John Farrow
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John Farrow (February 10, 1904 – January 28, 1963) was an award-winning film director, producer and screenwriter.
Born John Villiers Farrow in Sydney, Australia, John Farrow began writing while working as a sailor in the 1920s. He moved to Hollywood to work in films as a marine technical advisor and stayed on as a screenwriter. He wrote for films between 1927 and 1959, and also directed between 1934 and 1959. Farrow was also a writer of short stories and plays (Laughter Ends), as well as non-fiction (Pageant of the Popes, and biographies of St Thomas More and Father Damien).
He is also remembered for being married to actress Maureen O'Sullivan. He fathered seven children, including actresses Mia Farrow, Stephanie Farrow, Tisa Farrow, and Prudence Farrow. Maureen O’Sullivan was his second wife, after he converted to Catholicism and she received a papal dispensation to marry a divorcee. Pope Pius XI later appointed him a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.
He died from a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California at the age of 58 and was buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City.
