Bruno Barnabe
Born: 1905-04-03 in St. Giles, Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
Died: 1998-06-20
Known For: Acting
Biography
Barnabe was born in St Giles, London on 3 April 1905 to Tina (née Bendi) and Louis Vincent Barnabe. He married Avice Landone, who died in 1976. He trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where he studied mime under Theodore Komisarjevsky. Barnabe served with the British Armed Forces from 1942 through 1946. He died in June 1998. Barnabe appeared in films as early as 1927 and appeared on television as early as 1937. He appeared on numerous television shows throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including Maigret, Danger Island, The Troubleshooters and Jesus of Nazareth. Films in which Barnabe acted include Man in the Shadow (1957), Pit of Darkness (1961), The Mummy's Shroud (1967), and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977). He also appeared in a television adaptation of King Richard the Second in 1978.
Filmography
1979
- Minder as Mario
1978
- Richard II as Abbot of Westminster
1977
- Jesus of Nazareth as Ezra
- Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger as Balsora
1976
- The Message as Umaya
1974
- Father Brown as Buller
1973
- Centre Play as Mr Brown
1972
1971
- The Persuaders! as Maitre de
- This Body Is Mine as Harvey
1967
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as Ispettore di Polizia
- The Mummy's Shroud as Pharaoh
1966
- Arrivederci, Baby! as Head Waiter
1965
- The Mask of Janus as Secony
1964
- Story Parade as Dr. Mudie
1962
- The Saint as Inspector Manteolli
- Outbreak of Murder
1961
- The Avengers as Farrar
- Five Golden Hours as Cesare
- Pit of Darkness as Bruno
1960
- Maigret
- Counter-Attack as Mr. Prout
1959
- No Hiding Place
- Interpol Calling as Capt. Dekker
- International Detective as Jacotinski
- Carlton-Browne of the F.O. as Maître d'
- Doctor Kabil as Dr. Gerard
1958
- Ivanhoe as Rinaldo
1957
- Sailor of Fortune as Brigadier Peter Kleber
- Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! as Head waiter
- King's Rhapsody as Chief Revolutionary
1956
- The Buccaneers as Capt. Gomez
- Hancock's Half Hour
- The Tamer Tamed as Christopher Sly
1955
- Portrait of Alison as Italian Detective
1949
- The Last Supper as Leonardo da Vinci
1937
- Landslide as Bert White
1936
- Beloved Impostor as Policeman
- Ball at Savoy as Train Conductor