London-born David Farrar dropped out of school at 14 and became a writer for the Morning Advertiser newspaper; but it wasn't long before he decided to change careers and become an actor. He started out on the stage in 1932, and five years later made his film debut. Appearing at first in low-budget thrillers, such as _Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror , he left film acting and turned to television. When his wife died in 1976 he retired from acting altogether, and with his daughter Barbara moved to the Natal coast in South Africa, where he passed away in 1995 at age 87.
Met his wife, Irene Elliot, in 1926 when he was playing the title role on stage in "David Copperfield". Following her death in 1976, he joined their daughter Barbara on the Natal coast of the Republic of South Africa.
First a journalist, appeared in theatre from 1932.
