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Barry MacKay is a Actor British born on 8 january 1906 at London (United-kingdom)

Barry MacKay

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 8 january 1906 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 12 december 1985 (at 79 years) at Chelsea (United-kingdom)

Barry MacKay (8 January 1906 – 12 December 1985) was a British actor.

He was most prominently seen in light comedic roles in the British cinema of the 1930s and is perhaps best known as Jessie Matthews' leading man in Evergreen (1934), Gangway (1937) and Sailing Along (1938).

Other notable roles include Lieutenant Somerville in Brown on Resolution (1935) and as Fred, Scrooge's nephew, in MGM's film A Christmas Carol (1938), the latter being one of two films he made in the US; the other was the lead role in a B-picture, Smuggled Cargo (1939). After these films there was a long gap in his film career until he reappeared as a character actor in the 1950s, making his last film (Timeslip) in 1955.

Barry also appeared in the 1954 Sheldon Reynolds produced Sherlock Holmes television series. He portrayed Reggie "Sardines" Taunton in episode 17; "The Case of the Laughing Mummy".

Usually with

Sonnie Hale
Sonnie Hale
(3 films)
Cyril Smith
Cyril Smith
(3 films)
Athene Seyler
Athene Seyler
(3 films)
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Filmography of Barry MacKay (21 films)

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Timeslip
Timeslip (1955)
, 1h33
Directed by Ken Hughes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction
Actors Gene Nelson, Faith Domergue, Peter Arne, Joseph Tomelty, Donald Gray, Paul Hardtmuth
Roles Inspector Hammond
Rating56% 2.8061752.8061752.8061752.8061752.806175
In England, the authorities discover a man unconscious who is radioactive. They also learn he has a double, and the good man agrees to help find his evil double before he destroys the world.
Orders Are Orders, 1h18
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Peter Sellers, Margot Grahame, Clive Morton, Tony Hancock, Raymond Huntley, Sid James
Roles R.S.M. Benson
Rating48% 2.4368352.4368352.4368352.4368352.436835
A film production company decides to make a new science fiction film in an army barracks, using the soldiers as extras. This does not go down well with the commanding officer, who attempts to make life as difficult as possible for the film crew.
Grand National Night
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Nigel Patrick, Moira Lister, Beatrice Campbell, Betty Ann Davies, Michael Hordern, Noel Purcell
Roles Sergeant Gibson
Rating66% 3.3385453.3385453.3385453.3385453.338545
Racehorse trainer Gerald Coates (Nigel Patrick) kills his wife Babs (Moira Lister) during an argument.
Smuggled Cargo, 1h2
Directed by John H. Auer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Barry MacKay, Rochelle Hudson, George Barbier, Ralph Morgan, Cliff Edwards, John Wray
Roles Gerry Clayton
Rating60% 3.009793.009793.009793.009793.00979
A Christmas Carol, 1h9
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films, Time travel films, Ghost films
Actors Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Terry Kilburn, Barry MacKay, Lynne Carver
Roles Scrooge's Nephew Fred
Rating74% 3.7454253.7454253.7454253.7454253.745425
The film opens on Christmas Eve in early Victorian London where Fred (Barry Mackay) arrives at the counting-house of his maternal uncle, Ebenezer Scrooge (Reginald Owen). Despite being invited to dine with his nephew the next day, Scrooge refuses. He then turns away two men who are collecting money for the poor, instead supporting the prisons and workhouses. That night Scrooge allows his clerk Bob Cratchit (Gene Lockhart) the next day off with pay but orders him back all the earlier the day after. After Bob accidentally knocks Scrooge's hat off with a snowball Scrooge sacks him on the spot, and deducts him a shilling. Bob spends the last of his wages on food for his family's Christmas dinner.
Who Killed John Savage?, 1h9
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Barry MacKay, Edward Chapman
Roles Anthony Benedict

Brown on Resolution, 1h20
Directed by Anthony Asquith, Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors John Mills, Betty Balfour, Barry MacKay, Jimmy Hanley, Howard Marion-Crawford, George Merritt
Roles Lt. Somerville
Rating61% 3.093353.093353.093353.093353.09335
In 1893, Betty Brown meets a debonair young naval officer and falls in love. She conceals her pregnancy from him, and he rejoins his ship. The boy, Albert Brown, is brought up by his mother and joins the navy as soon as he is old enough.
Me and Marlborough, 1h24
Directed by Victor Saville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Cicely Courtneidge, Tom Walls, Barry MacKay, Alfred Drayton, Gibb McLaughlin, Peter Gawthorne
Roles Dick Welch
Rating59% 2.9608952.9608952.9608952.9608952.960895
England, 1710. A woman disguises herself as a man and joins up with the Duke of Marlborough's army in Flanders to find her missing husband.
Oh, Daddy!
Oh, Daddy! (1935)

Directed by Graham Cuts
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Frances Day, Barry MacKay, Marie Lohr, Alfred Drayton, Cyril Smith
Roles Jimmy Ellison
Rating56% 2.8308052.8308052.8308052.8308052.830805