Barry K. Barnes

Actor · 1906 – 1965 · Chelsea, London, England, UK

Barry K. Barnes (born Nelson Barry Mackintosh Barnes; 27 December 1906 – 12 January 1965) was an English film and stage actor. The son of Horatio Nelson Barnes and Anne Mackintosh Barnes, he was born and died in London. He appeared in sixteen films between 1936 and 1947. He played Sir Percy Blakeney in the 1937 film Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel. His film career was cut short in 1947 due to an undiagnosable illness contracted during the war. He was married to actress Diana Churchill, and worked with his wife on stage during the 1940s and 1950s, taking West End revivals of The Admirable Crichton and On Approval on profitable tours.

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Movie4.4
ActionRomance
Sir Percy is forced to return to France one last time, to rescue his wife from the clutches of the sinister Robespierre. It's clearly a trap, but nothing will keep the good Pimpernel from carrying out his mission.
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1937 · 12 votes
Movie6.5
CrimeThriller
An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arise.
Girl in the News
1940 · 7 votes
Movie10.0
MysteryComedy
A British reporter and his wife, on vacation in Paris, run into a gang of counterfeiters.
This Man in Paris
1939 · 1 votes
Movie6.4
MysteryDrama
An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house
The Ware Case
1938 · 5 votes
Movie5.3
MysteryComedy
A newspaper reporter keeps beating the police to clues in a current murder case. This makes the police think he may be involved in the crime.
This Man Is News
1938 · 6 votes
Movie6.7
Adventure
Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released in 1940, war had been declared.
Spies of the Air
1939 · 3 votes
Movie5.3
DramaMystery
Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney, begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, who is really a detective, learns that Bedelia's obsession for money has led her, in the past, to husband-poisoning for the insurance money.
Bedelia
1946 · 10 votes
Movie6.1
CrimeDrama
When his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend involve themselves in the investigation and discover a major criminal operation hiding behind the club's friendly facade.
Dancing with Crime
1947 · 21 votes
Movie7.0
ComedyMusic
An exasperated clerk at a labour exchange tries to find jobs for two idle scroungers.
Dodging the Dole
1936 · 1 votes
Movie6.3
ComedyCrime
On the eve of WWII a young defence lawyer, assisted by his wife, invaigles his way into a gang of foreign saboteurs. Comedy thriller, ably executed by a satisfactory cast.
Law and Disorder
1940 · 3 votes
Movie7.0
War
During the First World War, a number of captured British officers attempt to escape a prisoner-of-war camp.
Who Goes Next?
1938 · 6 votes
Movie6.0
Comedy
Joe Butler, a soccer player whose father is the company chairman, is faced with a difficult choice: should he play the championship match on his father's team or should he play it on his school's team. He chooses wisely and finds love and happiness with a secretary.
Cup-Tie Honeymoon
1948 · 3 votes
Movie9.0
ThrillerDrama
A Film Directed by David MacDonald ....
The Midas Touch
1940 · 1 votes
Movie7.5
CrimeDrama
Suzanne, Renee, Nina and Marta all hate being in prison, being slapped and treated badly, and so all the girls are trying to escape. Madame Appel just causes chaos all the time, with her harsh manners. When Yvonne with her free-thinking ways is put in charge of the school for misbehaving girls, and asks them to tell her their complaints, they don't believe her at first. Yvonne is in love and about to marry the establishment's doctor, and it does not help that one teenage girl falls for him - and is corresponded. It's a hard life for the girls, and for the new female warden.
Prison Without Bars
1938 · 2 votes