949
Alias Nick Beal
Director
1949
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Director
1948
Beyond Glory
Director
1948
The Big Clock
Director
1948
Blaze of Noon
Director
1947
Easy Come, Easy Go
Director
1947
California
Producer
1947
California
Director
1947
Calcutta
Director
1946
Two Years Before the Mast
Director
1946
You Came Along
Director
1945
The Hitler Gang
Director
1944
China
Director
1943
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Director
1942
Wake Island
Director
1942
A Bill of Divorcement
Director
1940
Married and in Love
Director
1940
Reno
Director
1939
Full Confession
Director
1939
Five Came Back
Director
1939
Sorority House
Director
1939
Women in the Wind
Director
1939
The Saint Strikes Back
Director
1939
Comet Over Broadway
Director
1938
Broadway Musketeers
Director
1938
My Bill
Director
1938
Little Miss Thoroughbred
Director
1938
The Invisible Menace
Director
1938
She Loved a Fireman
Director
1937
West of Shanghai
Director
1937
Men in Exile
Director
1937
Tarzan Escapes
Co-Director
1936
Last of the Pagans
Screenplay
1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
Writer
1935
The Spectacle Maker
Writer
1934
The Spectacle Maker
Director
1934
The Impassive Footman
Screenplay
1932
The Common Law
Screenstory
1931
Their Mad Moment
Writer
1931
A Woman of Experience
Screenplay
1931
A Woman of Experience
Adaptation
1931
A Woman of Experience
Dialogue
1931
Inside the Lines
Dialogue
1930
The Bad One
Story
1930
Seven Days Leave
Writer
1930
The Wheel of Life
Screenplay
1929
Wolf Song
Writer
1929
The Woman from Moscow
Screenplay
1928
The First Kiss
Adaptation
1928
Ladies of the Mob
Writer
1928
The Blue Danube
Story
1928
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Writer
1927