Barry K. Barnes
Actor
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.
Filmography
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
as Sir Percy Blakeney alias The Scarlet Pimpernel 1937
Bedelia
as Ben Chaney 1946
Girl in the News
as Stephen Farringdon 1940
This Man Is News
as Simon Drake 1938
Who Goes Next?
as Hamilton 1938
The Ware Case
as Michael Adye 1938
Spies of the Air
as Peter Thurloe 1939
Law and Disorder
as Larry Preston 1940
Cup-Tie Honeymoon
as Grumpy Customer 1948
Prison Without Bars
as Dr. Georges Marechal 1938
This Man in Paris
as Simon Drake 1939
The Midas Touch
as Evan Jones 1940