Barry Jones
Biography
Born on Guernsey, Barry Jones built a stage career largely around the plays of Bernard Shaw, which he performed in Britain, Canada and the United States. He made his first stage appearance at the Grand Theatre in Leeds in 1921 with Frank Benson's company, then toured North America before reaching New York. From 1928 he and Maurice Colbourne toured a repertory heavy with Shaw. He made his London debut in 1931 in The Queen's Husband, and later West End work included Glamorous Night and The Browning Version. On screen from the 1930s into the mid 1960s he usually played supporting parts, among them William Brewster in Plymouth Adventure (1952), though he took a rare leading role as the villain in Seven Days to Noon (1950). His television work included Hallmark Hall of Fame and The Saint.
88years old at death
- Born Guernsey
- Died Guernsey
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Barry Cuthbert Jones
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 33 years1932 to 1965
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First role
Jones made his first stage appearance in March 1921 at the Grand Theatre, Leeds, playing the Clerk of the Court in The Merchant of Venice with Sir Frank Benson's company.
A change of course
In 1928 Jones became partners with Maurice Colbourne. For three years after that, the pair toured Canada and the United States, and their repertory was mostly made up of plays by Bernard Shaw.
First role
Jones took over the management of the Ambassadors Theatre with Colbourne in 1931, the same year he made his London debut.
A role that slipped away
In 1936, Barry Jones took over from Ralph Richardson as Emile Delbar in Promise, a play written by Henri Bernstein.
A role that slipped away
At the Phoenix in March 1949, Jones took over from Eric Portman as Andrew Crocker-Harris in The Browning Version, a Terence Rattigan play, and also as Arthur Gosport in Harlequinade.
Barry Jones movies on Netflix
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Ralph Thomas directed two of these films. Seven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Ralph ThomasDirector, 2 films, 1950 to 1959
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Also two films together1 more actor
- Garry MarshDancing with Crime (1947) and Number Seventeen (1932)
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