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Gene Barry

January 26, 2023

Gene Barry (born Eugene Klass, June 14, 1919 – December 9, 2009) was an American stage, screen, and television actor and singer. Barry is best remembered for his leading roles in the films The Atomic City (1952) and The War of The Worlds (1953) and for his portrayal of the title characters in the TV series Bat Masterson and Burke's Law, among many roles.

Gene Barry
Barry in 1959
Born
Eugene Klass

(1919-06-14)June 14, 1919
New York City, U.S.
DiedDecember 9, 2009(2009-12-09) (aged 90)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeHillside Memorial Park, Culver City
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1942–2005
Spouse
Betty Claire Kalb
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(m. 1944; died 2003)​
Children3

Early life

Barry was born Eugene Klass on June 14, 1919, in New York City, the son of Eva (née Conn) and Martin Klass;[1] all of his grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia.[2] Barry grew up in Brooklyn and attended New Utrecht High School. Barry exhibited early artistic skills with singing and playing violin as a child and later spent two years at the Chatham Square School of Music in Greenwich Village on a scholarship awarded for his vocal ability.

Career

Barry chose his professional name in honor of John Barrymore[3] and made his Broadway debut as Captain Paul Duval in the 1942 revival of Sigmund Romberg's The New Moon. He later portrayed Falke in Rosalinda (1942), Nova Kovich in The Merry Widow (1943), Lieutenant Bunin in Catherine Was Great (1944), Dorante and Comte De Chateau-Gaillard in The Would-Be Gentleman (1946), The Doctor in Happy as Larry (1950), and played a variety of roles in the musical revue Bless You All (1950).

In 1950 Barry began appearing on television with the NBC Television Opera Theatre. In 1955 he appeared on the CBS Television anthology series Appointment with Adventure.

In 1951 Barry was hired for his first movie, in the role of Dr. Frank Addison in The Atomic City (1952). In 1953 he was cast as Dr. Clayton Forrester in the science fiction film The War of the Worlds (1953). (Much later, Barry also made a cameo appearance in Steven Spielberg's remake of War of the Worlds (2005), along with his co-star Ann Robinson from the film of 1953.)

 
Gene Barry as Bat Masterson

When the situation comedy Our Miss Brooks was given a change of format in 1955, Barry was cast in a recurring role as the physical education teacher Gene Talbot, the new romantic interest of series star Eve Arden. The show was canceled in 1956, but Barry's character—a ladies' man with expensive tastes—served as the model for three shows in which he later starred.

Bat Masterson, a fictionalized recounting of the life of the real-life U.S. Marshal, gambler, and gunman (Masterson's life as a writer and bon vivant occurred long after the time-frame featured in the series) was broadcast by NBC-TV from 1958 to 1961. (In 1990 Barry recreated the role of Bat Masterson for two episodes of Guns of Paradise along with Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp and the following year in The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw, also with O'Brian as Wyatt Earp.)

In his next TV series, Burke's Law, Barry played a millionaire homicide investigator who was chauffeured in his Rolls-Royce as he solved crimes. This series was broadcast on ABC-TV from September 20, 1963, to May 5, 1965. For his performance in it, Barry won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 1965. In 1965–66, the final season of the series, the title of the show changed to Amos Burke, Secret Agent.[4] In 1994 a revival of the Burke's Law series returned to television for two seasons on CBS. Barry again played in the title role, this time as a widower working with his son Peter (Peter Barton). According to his co-star Gary Conway, who played Det. Tilson in the original series, the two had a lot of fun, on and off camera, despite having some difficulties with each other.[5] After Conway left the show, he remained friends with Barry until his acting mentor's death.

 
With Robert Stack and Tony Franciosa in The Name of the Game (1968–1971)

Barry's third TV series was The Name of the Game, in which he played the sophisticated publisher of a family of magazines, and was one of three lead characters. The other two lead actors were Robert Stack and Tony Franciosa, who rotated with Barry week by week as the primary character in each week's program. This series was shown by NBC from 1968 to 1971. One of the magazines that Barry's character published was called People, several years before the actual People began publication.

