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name: "Robert Farnon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-farnon"
fi1m_id: "robert-farnon"
imdb_id: "nm0006067"
tmdb_id: 142172
wikidata_id: "Q433579"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "24 July 1917"
died: "23 April 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T03:46:10.639229+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Robert Farnon

## Identity

Robert Farnon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-farnon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-farnon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006067
- **TMDB ID:** 142172
- **Wikidata ID:** Q433579
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Farnon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433579, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142172

Composer. Born 24 July 1917 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Died 23 April 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 24 July 1917, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Died:** 23 April 2005
- **Active:** 1945–1967
- **Also known as:** Bob Farnon
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 88 (1), 1960s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Farnon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433579, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142172

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Prisoner*](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md) (84)

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## Biography

Robert Farnon was a Canadian composer, conductor, arranger and trumpeter. Born in Toronto, he began his career playing trumpet and arranging in Canadian radio orchestras before moving to the United Kingdom after the Second World War, where he became known for light orchestral music and film and television scores.

He composed or arranged music for more than forty films, including *I Know Where I'm Going!* (1945), *Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.* (1951), *Shalako* (1968) and *Bear Island* (1979), and contributed incidental music to the television series *The Prisoner* (1967). Farnon also wrote themes for series such as *Colditz* (1972–74) and *Secret Army* (1977–79). He received four Ivor Novello Awards, a Grammy Award and the Order of Canada.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Prisoner* (1967), Fi1m 84, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)
- *I Know Where I'm Going!* (1945), Fi1m 88, Music Arranger — [page](https://film.one/film/i-know-where-im-going.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Legend of the Champions* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Friend or Foe* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith* (1979), Music
- *Bear Island* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *A Man Called Intrepid* (1979), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Disappearance* (1977), Music
- *Applause* (1973), Music Supervisor
- *Shalako* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *The Prisoner* (1967), series, Music — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-prisoner.md)
- *Poor Cherry* (1967), Music
- *The Truth About Spring* (1965), Music
- *The Trial of Dr. Fancy* (1964), Conductor
- *Late Summer* (1963), Music
- *Into the Dark* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *The Road to Hong Kong* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *A Night Out* (1960), Music
- *Expresso Bongo* (1959), Music Director
- *The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *The Little Hut* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *True as a Turtle* (1957), Conductor, Original Music Composer
- *Lilacs in the Spring* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *His Majesty O'Keefe* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Circle of Danger* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *William Comes to Town* (1948), Music
- *Elizabeth of Ladymead* (1948), Music
- *Spring in Park Lane* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Just William's Luck* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *I Know Where I'm Going!* (1945), Music Arranger — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/i-know-where-im-going.md)

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