Dave Barry (actor)

Dave Barry (actor)
Born	(1918-08-26)August 26, 1918 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	Beverly Hills, Los Angeles California , U.S.
Occupation	Radio, stage, film, and television actor and performer
Years active	1938 – 2001
Spouse(s)	Virginia Barry (married ? -2001, his death; 5 children)

Dave Barry (August 26, 1918 in New York, New York City – August 16, 2001 in Beverly Hills, California) was an American actor, comedian, entertainer and radio moderator.

Life and career

Dave Barry began his show career in younger years at the radio and he was connected with radio for the rest of his career. His first film was the animated cartoon Mother Goose Goes Hollywood, in which he imitated several Hollywood stars, including Humphrey Bogart, whom Barry also imitated in several other films and shows. He provided several voices for several Capitol Records children's albums in the 1950s like Bugs Bunny, Merrie Melodies, Pink Panther, Popeye the Sailor, Roland and Rattfink and Sniffles. In Las Vegas, he worked many years for many of the top performers, such as Wayne Newton.

At the end of the 1940s, Barry began also to play with his body in some films and television shows. He played with the unknown Marilyn Monroe in the B-movie Ladies of the Chorus (1948), and eleven years later he played again with Monroe: He appeared as the bumbling band manager Beinstock in Billy Wilder's comedy Some Like It Hot (1959), probably his most famous role. He also played in such television series as 87th Precinct, Green Acres, The Monkees, Get Smart, I Dream of Jeannie, Emergency!, and in his final role as Jack Brice in the 1978 episode "High Rollers" of CBS's Flying High. In 1963, Barry was cast as Harry in the episode "Has Anyone Seen Eddie?" of ABC's Going My Way, with Gene Kelly, an adaptation of the 1944 film of the same name.

Barry also worked as an entertainer and comedian for many years, he appeared with Wayne Newton in Las Vegas Barry was father of five children and was married to his wife, Virginia, until his cancer death in 2001.

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1938	Mother Goose Goes Hollywood	Groucho Marx Eddie Cantor Spencer Tracy Hugh Herbert Ned Sparks Joe Penner Charles Laughton W.C. Fields Charlie McCarthy Edward G. Robinson Joe E. Brown Oliver Hardy	Uncredited Voice
1940	Malibu Beach Party	Ned Sparks	Uncredited Voice
1941	Hollywood Steps Out	Cary Grant Clark Gable James Cagney Bing Crosby Lewis Stone Ned Sparks Groucho Marx	Uncredited Voice
1942	Seein' Red, White 'N' Blue	Bluto	Uncredited Voice
1946	Bacall to Arms	Bogey Gocart	Uncredited Voice
	Hush My House	Edward G. Robincat	Uncredited Voice
1947	Slick Hare	Humphrey Bogart	Uncredited Voice
1948	Embraceable You	The Comic	Uncredited
	Ladies of the Chorus	Ripple the Decorator	Uncredited
1950	8 Ball Bunny	Humphrey Bogart	Uncredited Voice
1955	High Society	Palumbo the Pianist
1957	The Shadow on the Window	Miller	Uncredited
	Four Girls in Town	Vince
1958	Pre-Hysterical Hare	Elmer Fudd / Elmer Fuddstone	Uncredited Voice
1959	Some Like it Hot	Beinstock
1965	Pinkfinger	Spy	Voice
1966	Spinout	Harry
1969	The Deadwood Thunderball	Rattfink	Voice

External links

• Dave Barry at the Internet Movie Database