Biography
Ivor Barry (12 April 1919 β 12 December 2006) was a Welsh film and television actor.
Born in South Wales, Barry served with the British Royal Artillery during World War II and completed his university studies prior to beginning his acting career. After bit parts in England, he moved to Canada in the early 1950s where he also wrote and adapted scripts for radio as well acting in television. He eventually moved to Hollywood in the 1960s, and made many television and film appearances over the next 25 years.
He played the part of Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) and Chet (Bill Paxton) Donnelly's grandfather in the 1985 film Weird Science.
Barry's television appearances included Bonanza, Daniel Boone, Bewitched, Hawaii Five-O, Mission: Impossible, The Six Million Dollar Man, Fantasy Island, Punky Brewster, and Highway to Heaven.
He died of heart failure in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, on 12 December 2006, aged 87.
Filmography
all 58
TV Shows 34
Movies 24
Producer 1
Jake and the Fatman (1987)
Weird Science (1985)
Crazy like a Fox (1984)
Highway to Heaven (1984)
Punky Brewster (1984)
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
The A-Team (1983)
Matt Houston (1982)
Hotel (1982)
The Gossip Columnist (1980)
The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977)
The Rockford Files (1974)
The Dove (1974)
Lost in the Stars (1974)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974)
Herbie Rides Again (1974)
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
Death Race (1973)
The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
Bridget Loves Bernie (1972)
Gidget Gets Married (1972)
Do You Take This Stranger? (1971)
Assault on the Wayne (1971)
The Young Rebels (1970)
The Lawyer (1970)
McCloud (1970)
Daughter of the Mind (1969)
Love, American Style (1969)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1969)
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969)
The Thousand Plane Raid (1969)
Fear No Evil (1969)
Here's Lucy (1968)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
In Enemy Country (1968)
Mannix (1967)
Judd for the Defense (1967)
The Flying Nun (1967)
The Scorpio Letters (1967)
The King's Pirate (1967)
Ironside (1967)
Mission: Impossible (1966)
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966)
That Girl (1966)
The F.B.I. (1965)
Laredo (1965)
Green Acres (1965)
Seaway (1965)
Moment of Truth (1965)
Daniel Boone (1964)
Bewitched (1964)
Nobody Waved Goodbye (1964)
David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker (1964)
Robert Baldwin: A Matter Of Principle (1961)
The Unforeseen (1958)
Wolfe and Montcalm (1957)
Scarlett Hill
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GenderMale
Birthday1919-04-12
Deathday2006-12-12 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceMerthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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