Barry K. Barnes

from Chelsea, London, England, UK

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Biography

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.

Timeline

1948Aged 42

  • Poster for Cup-Tie Honeymoon

    Grumpy Customer

1947Aged 41

  • Poster for Dancing with Crime

    Paul Baker

1946Aged 40

  • Poster for Bedelia

    Ben Chaney

1940Aged 34

1939Aged 33

  • Poster for Spies of the Air

    Peter Thurloe

  • Poster for This Man in Paris

    Simon Drake

1938Aged 32

  • Poster for Who Goes Next?

    Hamilton

  • Poster for This Man Is News

    Simon Drake

  • Poster for Prison Without Bars

    Dr. Georges Marechal

  • Poster for The Ware Case

    Michael Adye

1937Aged 31

  • Poster for Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

    Sir Percy Blakeney alias The Scarlet Pimpernel

1936Aged 30