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{{Short description|British actor (1893–1981)}}
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{{Infobox actor
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| birth_place = [[Guernsey]], [[Channel Islands]]
| caption = Jones in ''[[The Glass Slipper (film)|The Glass Slipper]]'' (1955)
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| birth_name = Barry Cuthbert Jones
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'''Barry Jones''' (6 March 1893 – 1 May 1981) was an actor seen in British and American films, on American television and on the stage.
'''Barry Cuthbert Jones''' (6 March 1893 – 1 May 1981) was an actor in British and American films, on American television and on the stage.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|author= |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f40e0ea |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711184504/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f40e0ea |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 July 2012 |title=Barry Jones &#124; BFI |publisher=Explore.bfi.org.uk |date=1 May 1981 |accessdate=5 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/1p9/barry-jones|title=Barry Jones – Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Jones was born on [[Guernsey]] in the [[Channel Islands]] in 1893.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=21256|title=Barry Jones – IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information|author=The Broadway League|work=ibdb.com}}</ref> He started his acting career on the British stage in 1921.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/actors/Barry-Jones|title=Barry Jones|work=britmovie.co.uk|access-date=23 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909220054/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/actors/Barry-Jones|archive-date=9 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> He performed in his first film, [[George Bernard Shaw|Shaw's]] ''[[Arms and the Man]]'' as Bluntschli in 1932.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6c036310|title=Arms and the Man (1932)|work=BFI|access-date=23 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920115907/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6c036310|archive-date=20 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1935, he originated the role of King Stephen in [[Ivor Novello]]'s stage musical, ''[[Glamorous Night]]''.<ref>Ellacott, Vivyan. [http://www.overthefootlights.co.uk/London%20Musicals%201935-1939.pub.pdf "London Musicals 1935–1939"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195948/http://www.overthefootlights.co.uk/London%20Musicals%201935-1939.pub.pdf |date=10 September 2014 }}, ''Over the Footlights'', accessed 12 March 2013</ref>
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, [[George Bernard Shaw|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.


A character actor in many films, often portraying nobility, he had a starring role in the film ''[[Seven Days to Noon]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/barry-jones-p36050|title=Barry Jones – Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos – AllMovie|author=Hal Erickson|work=AllMovie}}</ref> He also played Mr. Lundie in the 1954 film adaptation of ''[[Brigadoon]]'', and [[Polonius]] in the 1953 U.S. television adaptation of ''[[Hamlet]]''.<ref name=bfi/> He appeared as Claudius in ''[[Demetrius and the Gladiators]]'', a sequel to [[20th Century Fox]]'s biblical epic, ''[[The Robe (film)|The Robe]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6a8a5717|title=Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)|work=BFI|access-date=23 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919134642/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6a8a5717|archive-date=19 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> This character was Caligula's uncle and became the new Emperor after Caligula's death.

