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Occupation
  
Former actor

Spouse
  
Jorunn Coe

Role
  

Name
  
Barry Coe

Years active
  
1955–1978

Children
  
William Shea Coe

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Full Name
  
Barry Clark Heacock

Born
  
November 26, 1934 (age 89) (
1934-11-26
)

Parents
  
Jean Elizabeth Shea, Francis Elmer "Frank" Heacock

Movies
  
The 300 Spartans, Peyton Place, Jaws 2, The Bravados, Fantastic Voyage

Similar People
  
Rudolph Mate, David Farrar, Terry Moore, James B Clark, Albert Salmi

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Barry S. Coe (born November 26, 1934) is an American actor who appeared in film and on television from 1956-1978. Many of his motion pictures parts were minor, but he co-starred in one series, Follow the Sun, which aired on ABC during the 1961-1962 season, and also played the recognizable "Mr. Goodwrench" on TV commercials in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Barry Coe flys his RC Auster for the first time.


Life and career

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Born Barry Clark Heacock, his name was changed to Joseph Spalding Coe when his mother Jean Elizabeth Shea married Joseph Spalding Coe Sr. (Ellsworth Spaulding9, Edwin Delos8, Orris Kirkland7, Seth6, Ephraim5, Ephraim4, John3, Robert2, Robert1) in 1940 in Los Angeles. His father Francis Elmer "Frank" Heacock, a writer and publicist for Warner Brothers, was killed in an auto accident in North Hollywood, CA, April 5, 1940.

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Coe attended the University of Southern California and was discovered by a talent scout during a trip with his fraternity to Palm Springs in the mid-1950s. Thereafter he was signed under contract for 20th Century Fox as an actor.

Coe's first film appearance was as Mr. Davis in Elvis Presley's Love Me Tender in 1956. The next year he played the lustful Rodney Harrington in the original Peyton Place film, based on the bestselling Grace Metalious 1956 novel of the same name. In 1958, he appeared in The Bravados, and in 1959, he was cast in But Not for Me.

In 1960, Coe secured a Golden Globe award for the Most Promising Newcomer - Male, along with James Shigeta, Troy Donahue, and George Hamilton.

In 1961 Coe and Brett Halsey played magazine writers Paul Templin and Ben Gregory, respectively, with Gary Lockwood as their researcher, Eric Jason on the ABC television network series Follow the Sun from September 17, 1961, through April 8, 1962. The program was set in Honolulu, Hawaii, and the writers often ventured into private detective work. Despite some memorable episodes, Follow the Sun was cancelled after twenty-nine segments.

After Follow the Sun folded, Coe guest starred in 1962 on the first episode of the fourth season of NBC's Western series Bonanza. He portrayed ranch hand Clay Stafford, who reveals himself to be the "fifth" Cartwright, a half brother to Little Joe (Michael Landon) via their mother Marie. Although stepfather Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and Joe take Clay at his word, the other Cartwright brothers, Hoss (Dan Blocker) and Adam (Pernell Roberts) are skeptical and intend to investigate Clay's claim. The episode called "The First Born" could have introduced Coe as a new cast member. Entertainment writer Hal Ericson reported that friction (i.e. job security) on the set caused Bonanza producers to stick with the three brothers.

In 1960, Coe appeared as Stu Christian in One Foot in Hell with Alan Ladd and Don Murray, the story of a man whose wife dies because he could not afford medication that cost $1.87. He was Phylon in The 300 Spartans in 1962. In 1966, he appeared as an unnamed communications aide in Fantastic Voyage and as Walt Kilby in The Cat. He starred as Fred Saunders in Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls in 1973 and as an unnamed reporter in Gregory Peck's MacArthur in 1977. His last film role was as diving instructor Tom Andrews in Jaws 2 in 1978. He had a brief stint as Joel Stratton in the ABC soap opera General Hospital in 1974. There were other television appearances too, including ABC's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, NBC's Bracken's World, and CBS's Mission: Impossible starring Peter Graves.

From the late 1970s into the early 1980s, Coe was "Mr. Goodwrench" in television advertising for a chain of national auto parts stores under General Motors.

Coe is married to the former Jorunn Kristiansen, who was a Norwegian beauty queen in the 1950s and now a painter (born 1940). Their son is William Shea Coe (born 1966). In the 1980s, Barry Coe's daughter attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Barry Coe had a side business in nutritional supplements—Adventures in Nutrition; labels for the containers were printed by Joe Faust. He lived in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California for several years.

