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Barry K. Barnes

Barry K. Barnes

Born: 1906-12-27 • Chelsea, London, England, UK

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.

Filmography
Cup-Tie Honeymoon poster
Cup-Tie Honeymoon
1948 • Grumpy Customer
Dancing with Crime poster
Dancing with Crime
1947 • Paul Baker
Bedelia poster
Bedelia
1946 • Ben Chaney
Girl in the News poster
Girl in the News
1940 • Stephen Farringdon
Law and Disorder poster
Law and Disorder
1940 • Larry Preston
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The Midas Touch
1940 • Evan Jones
This Man in Paris poster
This Man in Paris
1939 • Simon Drake
Spies of the Air poster
Spies of the Air
1939 • Peter Thurloe
The Ware Case poster
The Ware Case
1938 • Michael Adye
Prison Without Bars poster
Prison Without Bars
1938 • Dr. Georges Marechal
This Man Is News poster
This Man Is News
1938 • Simon Drake
Who Goes Next? poster
Who Goes Next?
1938 • Hamilton
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel poster
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1937 • Sir Percy Blakeney alias The Scarlet Pimpernel
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Dodging the Dole
1936 • The Dole Dodger