Edgar Barrier
Edgar Barrier (born March 4, 1907 in New York City , † June 20, 1964 in Hollywood , California ) was an American actor .
life and career
After attending Columbia University , Edgar Barrier turned to acting. In the 1930s he appeared in a number of plays on Broadway , including Maxwell Anderson's Mary of Scotland and Robert E. Sherwood's Idiot’s Delight . Barrier also became a member of Orson Welles’s Mercury Theater , performing both stage and radio productions for the legendary ensemble. In the radio series The Saint he lent his voice to the hero Simon Templar as one of several actors .
In the 1940s, Barrier moved to Hollywood, where the beard was often used in costume films or adventure flicks. Mostly he appeared as a villain in supporting roles. In 1943 he appeared in Phantom of the Opera alongside Claude Rains and Nelson Eddy as police officer Raoul Dubert . Barrier worked again with Welles in the films Chased by Agents (1943) and Macbeth - The Kingslayer (1948). In particular, his role in Macbeth as the murdered Banquo , who later appears as a ghost, is considered a high point of his film career. He took on another prominent film role in 1945 as a murderous aristocrat in A Game of Death , a remake of Graf Zaroff - Genie des Evil . From the 1950s, Barrier was also seen in numerous US television series, but the quality of his film offerings deteriorated significantly during this time. Most recently, he was a guest actor on the television series 77 Sunset Strip in the year he died .
Edgar Barrier died of a heart attack in June 1964 at the age of 57 and was buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery .
Filmography (selection)
- 1930: Le specter vert
- 1938: Too Much Johnson
- 1940: The Escape
- 1940: Comrade X
- 1942: Pride of the Yankees (The Pride of the Yankees)
- 1942 Arabian Nights (Arabian Nights)
- 1942: Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror ( Voice Only)
- 1943: Phantom of the Opera
- 1943: Hunted by Agents (Journey into Fear)
- 1943: The Second Face (Flesh and Fantasy)
- 1944: The Serpent (Cobra Woman)
- 1945: Cornered
- 1945: A Game of Death
- 1946: Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
- 1948: Macbeth - The Kingslayer (Macbeth)
- 1948: Opium (To the Ends of the Earth)
- 1950: The last privateer (Last of the Buccaneers)
- 1950: The Last Musketeer (Cyrano de Bergerac)
- 1953: The Golden Sword (The Golden Blade)
- 1953: Through the yellow hell (Destination Gobi)
- 1953: The night before the gallows (Count the Hours!)
- 1953: War of the Worlds (The War of the Worlds)
- 1954: The rebels (The Saracen Blade)
- 1954: City of the Damned (Silver Lode)
- 1957: The Giant Claw attack
- 1961: Pirates of Tortuga (Pirates of Tortuga)
- 1961: Snow White & The Three Stooges
- 1961: General Pfeifendeckel (On the Double)
- 1963: The girl Irma la Douce (Irma la Douce)
Web links
- Edgar Barrier in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Edgar Barrier | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved April 24, 2018 .
- ^ Edgar Barrier (1907-1964) - Find A Grave Memorial. Retrieved April 24, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barrier, Edgar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 1964 |
| Place of death | Hollywood , California |