John Farrow

John Farrow

director, writer, producer

John Farrow was born on Feb 10, 1904 in Australia. John Farrow's big-screen debut came with White Gold directed by William K. Howard in 1927. John Farrow is known for Alias Nick Beal directed by John Farrow, Ray Milland stars as Nick Beal and Audrey Totter as Donna Allen. John Farrow has got 4 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award John Farrow achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie John Farrow plays is John Paul Jones which will be released on Jun 16, 1959.

John 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 a film about Marines and stayed as a screenwriter, from A Sailor's Sweetheart (1927) through Tarzan s'évade (1936). He married Tarzan's Jane, Maureen O'Sullivan, in 1936. He began directing in 1937 (Men in Exile (1937) and À l'ouest de Shanghai (1937)). He was injured while serving as a 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 Tahitian/English dictionary and several novels. He collaborated in the writing of several of his films and shared the Academy Award for Le tour du monde en 80 jours (1956).

  • Birthday

    Feb 10, 1904
  • Place of Birth

    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Known For

Awards

4 wins & 2 nominations

Walk of Fame
1960
Motion Picture
Winner - Star on the Walk of Fame
Academy Awards, USA
1957
Best Writing, Best Screenplay - Adapted
Winner - Oscar
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