Barry K. Barnes(1906-1965)

Actor

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Barry K. Barnes

A London cab driver gets mixed up with a criminal gang and sets out to expose the group and its leader for what they are.

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Dancing with Crime (1947)

Barry K. Barnes was born on 27 December 1906 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for La perle noire (1946), This Man Is News (1938) and The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937). He was married to Diana Churchill and Joan E M Cobb. He died on 12 January 1965 in London, England, UK.

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Known for

Barry K. Barnes, Anne Crawford, Ian Hunter, and Margaret Lockwood in La perle noire (1946)

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Ben Chaney

1946

This Man Is News (1938)

This Man Is News

6.5

Simon Drake

1938

Barry K. Barnes and Sophie Stewart in The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)

The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

5.6

Sir Percy Blakeney

1937

Joan Marion in Spies of the Air (1939)

Spies of the Air

6.0

Peter Thurloe

1939

Credits

Actor

Silk, Satin, Cotton, Rags
TV Series
- Nick Nicholson
- 1952
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
7.3
TV Series
- Frederick
- George Martin
- 1952
Cup-Tie Honeymoon
4.4
- Grumpy Customer
- 1948
Dancing with Crime
6.4
- Paul Baker
- 1947
La perle noire
6.6
- Ben Chaney
- 1946
Two for Danger
- Tony Grigson
- 1940
The Girl in the News
6.7
- Stephen Farringdon
- 1940
Law and Disorder
6.0
- Larry Preston
- 1940
The Midas Touch
- Evan Jones
- 1940
This Man in Paris
7.2
- Simon Drake
- 1939
Spies of the Air
6.0
- Peter Thurloe
- 1939
The Ware Case
6.3
- Michael Adye
- 1938
You're the Doctor
- John Meriden
- 1938
This Man Is News
6.5
- Simon Drake
- 1938
Prison Without Bars
6.1
- Dr. Georges Marechal
- 1938

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Personal details

Born
- December 27, 1906
- London, England, UK
Died
- January 12, 1965
- London, England, UK
Spouses
Other works
Stage actor
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British character actor, trained at RADA. On stage from 1927, films from 1937. Was best known for his performance as Sir Percy Blakeney in The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937), which he followed up with another hit in the comedy mystery This Man Is News (1938). His later career was marred by an illness he contracted during World War II. His second wife was the actress Diana Churchill.

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