- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJohn N.B. Villiers-Farrow
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- John Farrow wrote short stories and plays during his four-year career in the 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 80 Days (1956).
- IMDb mini biography by: Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
- SpousesMaureen O'Sullivan(September 12, 1936 - January 27, 1963) (his death, 7 children)Felice Lewin(August 18, 1924 - September 8, 1927) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- RelativesRonan Farrow(Grandparent)Ronan Farrow(Grandchild)Fletcher Previn(Grandchild)Soon-Yi Previn(Grandchild)Manzie Allen(Great Grandchild)Bechet Allen(Great Grandchild)
- Had seven children with Maureen O'Sullivan: Michael, Patrick, Maria (Mia Farrow), John Charles Farrow, Prudence Farrow, Theresa (Tisa Farrow) and Stephanie Farrow.
- Robert Mitchum described Farrow as the only director in Hollywood who could out-drink him.
- Daughter Mia Farrow made her film debut in John Paul Jones (1959), the final film that he directed.
- He met his future wife Maureen O'Sullivan during the filming of Just Imagine (1930), in which she played LN-18.
- Served in the Royal Canadian Navy during WW ll.
- Ladies of the Mob (1928) - $7,300
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