Shortly before the filming of The Name of the Game series began, Barry played the villain—a wealthy psychiatrist—in Prescription: Murder, the two-hour TV movie that became the precursor of the TV series Columbo.

In 1972, Barry starred in the ITV television series The Adventurer, along with Barry Morse and Catherine Schell. He played Gene Bradley, a government agent of independent means who posed as a glamorous American movie star.

Barry returned to Broadway acting on two occasions—in 1962 in The Perfect Setup and in 1983 in the Broadway premiere of the musical La Cage aux Folles. Barry was nominated for a Tony Award for his portrayal of Georges in Cage.

For his contribution to live theatre, Gene Barry received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6555 Hollywood Boulevard. In 1975 Barry bought a home in Palm Springs, California.[6] A Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to him in 1994.[7]

Personal life

On October 22, 1944, at age 25, Barry married Betty Claire Kalb (1923–2003), whom he met on the set of Catherine Was Great. Kalb was an actress known by the stage name Julie Carson.

Death

Barry died on December 9, 2009 at Sunrise Senior Living[8] in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 90.[9] He was buried at the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California, with his wife Betty, who died in 2003.[10][11]

Filmography

Television credits

References

  1. ^ "Gene Barry Biography (1919?–)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  2. ^ Boxer, Tim (1987). The Jewish Celebrity Hall of Fame. New York City: Shapolsky. ISBN 978-0933503182.
  3. ^ Simonson, Robert (December 11, 2009). . Playbill. Archived from the original on July 24, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  4. ^ ""Amos Burke, Secret Agent" (Four Star/ABC) Season 3 (1965–66)". Classic TV Archive. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  5. ^ "Interview with Gary Conway". Actordatabase.com. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  6. ^ Meeks, Eric G. (2014) [2012]. The Best Guide Ever to Palm Springs Celebrity Homes. Horatio Limburger Oglethorpe. p. 313. ISBN 978-1479328598.
  7. ^ (PDF). Palmspringswalkofstars.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  8. ^ McLellan, Dennis (December 11, 2009). "Gene Barry dies at 90; star of 'Bat Masterson' and co-star of 'La Cage aux Folles'". Los Angeles Times.
  9. ^ Bernstein, Adam (December 10, 2009). "Actor Gene Barry Dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  10. ^ Wilson, Scott (August 17, 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786479924 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Distinguished Residents of Hillside Memorial Park

