Barry Jones (actor)

Barry Jones
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Born	(1893-03-06)6 March 1893 Guernsey, Channel Islands
Died	1 May 1981(1981-05-01) (aged 88) Guernsey, Channel Islands
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1921—1965

Barry Jones (6 March 1893 – 1 May 1981) was an actor seen in British and American films, on American television and on the stage.

Biography

Barry Jones was born on Guernsey in the Channel Islands in 1893. He started his acting career on the British stage in 1921. He performed in his first film, Shaw's Arms and the Man as Bluntschli in 1932. A character actor in many films, often portraying nobility, he had a starring role in the film Seven Days to Noon. He also played Mr. Lundie in the 1954 film adaptation of Brigadoon, and Polonius in the 1953 U.S. television adaptation of Hamlet. He died at the age of 88 also in Guernsey.

Selected filmography

• Arms and the Man (1932) as Bluntschli
• Gay Adventure (1936) as Dernton
• Murder in the Family (1938) as Stephen Osborne
• Squadron Leader X (1943) as Bruce Fenwick
• Uneasy Terms (1948) as Inspector Gringall
• The Calendar (1948)
• That Dangerous Age (1949) as Arnold Cane
• Madeleine (1950) as Prosecuting Counsel
• Seven Days to Noon (1950) as Professor Willingdon
• The Clouded Yellow (1951) as Nicholas Fenton
• White Corridors (1951) as Dr. Shoesmith
• The Magic Box (1951) as The Bath Doctor
• Hamlet (1953) as Polonius
• Prince Valiant (1954) as King Luke
• Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) as Claudius
• Brigadoon (1954) as Mr. Lundy
• The Glass Slipper (1955) as the Duke
• War and Peace (1956) as Count Rostov
• Saint Joan (1957) as de Courcelles
• The Safecracker (1958) as Bennett Carfield
• The 39 Steps (1959) as Professor Logan
• A Study in Terror (1965) as Duke of Shires
• The Heroes of Telemark (1965) as Professor Logan

Appearances in TV series

• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1953–61)
• Robert Montgomery Presents (1955–56)
• The Saint (1963)
• Martin Chuzzlewit (1964)
• Sherlock Holmes (1965)

• He played the role of Julius Caesar in the TV miniseries The Spread of the Eagle.

Sources

• Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies published by Harper-Collins - ISBN 0-06-093507-3

External links

• Barry Jones at IMDb
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• Barry Jones at Find a Grave
• Barry Jones - external site