Jered Barclay

Jered Barclay was an American actor who also directed theater and coached acting. Born in Seattle, he began in vaudeville at age three and toured with the Clyde Beatty Circus by twelve. His first feature came in 1957 with the teen drama Untamed Youth, followed by the Western Gun Fever (1958) and the science fiction movie War of the Satellites (1958). In 1962 he moved to New York City, acting Off-Broadway in Edward Albee's The Zoo Story and The American Dream, then at the Phoenix Theatre in Next Time I'll Sing to You. He later took Broadway roles in A Patriot for Me (1969) and Marat/Sade (1963). From the 1970s he did voice work for Hanna Barbera shows including The Smurfs and Foofur, and in 1974 he directed Sextet on Broadway. He taught acting and had a role in Howling VI: The Freaks (1991) before his last screen role, in Ken Russell's drama Whore.