Eric Barker(1912-1990)
- Actor
- Writer
One of the most familiar faces in British comedy, Eric Barker got his
start in show business during World War II, when he was part of the
armed forces radio show "Merry Go Round". After the war the show
continued, though renamed "The Waterlogged Spa", with Barker and his
wife, Pearl Hackney. The show's success
led to Barker's starring in other radio shows, where he achieved a
rather sizable following due to his versatility at doing voices. By the
mid-1950s Barker had made the move to films, and found his niche in
playing variations on the busybody sticking his nose in everyone's
business, or, in the case of the "Carry On" comedies, the gang's boss
or some other authority figure who was usually on the receiving end of
their shenanigans, most memorably in
Les Loustics à l'hosto (1960).
