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Date of Birth

10 February 1904, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death

28 January 1963, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (heart attack)

Birth Name

John N.B. Villiers-Farrow

Height

5' 11½" (1.82 m)

Mini Biography

John Farrow wrote short stories and plays during his four-year career in the US 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 Escapes (1936). He married Tarzan's Jane, Maureen O'Sullivan, in 1936. He began directing in 1937 (Men in Exile (1937) and West of 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 Around the World in Eighty Days (1956).

IMDb Mini Biography By: Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Spouse

Maureen O'Sullivan	(12 September 1936 - 28 January 1963) (his death) 7 children
Felice Lewin	(1924 - 1934) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia

Had seven children with Maureen O'Sullivan: Michael, Patrick, Maria (Mia Farrow), John Charles Farrow, Prudence Farrow, Theresa (Tisa Farrow) and Stephanie Farrow.

Ex-father-in-law of Frank Sinatra and André Previn.

Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA - Section P, Lot 317, Grave 5

Roman Catholic convert.

Grandfather of Moses Farrow, Soon-Yi Previn, Daisy Previn and Fletcher Farrow Previn

With Felice Lewin, he had one daughter in 1925: Felice Patricia Farrow. He is the grandfather of Jonathan Rose, Felicia Rose and Douglas Levitt.

Directed 2 actors to Oscar nominations: William Bendix (Best Supporting Actor, Wake Island (1942)) and Geraldine Page (Best Supporting Actress, Hondo (1953)).

Salary

Ladies of the Mob (1928)

$7,300