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Gene Barry news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Gene Barry born Eugene Klass June 14 1919 December 9 2009 was an American stage screen and television actor and singer Barry is best remembered for his leading roles in the films The Atomic City 1952 and The War of The Worlds 1953 and for his portrayal of the title characters in the TV series Bat Masterson and Burke s Law among many roles Gene BarryBarry in 1959BornEugene Klass 1919 06 14 June 14 1919New York City U S DiedDecember 9 2009 2009 12 09 aged 90 Los Angeles California U S Resting placeHillside Memorial Park Culver CityOccupation s Actor singerYears active1942 2005SpouseBetty Claire Kalb m 1944 died 2003 wbr Children3 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Death 5 Filmography 6 Television credits 7 References 8 External linksEarly life EditBarry was born Eugene Klass on June 14 1919 in New York City the son of Eva nee Conn and Martin Klass 1 all of his grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia 2 Barry grew up in Brooklyn and attended New Utrecht High School Barry exhibited early artistic skills with singing and playing violin as a child and later spent two years at the Chatham Square School of Music in Greenwich Village on a scholarship awarded for his vocal ability Career EditBarry chose his professional name in honor of John Barrymore 3 and made his Broadway debut as Captain Paul Duval in the 1942 revival of Sigmund Romberg s The New Moon He later portrayed Falke in Rosalinda 1942 Nova Kovich in The Merry Widow 1943 Lieutenant Bunin in Catherine Was Great 1944 Dorante and Comte De Chateau Gaillard in The Would Be Gentleman 1946 The Doctor in Happy as Larry 1950 and played a variety of roles in the musical revue Bless You All 1950 In 1950 Barry began appearing on television with the NBC Television Opera Theatre In 1955 he appeared on the CBS Television anthology series Appointment with Adventure In 1951 Barry was hired for his first movie in the role of Dr Frank Addison in The Atomic City 1952 In 1953 he was cast as Dr Clayton Forrester in the science fiction film The War of the Worlds 1953 Much later Barry also made a cameo appearance in Steven Spielberg s remake of War of the Worlds 2005 along with his co star Ann Robinson from the film of 1953 Gene Barry as Bat Masterson When the situation comedy Our Miss Brooks was given a change of format in 1955 Barry was cast in a recurring role as the physical education teacher Gene Talbot the new romantic interest of series star Eve Arden The show was canceled in 1956 but Barry s character a ladies man with expensive tastes served as the model for three shows in which he later starred Bat Masterson a fictionalized recounting of the life of the real life U S Marshal gambler and gunman Masterson s life as a writer and bon vivant occurred long after the time frame featured in the series was broadcast by NBC TV from 1958 to 1961 In 1990 Barry recreated the role of Bat Masterson for two episodes of Guns of Paradise along with Hugh O Brian as Wyatt Earp and the following year in The Gambler Returns The Luck of the Draw also with O Brian as Wyatt Earp In his next TV series Burke s Law Barry played a millionaire homicide investigator who was chauffeured in his Rolls Royce as he solved crimes This series was broadcast on ABC TV from September 20 1963 to May 5 1965 For his performance in it Barry won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 1965 In 1965 66 the final season of the series the title of the show changed to Amos Burke Secret Agent 4 In 1994 a revival of the Burke s Law series returned to television for two seasons on CBS Barry again played in the title role this time as a widower working with his son Peter Peter Barton According to his co star Gary Conway who played Det Tilson in the original series the two had a lot of fun on and off camera despite having some difficulties with each other 5 After Conway left the show he remained friends with Barry until his acting mentor s death With Robert Stack and Tony Franciosa in The Name of the Game 1968 1971 Barry s third TV series was The Name of the Game in which he played the sophisticated publisher of a family of magazines and was one of three lead characters The other two lead actors were Robert Stack and Tony Franciosa who rotated with Barry week by week as the primary character in each week s program This series was shown by NBC from 1968 to 1971 One of the magazines that Barry s character published was called People several years before the actual People began publication Shortly before the filming of The Name of the Game series began Barry played the villain a wealthy psychiatrist in Prescription Murder the two hour TV movie that became the precursor of the TV series Columbo In 1972 Barry starred in the ITV television series The Adventurer along with Barry Morse and Catherine Schell He played Gene