Derek Farr, the Glossary
Derrick Capel Farr (7 February 191221 March 1986) was an English actor who appeared regularly in British films and television from 1938 until his death in 1986.[1]
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61 relations: Attempt to Kill, Bang! You're Dead, BBC Television Shakespeare, Black Eyes (1939 film), Blake's 7, Bond Street (film), Brentford, Bridesmaid, British Film Institute, Carole Lynne, Code of Scotland Yard, Crossroads (British TV series), Deadline Midnight (TV series), Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom), Distinguished Service Order, Doctor at Large (film), Double Confession, Eight O'Clock Walk, England, Freedom Radio, Front Page Story, Glynis Johns, Group captain, Hillingdon, Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday, John Whitworth (RAF officer), Little Big Shot (1952 film), Man on the Run, Middlesex, Miracles Do Happen, Murder Without Crime, Muriel Pavlow, Nightingale's Boys, Noose (1948 film), Pope Joan (1972 film), Q Planes, Quiet Wedding, Quiet Weekend, Reluctant Heroes, Rumpole of the Bailey, Shakespearean history, Silent Dust, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Spellbound (1941 film), Teheran (film), The Dam Busters (film), The Human Jungle (TV series), The Man in the Road, The Outsider (1939 film), The Projected Man, ... Expand index (11 more) »
- Military personnel from the London Borough of Hounslow
Attempt to Kill
Attempt to Kill is a 1961 British second feature ('B') film directed by Royston Morley and starring Derek Farr and Tony Wright.
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Bang! You're Dead
Bang! You're Dead, also known as Game of Danger, is a 1954 British psychological drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Jack Warner, Anthony Richmond, Veronica Hurst, Derek Farr and Sean Barrett.
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BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television.
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Black Eyes (1939 film)
Black Eyes is a 1939 British drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Otto Kruger, Mary Maguire and Walter Rilla.
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Blake's 7
Blake's 7 was a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC.
Bond Street (film)
Bond Street is a 1948 British portmanteau drama film directed by Gordon Parry and based on a story by Terence Rattigan.
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Brentford
Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow.
Bridesmaid
Bridesmaids are members of the bride's party at some Western traditional wedding ceremonies.
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom.
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Carole Lynne
Helen Violet Carolyn Delfont, Baroness Delfont (née Heyman; 16 September 1918 – 17 January 2008), known professionally as Carole Lynne, was a British theatre actress, best known for her work in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Code of Scotland Yard
Code of Scotland Yard is a 1947 British crime film directed by George King and starring Oskar Homolka, Muriel Pavlow and Derek Farr.
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Crossroads (British TV series)
Crossroads (later known as Crossroads Motel and Crossroads King's Oak) is a British television soap opera that ran on ITV over two periods – the original 1964 to 1988 run, followed by a short revival from 2001 to 2003.
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Deadline Midnight (TV series)
Deadline Midnight is a British television series which originally aired on ITV between 1960 and 1961.
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Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
The Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers, and since 1993 to other ranks, of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and other services, and formerly to officers of other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy".
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Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, as well as formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth, awarded for operational gallantry for highly successful command and leadership during active operations, typically in actual combat.
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Doctor at Large (film)
Doctor at Large is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas starring Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice and Shirley Eaton.
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Double Confession
Double Confession is a 1950 British crime film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, William Hartnell and Peter Lorre.
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Eight O'Clock Walk
Eight O'Clock Walk is a 1954 British drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Richard Attenborough, Cathy O'Donnell, Derek Farr and Maurice Denham.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Freedom Radio
Freedom Radio (a.k.a. A Voice in the Night) is a 1941 British propaganda film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard, Raymond Huntley and Derek Farr.
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Front Page Story
Front Page Story is a 1954 British drama film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Allan and Eva Bartok.
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Glynis Johns
Glynis Margaret Payne Johns (5 October 1923 – 4 January 2024) was a British actress.
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Group captain
Group captain (Gp Capt or G/C) is a senior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.
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Hillingdon
Hillingdon is an area of Uxbridge within the London Borough of Hillingdon, centred 14.2 miles (22.8 km) west of Charing Cross.
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday is a 1939 British detective film directed by Walter Forde and starring Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim and Linden Travers.
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John Whitworth (RAF officer)
Air Commodore John Nicholas Haworth Whitworth, (10 January 1912 – 13 November 1974) was a Royal Air Force pilot in the 1930s and a commander during and after the Second World War.
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Little Big Shot (1952 film)
Little Big Shot is a 1952 British comedy crime film by Jack Raymond, and starring Ronald Shiner, Marie Löhr, and Derek Farr.
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Man on the Run
Man on the Run is a 1949 British film noir directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, Edward Chapman, Kenneth More and Laurence Harvey.
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Middlesex
Middlesex (abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England.
Miracles Do Happen
Miracles Do Happen is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Jack Hobbs, Bruce Seton and Marjorie Taylor.
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Murder Without Crime
Murder Without Crime is a 1950 British crime film directed by J. Lee Thompson (his first film, credited as J. Lee-Thompson) and starring Dennis Price, Derek Farr and Patricia Plunkett.
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Muriel Pavlow
Muriel Lilian Pavlow (27 June 1921 – 19 January 2019) was an English actress.
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Nightingale's Boys
Nightingale's Boys is a drama series of seven plays about the reunion of a group of friends from school, brought together after twenty-five years by their form teacher, Mr.
