Occupation Actor Children Pamela Barnard Role Film actor | Name Ivor Barnard Years active 1909-1953 | |
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Born 13 June 1887 ( 1887-06-13 ) Marylebone, London Died June 30, 1953, Westminster, United Kingdom Great grandchildren Truan Munro, Natalia Munro Movies Beat the Devil, The Importance of Being, The Queen of Spades, Sea Devils, Time Gentlemen - Please! Similar People Maurice Elvey, Guy Green, Thorold Dickinson, Anthony Asquith, Humphrey Bogart | ||
Grandchildren David Munro, Tim Munro | ||
Ivor Barnard (13 June 1887 – 30 June 1953) was an English stage, radio and film actor. He was an original member of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, where he was a notable Shylock and Caliban. He was the original Water Rat in the first London production of A. A. Milne's "Toad of Toad Hall". In 1929 he appeared on stage as Blanquet, in "Bird in Hand" at the Morosco Theatre in New York, after a successful run in the London's West End (Laurence Olivier was the young juvenile). The part had been specially written for him by John Drinkwater.
He appeared in 84 films between 1921 and 1953. He appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film The 39 Steps in 1935. In 1943, he played the stationmaster in the Ealing war film Undercover. He also appeared as Wemmick in David Lean's Great Expectations (1946), and as the Chairman of the Workhouse, in Lean's film Oliver Twist (1948). One of his last film appearances was as the murderer Major Jack Ross in John Huston's Beat the Devil (1953) with Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre.
Filmography
Actor
1953
Beat the Devil as
Maj. Jack Ross
1953
Malta Story as
Old Man in Food Queue (uncredited)
1953
Sea Devils as
Benson
1952
Hot Ice as
Edwin Carson
1952
A Cradle of Willow (TV Movie) as
Master Clampett
1952
Time, Gentlemen, Please! as
Timothy Crouch
1952
The Importance of Being Earnest as
Conductor (uncredited)
1951
For the Children (TV Series) as
Martin
- Where Love Is (1951) - Martin
1951
Hell Is Sold Out as
Taxi Driver
1951
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series) as
Mr. Booth
- The Voysey Inheritance (1951) - Mr. Booth
1950
Madeleine as
Mr. Murdoch
1949
Paper Orchid as
Eustace Crabb
1949
The Queen of Spades as
Bookseller
1948
Sin of Esther Waters as
Randal
1948
Dulcimer Street as
Mr. Justice Plymme
1948
Oliver Twist as
Chairman Of The Board
1948
So Evil My Love as
Mr. Watson
1947
Mrs. Fitzherbert as
Rev. Burt
1947
So Well Remembered as
Spivey
1947
The Grand Escapade as
Fisherman
1946
Great Expectations as
Mr. Wemmick
1946
Appointment with Crime as
Jonah Crackle
1945
What Do We Do Now? as
Ted Goof
1945
Caesar and Cleopatra as
2nd. Nobleman
1945
The Wicked Lady as
Clergyman
1945
Query as
Woody
1945
Vacation from Marriage as
Chemist (uncredited)
1945
Great Day as
Bailiff
1944
Don't Take It to Heart! as
Bus-Driver
1944
Her Man Gilbey as
Mr. Quill
1944
Hotel Reserve as
P. Molon - the chemist [druggist]
1943
The New Lot (Short) as
Photographer (uncredited)
1943
Up with the Lark as
Man in Cell next to Ethel and Gracie / Man with Lantern in Graveyard / Gracie's Dance Partner / ...
1943
Escape to Danger as
Henry Waud
1943
Underground Guerrillas as
Station Master
1943
The Silver Fleet as
Admiral
1941
The Saint's Vacation as
Emil
1941
Quiet Wedding as
Bass (uncredited)
1940
The House of the Arrow as
Jean Cladel
1940
The Stars Look Down as
Wept
1939
Eye Witness (Short)
1939
Oh Dear Uncle! (Short) as
Uncle Goodman
1939
The Ringer (TV Movie) as
Samuel Hackitt
1939
Cheer Boys Cheer as
Naseby
1939
One Night, One Day... (TV Movie) as
Johnny
1939
The Silver Box (TV Movie) as
Clerk of the Court
1939
Passion, Poison and Petrifaction (TV Movie) as
The Doctor
1939
The Chance of a Lifetime (TV Movie) as
Corky Legg, a one-legged gossip
1939
The Coffin (TV Movie) as
Will Endicott
1939
Katharine and Petruchio (TV Movie) as
Grumio
1939
False Rapture as
Dissatisfied Diner (uncredited)
1939
Bees on the Boat-Deck (TV Movie) as
Fletherington
1938
Everything Happens to Me as
Martin
1938
What a Man! as
Mayor
1938
The Ringer (TV Movie) as
Samuel Hackitt
1938
The White Chateau (TV Movie) as
Private Waters / Private Cossington
1938
Pygmalion as
Sarcastic Bystander
1938
Rococo (TV Short) as
The Rev. Simon Underwood (1939 version)
1938
Bird in Hand (TV Movie) as
Mr. Blanquet
1938
Black Magic (TV Movie) as
Forbes
1938
The Beautiful One (TV Movie) as
Haya
1937
Victoria the Great as
Assassin
1937
Double Exposures as
Mather
1937
Storm in a Teacup as
Watkins
1937
Farewell to Cinderella as
Mr. Temperley
1937
I Married a Spy as
Baldhead
1936
The Mill on the Floss as
Mr. Moss
1936
The House of the Spaniard as
Mott
1936
Dreams Come True (uncredited)
1936
The Man Behind the Mask as
Hewitt
1935
Foreign Affaires as
Count
1935
Mister Hobo as
Vagrant (uncredited)
1935
Someday as
Hope
1935
The 39 Steps as
Political Meeting Chairman (uncredited)
1935
The Village Squire as
Mr. Worsford
1935
The Price of Wisdom as
Mr. Pollit
1934
Death at a Broadcast as
Joseph Higgins (uncredited)
1934
Brides to Be as
John Boyle
1934
Alexandra as
Ivanoff
1934
Love, Life & Laughter as
Troubetski
1933
The Wandering Jew as
Castro
1933
The Roof as
Arthur Stannard
1933
Sleeping Car as
Durand
1933
Waltz Time as
Falke, the Bat
1933
The Crime at Blossoms as
A late visitor
1933
The Good Companions as
Eric Tipstead
1932
Blind Spot as
Mull
1932
Illegal as
Albert
1931
Sally in Our Alley as
Tod Small
1931
The Skin Game as
Man at Auction (uncredited)
1921
The Skin Game as
Dawker
Archive Footage
2000
A Profile of 'Oliver Twist' (Video documentary short) as
Chairman Of The Board (uncredited)
1939
A People Eternal as
Castro
References
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