John Farrow John Farrow i(A43825 works by) (a.k.a. John Villiers Farrow; Jack Farrow)
Born: Established: 10 Feb 1904 Marrickville, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 27 Jan 1963 Beverly Hills, California,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
Gender: Male
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Farrow, who moved to the United States in the early 1920s, was a novelist, poet and biographer, but mainly a screenwriter and film director, with award winning films such as Wake Island (1942), Two Years before the Mast (1946) and The Big Clock (1947) to his credit. He was co-writer of the script of Around the World in Eighty Days for which he shared the Oscar for best screenplay in 1956. He was the husband of the actress Maureen O'Sullivan and father of Mia Farrow.

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