Eric Barclay

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Eric Barclay (born November 17, 1894 in Lilla Malma , Södermanland Province , Sweden , † January 14, 1938 in Bälinge near Uppsala , Sweden) was a Swedish actor .

Life

Barclay was born Erik Altberg (Alsberg) in the Södermanland province in eastern Sweden. His parents urged him to get a solid professional education. He therefore initially studied law . During his studies, however, he already played theater; Barclay had developed a strong affinity for the theater since his youth. Swedish actors encouraged Barclay, so he finally decided to become an actor entirely.

As its first film appearance, the film database IMDb has the short film L'inconnue (1917), directed by Jacques de Baroncelli . Barclay's actual film career began in Great Britain in 1920 with the feature film Enchantment (1920/1921; London Film Productions) directed by Einar Bruun . In it he played the role of Charles Stuart; he embodied the son of a smuggler who saved the daughter of a drunkard from entering the monastery. This was followed by other films in Great Britain directed by Einar Bruun: Judge Not (1920; opposite Fay Compton ) and The Corner Man (1921), with Hugh E. Wright for Clarendon Films. In France he played several times in films by Jacques de Baroncelli in the early 1920s. Baroncelli entrusted him with leading roles as a handsome, youthful lover. In Le Rêve (1921), a literary film adaptation of the novel by Émile Zola , he played Felicien d'Hautecoeur, the son of a bishop who loves the young Angelique. Contemporary reviews singled out Barclays "excellent" play; he played the role "with great skill and emotion".

In the film Le carillon de minuit (1922) he had a leading role as Neel; he embodied one of the two rival pigeon fanciers and the fiancé of the sister of his competitor Fred Beyart. In La Légende de soeur Beatrix (1923) he took on the male lead of Count Jehan de Gormond; he was the childhood sweetheart of the heroine Soeur Beatrix, who leaves the monastery to follow her lover. In the silent film La flambee des reves (1924) he played René Germain, the childhood friend of the female heroine Claire, who was married to a much older husband. In the 1921 film Roger la Honte , he played as Raymond de Noirville in the second part of the film, which plays ten years after the main plot of the first part of the film, the son of the defense attorney Lucien de Noirville, who becomes the daughter of the defendant Roger Laroque in love, whom his father once defended.

In 1925 Barclay shot again in Great Britain. In the feature film The Toys of Paris (1925), he played, alongside Lili Damita , a young British bohemian and playboy who married a young dancer who eventually gave up her career as an artist for his sake. Barclay then made several films in Germany (from 1925) . Alongside Great Britain and France, Germany became Barclays' third major field of activity as a silent film actor. In the silent film The Three Cuckoo Clocks (1926) he played the role of the rich Lord Ernest Clifton. Barclay achieved particular fame through his participation as Duke of Parma in Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau 's classic silent film Faust - a German folk tale (1926); his partner as Duchess of Parma was Hanna Ralph . In the German-French co-production The Burning Ship (1927) he played the adolescent lover Robert d'Arcy, the son of the owner of a glassworks.

Barclay's other films in Germany were The Secret of Geneva (1927), The Hell of Montmartre (1927/1928), Who Invented Divorce (1928) and Stories from the Vienna Woods (1928; as Rudi von Wiesberg).

From the early 1930s, Barclay mainly filmed in his native Sweden. His last role in a film dates back to 1934 in the Swedish comedy film Kungliga Johansson (as envoy and consul Enrique Belasco). There is no evidence of any other film work by Barclay after 1934.

Barclay died at the age of 43 in January 1938 in Bälinge (Uppland), Uppland Province.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1917: L'inconnue (short film)
  • 1920: Enchantment
  • 1920: Judge Not
  • 1921: The Corner Man
  • 1921: Le rêve (adaptation of a novel)
  • 1921/1924: Roger La Honte
  • 1922: Le carillon de minuit
  • 1923: La légende de soeur Béatrix
  • 1923: La flambée des rêves
  • 1925: The Toys of Paris
  • 1926: Faust - a German folk tale
  • 1926: The three cuckoo clocks
  • 1927: The burning ship
  • 1927: The Secret of Geneva
  • 1927/1928: The hell of Montmartre
  • 1928: Who invented cutting
  • 1928: Stories from the Vienna Woods
  • 1930: Charlotte Löwensköld
  • 1931: Hans Majestät får vänta
  • 1934: Kungliga Johansson

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Jacques Belot: Eric Barclay in: Cinea , No. 88 of March 13, 1923, p. 8.
  2. ^ Berthet Jacques et Raymond: "Le Rêve" in: Filma , 13th year, no. 83, 1. – 15. March 1921.
  3. ↑ Croze Jean-Louis "Du livre à l'écran: Le Rêve" in: Comoedia , February 23, 1921
  4. ↑ ROGER-LA-HONTE ( Memento of October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 6.5 MB) in: Cine pour Tous ; September 22, 1922, p. 10. In the IMDb, Barclays role name is incorrectly given as Roger de Noirville; however, the correct role name is Raymond de Noirville.
  5. ↑ The three cuckoo clocks cast, production details and plot (official website of the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation); Retrieved October 25, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Barclay, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Altberg, Erik (maiden name); Alsberg, Erik (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Lilla Malma , Södermanland Province , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1938
Place of death Bälinge near Uppsala , Sweden