Jones died at the age of eighty-eight in Guernsey.<ref name=bfi/>
==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Women Who Play]]'' (1932) as Ernest Steele
* ''[[Women Who Play]]'' (1932) as Ernest Steele
* ''Arms and the Man'' (1932) as Bluntschli
* ''[[Number Seventeen]]'' (1932) as Henry Doyle
* ''Gay Adventure'' (1936) as Dernton
* ''Arms and the Man'' (1932) as Captain Bluntschli
* ''Murder in the Family'' (1938) as Stephen Osborne
* ''[[The Gay Adventure]]'' (1936) as Darnton
* ''[[Murder in the Family]]'' (1938) as Stephen Osborne
* ''[[Squadron Leader X]]'' (1943) as Bruce Fenwick
* ''[[Squadron Leader X]]'' (1943) as Bruce Fenwick
* ''Uneasy Terms'' (1948) as Inspector Gringall
* ''[[Frieda (film)|Frieda]]'' (1947) as Holliday
* ''[[The Calendar (1948 film)|The Calendar]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Dancing with Crime]]'' (1947) as Gregory
* ''[[The Bad Lord Byron]]'' (1949)
* ''[[The Calendar (1948 film)|The Calendar]]'' (1948) as Sir John Garth
* ''That Dangerous Age'' (1949) as Arnold Cane
* ''[[Uneasy Terms]]'' (1948) as Inspector Gringall
* ''[[Madeleine (film)|Madeleine]]'' (1950) as Prosecuting Counsel
* ''[[That Dangerous Age]]'' (1949) as Arnold Cane
* ''[[The Bad Lord Byron]]'' (1949) as Colonel Stonhope
* ''[[Twelve O'Clock High]]'' (1949) as Lord Haw-Haw (voice, uncredited)
* ''[[Madeleine (1950 film)|Madeleine]]'' (1950) as Lord Advocate
* ''[[Seven Days to Noon]]'' (1950) as Professor Willingdon
* ''[[Seven Days to Noon]]'' (1950) as Professor Willingdon
* ''[[The Mudlark]]'' (1950) as Speaker (uncredited)
* ''[[The Clouded Yellow]]'' (1951) as Nicholas Fenton
* ''[[The Clouded Yellow]]'' (1951) as Nicholas Fenton
* ''[[White Corridors]]'' (1951) as Dr. Shoesmith
* ''[[White Corridors]]'' (1951) as Dr. Shoesmith
* ''[[Appointment with Venus (film)|Appointment with Venus]]'' (1951) as Provost
* ''[[The Magic Box]]'' (1951) as The Bath Doctor
* ''[[The Magic Box]]'' (1951) as The Bath Doctor
* ''[[Plymouth Adventure]]'' (1952) as [[William Brewster (pilgrim)|William Brewster]]
* ''Hamlet'' (1953) as Polonius
* ''Hamlet'' (1953) as Polonius
* ''[[Return to Paradise (1953 film)|Return to Paradise]]'' (1953) as Pastor Corbett
* ''[[Prince Valiant (1954 film)|Prince Valiant]]'' (1954) as King Luke
* ''[[Prince Valiant (1954 film)|Prince Valiant]]'' (1954) as King Luke
* ''[[Demetrius and the Gladiators]]'' (1954) as Claudius
* ''[[Demetrius and the Gladiators]]'' (1954) as [[Claudius]]
* ''[[Brigadoon (film)|Brigadoon]]'' (1954) as Mr. Lundy
* ''[[Brigadoon (film)|Brigadoon]]'' (1954) as Mr. Lundie
* ''[[The Glass Slipper]]'' (1955) as the Duke
* ''[[The Glass Slipper (film)|The Glass Slipper]]'' (1955) as Duke
* ''[[Alexander the Great (1956 film)|Alexander the Great]]'' (1956) as [[Aristotle]]
* ''[[Alexander the Great (1956 film)|Alexander the Great]]'' (1956) as [[Aristotle]]
* ''[[War and Peace (1956 film)|War and Peace]]'' (1956) as Count Rostov
* ''[[War and Peace (1956 film)|War and Peace]]'' (1956) as Prince Mikhail Andreevich Rostov
* ''[[Saint Joan (1957 film)|Saint Joan]]'' (1957) as de Courcelles
* ''[[Saint Joan (1957 film)|Saint Joan]]'' (1957) as De Courcelles
* ''[[The Safecracker]]'' (1958) as Bennett Carfield
* ''[[The Safecracker]]'' (1958) as Bennett Carfield
* ''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|The 39 Steps]]'' (1959) as Professor Logan
* ''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|The 39 Steps]]'' (1959) as Professor Logan
* ''Karolina Rijecka'' (1961) as Admiral
* ''[[A Study in Terror]]'' (1965) as Duke of Shires
* ''[[A Study in Terror]]'' (1965) as Duke of Shires
* ''[[The Heroes of Telemark]]'' (1965) as Professor Logan
* ''[[The Heroes of Telemark]]'' (1965) as Professor Logan (final film role)
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==Appearances in TV series==
==Appearances in TV series==
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* ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1953–61)
* ''[[Robert Montgomery Presents]]'' (1955–56)
* ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1953–1961)
* ''[[Robert Montgomery Presents]]'' (1955–1956) as Captain Whalley
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* ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'' (1963)
* ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'' (1963)
* ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'' (1963) as Otis Q. Fennick
* ''[[Martin Chuzzlewit]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)]]'' as Patrick Holt
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* ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'' (1963) as Dwight Hartley
* ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1965)
* ''[[Martin Chuzzlewit (1964 TV series)|Martin Chuzzlewit]]'' (1964) as Martin Chuzzlewit the Elder

* He played the role of [[Julius Caesar]] in the TV miniseries ''The Spread of the Eagle''.
* ''The Spread of the Eagle'' (1963) as [[Julius Caesar]]
* ''[[Sherlock Holmes (1965 TV series)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1965) as Charles Augustus Milverton
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==Sources==
==Sources==
*''Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies'' published by Harper-Collins - ISBN 0-06-093507-3
*''Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies'' published by Harper-Collins – {{ISBN|0-06-093507-3}}


==References==
==References==


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==External links==
==External links==
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{{Portal|Biography}}
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*{{IMDb name|0427543|Barry Jones}}
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*{{ibdb|21256|Barry Jones}}
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*{{Find a Grave|41847522|Barry Jones}}
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* [http://website.lineone.net/~simon.jones/bjindex.htm Barry Jones - external site]


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Latest revision as of 04:41, 1 June 2024

Barry Jones
Jones in The Glass Slipper (1955)
Born
Barry Cuthbert Jones

(1893-03-06)6 March 1893
St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Died1 May 1981(1981-05-01) (aged 88)
Guernsey, Channel Islands
OccupationActor
Years active1921–1965

Barry Cuthbert Jones (6 March 1893 – 1 May 1981) was an actor in British and American films, on American television and on the stage.[1][2]

Biography

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Jones was born on Guernsey in the Channel Islands in 1893.[3] He started his acting career on the British stage in 1921.[4] He performed in his first film, Shaw's Arms and the Man as Bluntschli in 1932.[5] In 1935, he originated the role of King Stephen in Ivor Novello's stage musical, Glamorous Night.[6]

A character actor in many films, often portraying nobility, he had a starring role in the film Seven Days to Noon.[7] He also played Mr. Lundie in the 1954 film adaptation of Brigadoon, and Polonius in the 1953 U.S. television adaptation of Hamlet.[1] He appeared as Claudius in Demetrius and the Gladiators, a sequel to 20th Century Fox's biblical epic, The Robe.[8] This character was Caligula's uncle and became the new Emperor after Caligula's death.

Jones died at the age of eighty-eight in Guernsey.[1]

Selected filmography

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Appearances in TV series

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Sources

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Barry Jones | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. 1 May 1981. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Barry Jones – Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  3. ^ The Broadway League. "Barry Jones – IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information". ibdb.com.
  4. ^ "Barry Jones". britmovie.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Arms and the Man (1932)". BFI. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  6. ^ Ellacott, Vivyan. "London Musicals 1935–1939" Archived 10 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Over the Footlights, accessed 12 March 2013
  7. ^ Hal Erickson. "Barry Jones – Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos – AllMovie". AllMovie.
  8. ^ "Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
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