Patrick Barr
Patrick David Barr was an English actor. In his career spanning over half a century, he appeared in about 144 films and television series, including playing the role of Richard the Lionheart in the series Robin Hood starring Richard Greene.
Biography
Born in Akola, British India, in 1908, Barr was educated at Radley College and Trinity College, Oxford, where he rowed in the 1929 Boat Race and achieved a Blue. He went from stage to screen with The Merry Men of Sherwood. He spent the 1930s playing various beneficent authority figures and "reliable friend" types.
As a conscientious objector during the Second World War, Barr helped people in the Blitz in London's East End before serving with the Friends' Ambulance Unit in Africa. There he met his wife Anne "Jean" Williams, marrying her after ten days; it would have been sooner, but they needed permission from London.
In 1946, he picked up where he had left off, and in the early 1950s he began working in British television, attaining a popularity greater than he had while playing supporting parts in such films as The Case of the Frightened Lady and The Blue Lagoon.
This popularity enabled Barr to obtain better roles and command a higher salary for his films of the 1950s and 1960s. Some of the films in which he appeared during this period were The Dam Busters, Room in the House, Saint Joan, Next to Next Time, Billy Liar, The First Great Train Robbery and Octopussy. On television, he appeared in Doctor Who in 1967 as Hobson in the serial entitled The Moonbase; in the 1970 Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) episode "You Can Always Find a Fall Guy" and appeared once in The Avengers. In the 1981 BBC Radio 4 adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, Barr voiced the role of Gamling.
Selected filmography
Meet My Sister – Bob SeymourIrish Hearts – Dr. ConnellanGay Old Dog – PhillipThings to Come – World Transport Official Wednesday's Luck – Jim CarfaxEast Meets West – O'FlahertyMidnight at Madame Tussaud's – Gerry MelvilleThe Cavalier of the Streets – The CavalierThe Show Goes On – DesignerReturn of the Scarlet Pimpernel – Lord HastingsSunset in Vienna – Ludwig Sailing Along – Seaman at Birthday Party Incident in Shanghai – Pat AvonStar of the Circus – TruxaMeet Mr. Penny – Clive RobertsYellow Sands – Arthur VarwellThe Gaunt Stranger – Det. Insp. Alan WemburyMarigold – Lt. Archie ForsythLet's Be Famous – John BlakeContraband – Undetermined Role The Case of the Frightened Lady – Richard FerrabyThe Blue Lagoon – Second MateMan on the Run – Detective at Cabby's RestaurantAdam and Evelyne – Bert – Adam's Friend Golden Arrow – Hedy's HusbandTo Have and to Hold – BrianThe Lavender Hill Mob – Divisional Detective InspectorThe Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men – King RichardDeath of an Angel – Robert WellingYou're Only Young Twice – Sir Archibald AsherKing of the Underworld – Inspector John MorleyMurder at Scotland Yard – Inspector John MorleyBlack Orchid – Vincent HumphriesSailor of the King – Capt. Tom Ashley, HMS 'Amesbury'I vinti – Ken WhartonThe Intruder – Inspector WilliamsBlack 13 – RobertEscape by Night – Insp. FramptonDuel in the Jungle – Supt. RobertsSeagulls Over Sorrento – Cmdr. SinclairTime Is My Enemy – John EvertonThe Brain Machine – Dr. Geoffrey AllenThe Dam Busters – Captain Joseph (Mutt) Summers, C.B.E.Room in the House – Jack RichardsIt's Never Too Late – Charles HammondSaint Joan – Captain La HireAt the Stroke of Nine – FrankLady of Vengeance – Inspector MaddenNext to No Time – Jerry LaneUrge to Kill – Superintendent AllenThe Valiant – Reverend EllisThe Longest Day – Group Captain James Stagg Billy Liar – Insp. MacDonaldOn the Run - BrentRing of Spies – Captain WarnerLast of the Long-haired Boys – ConyersGuns in the Heather – Lord BoyneThe Flesh and Blood Show – Major Bell / Sir Arnold GatesThe Satanic Rites of Dracula – Lord CarradineHouse of Whipcord – Justice BaileyThe Black Windmill – Gen. St. JohnThe First Great Train Robbery – BurkeHome Before Midnight – The JudgeOctopussy – British Ambassador
Television series
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