Barry MacKay
Born: 1906-01-08 in London, England, UK
Died: 1985-12-12
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barry MacKay (8 January 1906 – 12 December 1985) was a British actor. He was most prominently seen in light comedic roles in the British cinema of the 1930s and is perhaps best known as Jessie Matthews' leading man in Evergreen (1934), Gangway (1937) and Sailing Along (1938). Other notable roles include Lieutenant Somerville in Brown on Resolution (1935) and as Fred, Scrooge's nephew, in MGM's film A Christmas Carol (1938), the latter being one of two films he made in the US; the other was the lead role in a B-picture, Smuggled Cargo (1939). After these films and serving in the Canadian navy during WW II, followed by stage work, there was a long gap in his film career until he reappeared as a character actor in the 1950s, making his last film (Timeslip a.k.a. The Atomic Man ) in 1955. Barry also appeared in the 1954 Sheldon Reynolds produced Sherlock Holmes television series. He portrayed Reggie "Sardines" Taunton in episode 17; "The Case of the Laughing Mummy".
Filmography
1955
- MGM Parade as Self
- Timeslip as Inspector Hammond
1954
- Sherlock Holmes
- Orders Are Orders as R.S.M. Benson
1953
- Knights of the Round Table as Green Knight's Squire (uncredited)
- Grand National Night as Sergeant Gibson
1952
- The Pickwick Papers as Mr. Snubbins
1939
- Smuggled Cargo as Gerry Clayton
1938
- A Christmas Carol as Scrooge's Nephew Fred
- Sailing Along as Steve Barnes
- It Might Be You as Tom
- Who Killed John Savage? as Anthony Benedict
1937
- The Great Barrier as Steve
- Gangway as Bob Deering
- Glamorous Night as Anthony Allan
1935
- Brown on Resolution as Lt. Somerville
- Oh, Daddy! as Jimmy Ellison
- Me and Marlborough as Dick Welch
- The Private Secretary as Douglas Cattermole
1934
- Passing Shadows as Jim Lawrence
- Forbidden Territory as Michael Farringdon
- Evergreen as Tommy Thompson
- The Private Life of Don Juan as Rodrigo, the Impostor, a Man of Romance