Richard Barclay

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Richard Barclay (* 1931 - October 16, 2017 in New York City ) was an American singer , actor , dancer , film director and film producer who was nominated for an Oscar in 1973 .

biography

Barclay began his work in the film business as a dancer with Mitzi Gaynor and Lisa Kirk. The trio performed in clubs. In the Broadway production How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying , he stepped in for Darryl Hickman who was unable to work as J. Pierrepont Finch. He then played the role of Albert Peterson in the touring production Bye Bye Birdie . His partners were Chita Rivera and Brenda Lee . He also performed with Nanette Fabray in No, No, Nanette and with Carole Cook in Kismet .

In the late 1960s he played with Eileen Fulton in a regional theater production of the musical Lili ( Carnival in the original ), which was conceived by Bob Merrill based on a book by Michael Stewart . Fulton played Lili and Barclay Paul Berthalet, a lonely and embittered puppeteer who was crippled because of a war injury and fell in love with Lili. It was the beginning of a long lasting friendship with Eileen Fulton.

In the early 1970s, Barclay and Bob Deubel founded Concepts Unlimited, which was responsible for several documentaries and short films that were produced by Concepts. In 1972 Barclay produced the short documentary film Norman Rockwell's World… An American Dream about the American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell , which won an Oscar . Together with Deubel he also produced the documentary The American Woman: Portraits of Courage in 1976 with Patricia Neal as narrator and Walter Abel as judge, Jonelle Allen as Rosa Parks and Helen Gallagher as Mary Harris Jones. The Halloween That Almost Wasn't about Dracula , a 1979 short film, was another project that Barclay realized. Together with Deubel, he produced the mystery thriller Girls Nite Out in 1982 , in which a murderer dressed as a dancing bear causes a bloodbath in a remote college in Ohio. In 1983 Barclay produced Verse Person Singular with Richard Kiley , an episode of the PBS series American Playhouse . In it, Kiley embodies various characters that he immortalized in familiar poems. The TV documentary Aids: Everything You an Your Family Needs to Know… But Were Afraid to Ask , which won a CableACE Award, was made in 1987.

In the 1990s, Barclay was again active in nightclubs, where he appeared in several cabaret shows. He also took care of Eileen Fulton's cabaret appearances, with the performance Do not Tell Mama being the focus, and directed Richard Holbrook's cabaret shows, for which Holbrooks was nominated three times for the "MAC Award". Barclay was also active in the organization Career Bridges, which helps young opera singers start their careers.

Richard Barclay died on October 16, 2017 at Mount Sinai St. Luke's Hospital after battling pancreatic cancer for eight months. He was 86 years old.

Filmography (selection)

producer

  • 1970: Replay (short film)
  • 1972: Norman Rockwell's World… An American Dream (short documentary film)
  • 1976: The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (documentary)
  • 1979: The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (TV short)
    produced by Concepts Unlimited
  • 1982: Girls Nite Out
  • 1982: PT Barnum & His Human Oddities
  • 1983: American Playhouse (TV series; episode Verse Person Singular )
  • 1983: Strippers
  • 1984: Those Fabulous Clowns
  • 1987: Aids: Everything You and Your Family Needs to Know… But Were Afraid to Ask
    (TV documentary)

Awards

year Award Category, work along with Result
1973 Oscar "Best Short Film" : Norman Rockwell's World ... An American Dream Won
1980 Primetime Emmy Awards "Best Short Film": The Halloween That Almost Wasn't Gaby Monet Nominated
1989 CableACE Awards Educational and teaching options: Aids: Everything You an Your Family Needs to Know… But Were Afraid to Ask Gaby Monet Won

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Richard Barclay 1931–2017 sS cabaretscenes.org (English)
  2. ↑ The 45th Academy Awards | 1973 sS oscars.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Barclay, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer, actor, dancer, film director, and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1931
DATE OF DEATH 16th October 2017
Place of death New York City , United States