Barry Atwater

Barry Atwater was an American character actor who worked steadily in television from the 1950s into the 1970s. Born in Denver, he led the UCLA Sound Department before moving into acting, and he appeared in a student film, A Time Out of War, which won the 1954 Oscar for best short film. He won a Special Cinema Award in 1958 for his television work. Variety gave positive notice to his work in The Hard Man and The True Story of Jesse James (1957). On television he guest-starred six times on Perry Mason and also appeared on Gunsmoke, One Step Beyond, and Playhouse 90. Later he turned up on The Outer Limits and Night Gallery, and he played the vampire in The Night Stalker (1972), earning praise from the Los Angeles Times. He portrayed Surak on Star Trek, acted on stage, and directed A Slight Ache.