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Barry MacKay

Jan 08, 1906 - Dec 12, 1985 (79 years old) in London, England, UK

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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".

Known For

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Sherlock Holmes
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The Pickwick Papers
Mr. Snubbins
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A Christmas Carol
Scrooge's Nephew Fred
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Brown on Resolution
Lt. Somerville
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Orders Are Orders
R.S.M. Benson
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The Private Life of Don Juan
Rodrigo, the Impostor, a Man of Romance
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Forbidden Territory
Michael Farringdon
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Me and Marlborough
Dick Welch
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Smuggled Cargo
Gerry Clayton
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Timeslip
Inspector Hammond

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