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John Villiers Farrow, KGCHS (10 February 1904 – 27 January 1963) was an Australian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Spending a considerable amount of his career in the United States, in 1942 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for Wake Island, and in 1957 he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Around the World in Eighty Days.
- 1927–1962
- Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
- Ronan Farrow (grandson)
John Farrow (1904-1963) was an Australian-born Hollywood filmmaker who won an Oscar for Around the World in 80 Days. He also wrote and produced several films, and was married to Maureen O'Sullivan, the star of Tarzan movies.
- January 1, 1
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- January 1, 1
- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
May 7, 2024 · John Paul Jones (1959), with Robert Stack as the naval hero, was Farrow’s last film before retiring. John Farrow was an Australian-born director and writer whose diverse film credits included film noirs, westerns, and historical adventures. Farrow traveled the world as a sailor before becoming a Hollywood screenwriter in the late 1920s.
- Michael Barson
Dec 15, 2023 · It has been left to daughter Mia and grandson Ronan to keep the surname Farrow in the public mind. The documentary outlines Farrow’s early life with the assistance of relatives such as cousin Jim Farrow. After a family scandal involving young Farrow, who presented himself as a fake doctor, he left Australia aged 15 on a New Zealand merchant ship.
John Farrow was a screenwriter, director and naval officer who married Maureen O'Sullivan, the star of Tarzan films. He wrote and directed several films, including Around the World in 80 Days, and had seven children with O'Sullivan.
- February 10, 1904
- January 27, 1963
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Aug 24, 2022 · A documentary about the life and career of John Farrow, an Australian-born filmmaker who made over fifty films in Hollywood, but hid his past from his colleagues. Learn about his achievements, his family, and his secrets in this podcast.
John Villiers Farrow, KGCHS was an Australian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Spending a considerable amount of his career in the United States, in 1942 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for Wake Island, and in 1957 he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Around the World in Eighty Days.
