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Barry K. Barnes
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.
Known For
This Man in Paris
as Simon Drake
Dancing with Crime
as Paul Baker
Girl in the News
as Stephen Farringdon
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
as Sir Percy Blakeney alias The Scarlet Pimpernel
Spies of the Air
as Peter Thurloe
Bedelia
as Ben Chaney
Law and Disorder
as Larry Preston
Who Goes Next?
as Hamilton
Prison Without Bars
as Dr. Georges Marechal
The Ware Case
as Michael Adye