Barry MacKay (actor)

Not to be confused with the American tennis player Barry MacKay.

Barry MacKay
Born	(1906-01-08)8 January 1906 London, England, U.K.
Died	Chelsea, England, U.K.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1933-1955

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".

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1934	Forbidden Territory	Michael Farringdon
	Passing Shadows	Jim Lawrence
	Evergreen	Tommy Thompson
	The Private Life of Don Juan	Rodrigo
1935	Oh, Daddy!	Jimmy Ellison
	Brown on Resolution	Lieutenant Somerville
	Me and Marlborough	Dick Welch
	The Private Secretary	Douglas Cattermole
1937	The Great Barrier	Steve
	Glamorous Night	Anthony Allan
	Gangway	Bob Deering
	Who Killed John Savage?	Anthony Benedict
1938	Sailing Along	Steve Barnes
	A Christmas Carol	Fred
1939	Smuggled Cargo	Gerry
1952	The Pickwick Papers	Mr. Snubbins
1953	Grand National Night	Sergeant Gibson
	Knights of the Round Table	Green Knight's Squire	Uncredited
1954	Orders are Orders	R. S. M. Benson
1955	Timeslip	Inspector Hammond

External links

• Barry MacKay at the Internet Movie Database
• Barry MacKay at Allmovie