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Acting

Derek Farr

Career: Active from 1941 to 1986, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 25
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: The Dam Busters
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 23 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Derek Farr Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.3, average 5.4
Coming of Age
1.2, average 3.0
Pop Culture
0.6, average 2.2
Fantasy
0.4, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Thriller 3
Intrigue 3
Social Commentary 2
Murder Mystery 2
Post-War Drama 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Melancholic Tone 2
Character Study 2
Suspenseful 2
Character-Driven 2
Psychological Drama 2
Wholesome Entertainment 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

8 titles · average score 75

The Return of the Antelope

TV show · as Mr. Garstanton

Blake's 7: Orac

as Ensor / Orac / Satellite

The Tragedy of Richard III

81

as Sir Robert Brackenbury / Earl of Surrey

Henry VI Part 1

as Earl of Salisbury / Sir William Lucy

Henry VI Part 2

as Lord Say

Henry VI Part 3

as Duke of Exeter / Mayor of York

Bergerac

69

TV show · as Laurence Mitchell

Breakaway

TV show · as Walter Randell

1970s

11 titles · average score 69

as Sam

Blake's 7

76

TV show · as Ensor

One Day at a Time

as The Major

Love Lies Bleeding

as Ranny

Star Maidens

50

TV show · as Evans

The New Avengers

72

TV show · as Father Trasker

The Duchess of Duke Street

81

TV show · as Bartlett

TV show

Nightingale's Boys

TV show · as Bill Nightingale

Rumpole of the Bailey

77

TV show · as Rev. Mordred Skinner

Pope Joan

58

as Count Brisini

1960s

6 titles · average score 56

The Main Chance

TV show · as Robert Douglas

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

40

as TV Announcer

The Projected Man

29

as Insp. Davis

The Human Jungle

80

TV show · as Frank Hewitt

The Saint

74

TV show · as John Clarron

Attempt to Kill

as Detective Inspector Minter

1950s

16 titles · average score 63

The Vicious Circle

65

as Kenneth Palmer

Doctor at Large

50

as Dr. Erasmus Potter-Shine

Town on Trial

61

as Mark Roper

The Man in the Road

64

as Ivan Mason / Dr. James Paxton

The Dam Busters

88

as Group Captain J. N. H. Whitworth, D.S.O., D.F.C.

Value for Money

64

as Duke Popplewell

Eight O'Clock Walk

59

as Peter Tanner

Bang! You're Dead

68

as Detective Grey

Little Big Shot

as Sergeant Wilson

Young Wives' Tale

54

as Bruce Banning

Double Confession

63

as Jim Medway

Murder Without Crime

62

as Stephen, Author

1940s

12 titles · average score 62

Man on the Run

67

as Sgt. Peter Burden

Silent Dust

71

as Maxwell Oliver

The Story of Shirley Yorke

as Gerald Ryton

Noose

57

as Captain Jumbo Hoyle

Bond Street

as Joe Marsh

The Shop at Sly Corner

66

as Robert Graham

Wanted for Murder

72

as Jack Williams

Quiet Weekend

58

as Denys Royd

Teheran

as Pemberton Grant

The Spell of Amy Nugent

57

as Laurie Baxter

Quiet Wedding

as Dallas Chaytor

Freedom Radio

51

as Hans Glaser

1930s

2 titles · average score 63

Q Planes

63

as Minor Role

Black Eyes

as Minor role