Bradley a government agent of independent means who posed as a glamorous American movie star Barry returned to Broadway acting on two occasions in 1962 in The Perfect Setup and in 1983 in the Broadway premiere of the musical La Cage aux Folles Barry was nominated for a Tony Award for his portrayal of Georges in Cage For his contribution to live theatre Gene Barry received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6555 Hollywood Boulevard In 1975 Barry bought a home in Palm Springs California 6 A Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to him in 1994 7 Personal life EditOn October 22 1944 at age 25 Barry married Betty Claire Kalb 1923 2003 whom he met on the set of Catherine Was Great Kalb was an actress known by the stage name Julie Carson Death EditBarry died on December 9 2009 at Sunrise Senior Living 8 in Woodland Hills California at the age of 90 9 He was buried at the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City California with his wife Betty who died in 2003 10 11 Filmography EditThe Atomic City 1952 Dr Frank Addison The War of the Worlds 1953 Dr Clayton Forrester The Girls of Pleasure Island 1953 Capt Beaton Those Redheads From Seattle 1953 filmed in 3 D Johnny Kisco Alaska Seas 1954 Verne Williams Red Garters 1954 Rafael Moreno Naked Alibi 1954 Al Willis Soldier of Fortune 1955 Louis Hoyt The Purple Mask 1955 Capt Charles Laverne The Houston Story 1956 Frank Duncan Back from Eternity 1956 Jud Ellis China Gate 1957 Sgt Brock The 27th Day 1957 Jonathan Clark Forty Guns 1957 Wes Bonell Thunder Road 1958 Troy Barrett Hong Kong Confidential 1958 Agent Casey Reed Maroc 7 1967 Simon Grant Subterfuge 1968 Michael A Donovan The Second Coming of Suzanne 1974 Jackson Sinclair the TV Commentator Guyana Crime of the Century 1979 Congressman Leo Ryan Sahara 1983 R J Gordon War of the Worlds 2005 Grandfather final film role Television credits EditScience Fiction Theatre 1955 Joe Ferguson Our Miss Brooks 1955 1956 Gene Talbot Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955 1958 Playhouse 90 Ain t No Time for Glory 1957 Lt Roy Koalton The Walter Winchell File The Witness 1957 Billy Peterson Bat Masterson 1958 1961 Bat Masterson Pete and Gladys as himself in Crossed Wires 1961 Himself Burke s Law 1963 1966 Amos Burke Secret Agent Snooky Martinelli Columbo Prescription Murder 1968 Istanbul Express de 1968 Michael London The Name of the Game 1968 1971 Glenn Howard Will Manning Do You Take This Stranger 1971 Murray Jarvis The Devil and Miss Sarah 1971 Rankin The Adventurer 1972 1973 Gene Bradley Ransom for Alice 1977 Harry Darew Aspen 1977 miniseries Carl Osborne The Feather and Father Gang The Apology March 7 1977 Generalis Charlie s Angels Angels In The Wings November 23 1977 Frank Jason A Cry for Love 1980 Gordon Harris The Girl the Gold Watch amp Dynamite 1981 Andrew Stovall The Adventures of Nellie Bly 1981 John Cockerill The Love Boat 1982 Ted Anderson Crazy Like a Fox 1984 1986 Nicholas Roland The Twilight Zone 1987 Prince of Darkness Perry Mason The Case of the Lost Love 1987 Glenn Robertson My Secret Identity 1988 Fred Cooper Captain Noble Turn Back the Clock 1989 John Forrest Murder She Wrote 1989 Henry Reynard The Gambler Returns The Luck of the Draw 1991 Bat Masterson Burke s Law 1994 1995 Chief Amos Burke These Old Broads 2001 Mr SternReferences Edit Gene Barry Biography 1919 Filmreference com Retrieved January 2 2017 Boxer Tim 1987 The Jewish Celebrity Hall of Fame New York City Shapolsky ISBN 978 0933503182 Simonson Robert December 11 2009 Gene Barry Original Georges in La Cage Aux Folles Dies Playbill Archived from the original on July 24 2010 Retrieved September 24 2017 Amos Burke Secret Agent Four Star ABC Season 3 1965 66 Classic TV Archive Retrieved September 24 2017 Interview with Gary Conway Actordatabase com Retrieved January 2 2017 Meeks Eric G 2014 2012 The Best Guide Ever to Palm Springs Celebrity Homes Horatio Limburger Oglethorpe p 313 ISBN 978 1479328598 Palm Springs Walk of Stars by date dedicated PDF Palmspringswalkofstars com Archived from the original PDF on October 13 2012 Retrieved January 2 2017 McLellan Dennis December 11 2009 Gene Barry dies at 90 star of Bat Masterson and co star of La Cage aux Folles Los Angeles Times Bernstein Adam December 10 2009 Actor Gene Barry Dies The Washington Post Retrieved September 24 2017 Wilson Scott August 17 2016 Resting Places The Burial Sites of More Than 14 000 Famous Persons 3d ed McFarland ISBN 978 0786479924 via Google Books Distinguished Residents of Hillside Memorial ParkExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gene Barry Biography portal Theatre portal Film portal Television portalGene Barry at IMDb Gene Barry at the Internet Broadway Database Gene Barry at AllMovie Gene Barry Daily Telegraph obituary Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gene Barry amp oldid 1128863255, 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