Biography
Ivor Barnard (13 June 1887 β 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 London's West End (Laurence Olivier was the juvenile). The part had been specially written for him by John Drinkwater.He appeared in more than 80 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
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Beat the Devil (1953)
Malta Story (1953)
Sea Devils (1953)
Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Hell Is Sold Out (1951)
Paper Orchid (1949)
The Queen of Spades (1949)
London Belongs to Me (1948)
So Evil My Love (1948)
Oliver Twist (1948)
Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947)
Great Expectations (1946)
Appointment with Crime (1946)
What Do We Do Now? (1946)
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
The Wicked Lady (1945)
Great Day (1945)
Don't Take It to Heart (1944)
English Without Tears (1944)
Hotel Reserve (1944)
Escape to Danger (1943)
Undercover (1943)
The Silver Fleet (1943)
The New Lot (1943)
The Coffin (1939)
Pygmalion (1939)
Bees on the Boat-Deck (1939)
Victoria the Great (1937)
Double Exposures (1937)
Secret Lives (1937)
The Guv'nor (1935)
The Price of Wisdom (1935)
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Village Squire (1935)
Death at Broadcasting House (1934)
Love, Life and Laughter (1934)
The Wandering Jew (1933)
Sleeping Car (1933)
The Crime at Blossoms (1933)
The Good Companions (1933)
The Roof (1933)
Illegal (1932)
Sally in Our Alley (1931)
The Skin Game (1931)
A Profile of 'Oliver Twist'
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GenderMale
Birthday1887-06-13
Deathday1953-06-30 (66 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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