Barry Jones | |
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.jpg) Jones in The Glass Slipper (1955) | |
| Born | Barry Cuthbert Jones 6 March 1893 |
| Died | 1 May 1981 (aged 88) Guernsey, Channel Islands |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1921–1965 |
Barry Cuthbert Jones (6 March 1893 – 1 May 1981) was an actor seen in British and American films, on American television and on the stage.[1][2]
Jones was born on Guernsey in the Channel Islands in 1893.[3] He started his acting career on the British stage in 1921.[4] He performed in his first film, Shaw's Arms and the Man as Bluntschli in 1932.[5] In 1935, he originated the role of King Stephen in Ivor Novello's stage musical, Glamorous Night.[6]
A character actor in many films, often portraying nobility, he had a starring role in the film Seven Days to Noon.[7] He also played Mr. Lundie in the 1954 film adaptation of Brigadoon, and Polonius in the 1953 U.S. television adaptation of Hamlet.[1] He appeared as Claudius in Demetrius and the Gladiators, a sequel to 20th Century Fox's biblical epic, The Robe.[8] This character was Caligula's uncle and became the new Emperor after Caligula's death.
Jones died at the age of eighty-eight in Guernsey.[1]