Filmography

Actor
1978
Jaws 2 as
Andrews
1977
ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series) as
Harvey's Father
- The Pinballs (1977) - Harvey's Father
1977
MacArthur as
Television Reporter
1976
Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (TV Mini Series) as
TV Newsman
- Part IV (1976) - TV Newsman
1976
El hombre desnudo
1975
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) as
Steve
- Murray in Love (1975) - Steve
1973
The Oval Portrait as
Joseph Hudson
1973
Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls as
Fred Saunders
1972
One Minute Before Death as
Paul Howard
1971
The Seven Minutes as
Court Clerk (uncredited)
1971
Mission: Impossible (TV Series) as
Bob Willard
- The Missile (1971) - Bob Willard
1970
Bracken's World (TV Series) as
Assistant Director
- Will Freddy's Real Father Please Stand Up? (1970) - Assistant Director
- Infinity (1970) - Assistant Director
- Hey, Gringo- Hey, Pocho (1970) - Assistant Director
- Together Again, for the Last Time (1970) - Assistant Director
- Jenny, Who Bombs Buildings (1970) - Assistant Director
- Diffusion (1970) - Assistant Director
- Papa Never Spanked Me (1970) - Assistant Director
- A Perfect Piece of Casting (1970) - Assistant Director
1966
Fantastic Voyage as
Communications Aide
1966
The Cat as
Walt Kilby
1966
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) as
Balter
- The Monster's Web (1966) - Balter
1965
A Letter to Nancy as
Pastor Bob Allen
1963
General Hospital (TV Series) as
Joel Stratton
1962
Bonanza (TV Series) as
Clay Stafford
- The First Born (1962) - Clay Stafford
1962
The 300 Spartans as
Phylon
1961
Follow the Sun (TV Series) as
Ben Gregory
- Chalk One Up for Johnny (1962) - Ben Gregory
- Run, Clown, Run (1962) - Ben Gregory
- Not Aunt Charlotte! (1962) - Ben Gregory
- A Ghost in Her Gazebo (1962) - Ben Gregory (credit only)
- The Inhuman Equation (1962) - Ben Gregory
- Marine of the Month (1962) - Ben Gregory
- A Choice of Weapons (1962) - Ben Gregory
- The Irresistible Miss Bullfinch (1962) - Ben Gregory
- Annie Beeler's Place (1962) - Ben Gregory
- The Dumbest Blonde (1962) - Ben Gregory
- Sergeant Kolchak Fades Away (1962) - Ben Gregory (credit only)
- Ghost Story (1962) - Ben Gregory
- The Last of the Big Spenders (1962) - Ben Gregory
- Chicago Style (1962) - Ben Gregory (credit only)
- The Girl from the Brandenburg Gate (1961) - Ben Gregory
- Mele Kalikimaka to You (1961) - Ben Gregory
- The Far End of Nowhere (1961) - Ben Gregory
- Conspiracy of Silence (1961) - Ben Gregory
- The Primitive Clay (1961) - Ben Gregory
- Night Song (1961) - Ben Gregory
- Little Girl Lost (1961) - Ben Gregory
- The Hunters (1961) - Ben Gregory
- The Longest Crap Game in History (1961) - Ben Gregory (credit only)
- Another Part of the Jungle (1961) - Ben Gregory
- Busman's Holiday (1961) - Ben Gregory
- The Woman Who Never Was (1961) - Ben Gregory
- Journey Into Darkness (1961) - Ben Gregory
- The Highest Wall (1961) - Ben Gregory
- Cry Fraud (1961) - Ben Gregory
- A Rage for Justice (1961) - Ben Gregory
1960
The Wizard of Baghdad as
Prince Husan
1960
One Foot in Hell as
Stu Christian
1959
But Not for Me as
Gordon Reynolds
1959
A Private's Affair as
Jerry Morgan
1958
The Bravados as
Tom
1958
Thundering Jets as
Capt. 'Cotton' Davis
1957
Peyton Place as
Rodney Harrington
1955
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) as
Pappy Creighton / John Apley
- Deep Water (1957) - Pappy Creighton
- The Late George Apley (1955) - John Apley
1956
Love Me Tender as
Mr. Davis
1956
Cheyenne (TV Series) as
Train Passenger
- The Last Train West (1956) - Train Passenger (uncredited)
1956
D-Day the Sixth of June as
Helmsman (uncredited)
1956
On the Threshold of Space as
Communications Officer
1955
How to Be Very, Very Popular as
Student (uncredited)
1955
House of Bamboo as
Captain Hanson's Aide (uncredited)
Soundtrack
1961
Follow the Sun (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Mele Kalikimaka to You (1961) - (performer: "Jingle Bells" - uncredited)
Self
1960
The 17th Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
Archive Footage
2019
Remembering 2019: In Memoriam (TV Special) as
Self / actor

References

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