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Barry K. Barnes

Actor
Died January 12, 1965 (58 years)
Barry K. Barnes (born Nelson Barry Mackintosh Barnes; 27 December 1906 – 12 January 1965) was an English film and stage actor. The son of Horatio Nelson Barnes and Anne Mackintosh Barnes, he was born and died in London. He appeared in sixteen films between 1936 and 1947. He played Sir Percy Blakeney in the 1937 film Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel. His film career was cut short in 1947 due to an undiagnosable illness contracted during the war. He was married to actress Diana Churchill, and worked with his wife on stage during the 1940s and 1950s, taking West End revivals of The Admirable Crichton and On Approval on profitable tours.
Known For
  • The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
  • The Girl in the News
  • Bedelia
  • Dancing with Crime
  • Who Goes Next?
  • The Ware Case
  • Law and Disorder

Filmography

1950
Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Frederick
1948
Cup-Tie Honeymoon · as Grumpy Customer
1947
Dancing with Crime · as Paul Baker
1946
Bedelia · as Ben Chaney
1940
The Girl in the News · as Stephen Farringdon
1940
Law and Disorder · as Larry Preston
1939
Spies of the Air · as Peter Thurloe
1938
The Ware Case · as Michael Adye
1938
You're the Doctor · as John Meriden
1938
Who Goes Next? · as Hamilton
1938
Prison Without Bars · as Dr. Georges Marechal
1938
This Man Is News · as Simon Drake
1937
The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel · as Sir Percy Blakeney Alias The Scarlet Pimpernel

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