Barry MacKay
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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".
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Credits
- 1955 ·Timeslipas Inspector Hammond
- 1954 ·Sherlock Holmesas
- 1954 ·Orders Are Ordersas R.S.M. Benson
- 1953 ·Grand National Nightas Sergeant Gibson
- 1952 ·The Pickwick Papersas Mr. Snubbins
- 1939 ·Smuggled Cargoas Gerry Clayton
- 1938 ·A Christmas Carolas Scrooge's Nephew Fred
- 1938 ·It Might Be Youas Tom
- 1938 ·Who Killed John Savage?as Anthony Benedict
- 1938 ·Sailing Alongas Steve Barnes
- 1937 ·Gangwayas Bob Deering
- 1937 ·Glamorous Nightas Anthony Allan
- 1937 ·The Great Barrieras Steve
- 1935 ·The Private Secretaryas Douglas Cattermole
- 1935 ·Me and Marlboroughas Dick Welch
- 1935 ·Brown on Resolutionas Lt. Somerville
- 1935 ·Oh, Daddy!as Jimmy Ellison
- 1934 ·Passing Shadowsas Jim Lawrence
- 1934 ·Forbidden Territoryas Michael Farringdon
- 1934 ·Evergreenas Tommy Thompson
- 1934 ·The Private Life of Don Juanas Rodrigo, the Impostor, a Man of Romance
- 1933 ·The 1002nd Nightas