Barry MacKay
Actor
Biography
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Barry MacKay (8 January 1906 – 12 December 1985) was a British actor.
He was most prominently seen in light comedic roles in the British cinema of the 1930s and is perhaps best known as Jessie Matthews' leading man in Evergreen (1934), Gangway (1937) and Sailing Along (1938).
Other notable roles include Lieutenant Somerville in Brown on Resolution (1935) and as Fred, Scrooge's nephew, in MGM's film A Christmas Carol (1938), the latter being one of two films he made in the US; the other was the lead role in a B-picture, Smuggled Cargo (1939). After these films and serving in the Canadian navy during WW II, followed by stage work, there was a long gap in his film career until he reappeared as a character actor in the 1950s, making his last film (Timeslip a.k.a. The Atomic Man ) in 1955.
Barry also appeared in the 1954 Sheldon Reynolds produced Sherlock Holmes television series. He portrayed Reggie "Sardines" Taunton in episode 17; "The Case of the Laughing Mummy".
Filmography
The Private Life of Don Juan
as Rodrigo, the Impostor, a Man of Romance 1934
Timeslip
as Inspector Hammond 1955
The Pickwick Papers
as Mr. Snubbins 1952
Evergreen
as Tommy Thompson 1934
Orders Are Orders
as R.S.M. Benson 1954
Grand National Night
as Sergeant Gibson 1953
Brown on Resolution
as Lt. Somerville 1935
Me and Marlborough
as Dick Welch 1935
Sailing Along
as Steve Barnes 1938
Oh, Daddy!
as Jimmy Ellison 1935
The Private Secretary
as Douglas Cattermole 1935
The 1002nd Night
1933
Forbidden Territory
as Michael Farringdon 1934
The Great Barrier
as Steve 1937
Gangway
as Bob Deering 1937
Glamorous Night
as Anthony Allan 1937