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Noose (1948 film)
Noose (released in the United States as The Silk Noose) is a 1948 British crime film, directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Carole Landis, Joseph Calleia, and Derek Farr.
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Pope Joan (1972 film)
Pope Joan is a 1972 British historical drama film based on the story of Pope Joan.
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Q Planes
Q Planes (known as Clouds Over Europe in the United States) is a 1939 British comedy spy film starring Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier and Valerie Hobson.
Quiet Wedding
Quiet Wedding is a 1941 British romantic comedy film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Margaret Lockwood, Derek Farr and Marjorie Fielding.
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Quiet Weekend
Quiet Weekend is a 1946 British comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Derek Farr, Frank Cellier, Marjorie Fielding, George Thorpe and Barbara White.
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Reluctant Heroes
Reluctant Heroes is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ronald Shiner, Derek Farr and Christine Norden.
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Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer.
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Shakespearean history
In the First Folio, the plays of William Shakespeare were grouped into three categories: comedies, histories, and tragedies.
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Silent Dust
Silent Dust is a 1949 British drama/thriller film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Sally Gray, Stephen Murray, Derek Farr and Nigel Patrick.
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Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC1, created and written by Raymond Allen and starring Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice.
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Spellbound (1941 film)
Spellbound (1941) is a British drama film directed by John Harlow.
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Teheran (film)
Teheran is a 1946 British-Italian thriller film co-directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and William Freshman.
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The Dam Busters (film)
The Dam Busters is a 1955 British epic docudrama war film starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave, that was directed by Michael Anderson.
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The Human Jungle (TV series)
The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Weekend TV by Independent Artists. Starring Herbert Lom as Dr Roger Corder and Sally Smith as his daughter Jennifer, it comprised 26 50-minute episodes and ran for two series 1963–1965.
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The Man in the Road
The Man in the Road is a 1956 British second feature thriller film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Derek Farr, Ella Raines, Donald Wolfit and Cyril Cusack.
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The Outsider (1939 film)
The Outsider is a 1939 British drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring George Sanders, Mary Maguire and Barbara Blair.
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The Projected Man
The Projected Man is a 1966 British science fiction film directed by Ian Curteis, written by Peter Bryan, John C. Cooper, and Frank Quattrocchi, and starring Bryant Haliday, Mary Peach, Norman Wooland, Ronald Allen, and Derek Farr.
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The Saint (TV series)
The Saint is a British crime television series that aired in the United Kingdom on ITV between 1962 and 1969.
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The Story of Shirley Yorke
The Story of Shirley Yorke is a 1948 British drama film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Derek Farr, Dinah Sheridan and Margaretta Scott.
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The Truth About Women
The Truth About Women is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Laurence Harvey, Julie Harris, Mai Zetterling and Diane Cilento.
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The Vicious Circle (1957 film)
The Vicious Circle is a 1957 British thriller film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring John Mills, Noelle Middleton, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Lionel Jeffries.
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Town on Trial
Town on Trial is a 1957 British mystery film directed by John Guillermin and starring John Mills, Charles Coburn, Barbara Bates and Derek Farr.
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Value for Money
Value for Money is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Ken Annakin and starring John Gregson, Diana Dors, Susan Stephen and Derek Farr.
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Wanted for Murder (film)
Wanted for Murder is a 1946 British crime film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Eric Portman, Dulcie Gray, Derek Farr, and Roland Culver.
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We, the Accused (TV series)
We, the Accused is a British period crime television series which originally aired on BBC 2 in 5 episodes between 10 September and 8 October 1980.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Young Wives' Tale
Young Wives' Tale, also known as Fun for Four, is a 1951 British comedy film directed by Henry Cass and starring Joan Greenwood, Nigel Patrick, Derek Farr, and Guy Middleton.
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30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia (also known as Thirty Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia) is a 1968 British romantic comedy film directed by Joseph McGrath and starring Dudley Moore, Eddie Foy, Jr.
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See also
Military personnel from the London Borough of Hounslow
- Aubrey Manning
- Aubrey Mansergh
- Bernard Lee
- Bill Eastman
- Brian Freeston
- Charles Briggs (Royal Navy officer)
- Dair Farrar-Hockley
- Denis Hendren
- Derek Farr
- Derick Hetherington
- Ernest John Moeran
- Erroll Tremlett
- Geoffrey Best
- Geoffrey Hebden
- Geoffrey Lilley
- Gerard Anderson
- Harold Henderson (British politician)
- Henry Purver
- Ian McDonald (musician)
- Inigo Jones (British Army officer)
- Jack Beresford
- John Faunthorpe
- John Moore (footballer, born 1923)
- John Nixon (Indian Army officer)
- John Simpson (RAF officer)
- John Stevens (drummer)
- Lawrence Elion
- Len Townsend
- Leonard Dawe
- Michael Frayn
- Ormonde Winter
- Patsy Hendren
- Philip Hepworth
- Reginald Scoones
- Thomas Haller Cooper
- William Lewis Wells
- William Mann (RAF officer)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Farr
, The Saint (TV series), The Story of Shirley Yorke, The Truth About Women, The Vicious Circle (1957 film), Town on Trial, Value for Money, Wanted for Murder (film), We, the Accused (TV series), World War II, Young Wives' Tale, 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia.