STANLEY FARRAR

October 4, 1910

Stanley Farrar was born in Alameda, California, on October 4, 1910. He moved  to Los Angeles, where he worked in radio, and he also appeared as a character actor in films and television shows. 

His first screen role was an uncredited background appearance in 1947′s Fear in the Night starring Paul Kelly and Ann Doran.  He made his TV debut in a 1950 episode of “The Lone Ranger” (above, with Clayton Moore). 

Farrar did two episodes of “I Love Lucy”.  The first was “Home Movies” (ILL S3;E20) in March 1954. Lucy and the Mertzes turn the Ricardo apartment into a mini movie studio to film their own Western musical drama to show to “the most powerful man in show business, Mr. Bennett Green.” In reality, Bennett Green was the name of Desi’s stand-in! He also made 20 appearances on the show as well as “The Lucy Show” (inset photo), but in this instance the character is played not by Green, but by Stanley Farrar. 

Farrar returned to the series to play the Ferry Officer in “Staten Island Ferry” (ILL S5;E12). He is the one to wake a drowsy Lucy and Fred to inform him that they’ve had several trips on the Ferry, not just one!

In December 1963, he did a single episode of “The Greatest Show on Earth”, a Desilu circus series based on the Cecil B. DeMille film.  It just so happened to be the one episode that featured Lucille Ball as “The Lady in Limbo”.  Farrar played the circus’s business manager.  Jack Palance starred. 

In April 1964, Farrar played a small role in “The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour: Mr. & Mrs.” with Bob Hope. He was a board member in a boardroom scene along with Bennett Green – the actor whose name he was given on his first appearance with Lucy!    

Ferrar also appeared in two episodes of “The Lucy Show.” When “Lucy Meets Danny Kaye” (TLS S3;E15) in 1964, Kaye is in the company of two business associates, one played by Farrar (right) and the other by Hal Taggart. 

In the opening scene of “Lucy and Arthur Godfrey” (TLS S3;E25) in 1965, Farrar plays a member of the Danfield Community Players.  

STAN at DESILU

Between 1958 and 1962, Farrar played three different doctors on six episodes of Desilu’s “The Real McCoys”. 

From 1961 to 1965, Farrar turned up as various citizens of Mayberry in “The Andy Griffith Show” filmed on the Desilu backlot. He was in four episodes. In one (above) he played a pickle judge at the county fair! One of those episodes featured former Little Ricky Keith Thibodeaux.

Farrar did small roles in two episodes of Desilu’s hit crime series “The Untouchables” both in 1962. 

His final screen appearance was on the short-lived TV series “Mr. Deed Goes To Town” in October 1969. 

He was married to Margo Farrar and they had three children, Paul, Michael, and Christopher. After 30 years in the industry, he retired to Mendocino, California, where he became an active member of the local artistic and dramatic community. 

Stanley Farrar died of a heart attack while on stage in a play in Mendocino, California. He was 63 years old.