1. David Barry Hilton was born on 29 January 1956 and is a South African stand-up comedian.
23 Facts About Barry Hilton
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Barry Hilton was born in 1956 to Irene Natalie Lieveaux, a French Mauritian descendant and Lancashire-born father Jack Barry Hilton.
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In 1961 Barry Hilton's family moved from Southern Rhodesia to North Wales where he attended St Joseph's Roman Catholic Junior School from the age of 5 to the age of 10.
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From March 1969 to December 1971 Barry Hilton was a pupil at Observatory Boys but left at age 15 to start an apprenticeship at Joffe Electrical, which he completed in 1974.
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Whilst working as the maintenance manager of a hotel frequented by the cast of the comedy television show 'Biltong and Potroast' Barry Hilton met Johnny Noble who managed to get him into his first gig at The Holiday Inn, in Port Elizabeth in May 1983.
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Barry Hilton is the first South African comedian ever to perform at the Sun City Extravaganza.
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Besides comedy, Barry Hilton has contributed to television by hosting talk shows Catch A Wake Up and Funny You Should Say That and TV game show The Generation Game in 2008.
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Barry Hilton has guested numerous times on The Expresso Show.
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Barry Hilton was the Savanna Cider brand face from 1999 to 2011.
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Barry Hilton reprised his role as Larry the Bartender for thirteen commercials in those 12 years.
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Since 2011 Barry Hilton has featured in fourteen commercials in an ongoing campaign for newly re-launched fast food outlet, Romans Pizza.
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Between 2012 and 2013 Barry Hilton featured in radio voiceover and print adverts for the Chevrolet Campaign 2014 and three television commercials for Lasher Tools.
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At the Feel Good Film Festival in Hollywood, Barry Hilton was nominated for best actor in a lead role for 'Finding Lenny' which ended up winning best narrative feature in the Pan African Film Festival in Cannes.
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Barry Hilton hosted and performed an episode for Comedy Central Africa in June 2012 filmed at Parkers Comedy and Jive and was shortlisted, alongside John Cleese, for Best Comedy Act Dubai TimeOut Night Life Awards in 2013.
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Barry Hilton has over seven signature comedy DVDs attributed to his name and celebrated 30 years in comedy in 2012.
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September 2013 Barry Hilton was the first South African comedian to be invited to perform at The Improv at Harrah's in Las Vegas.
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Barry Hilton performed MC duties for the famous South African singer, Steve Hofmeyr in January 2014.
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Barry Hilton followed this up with performances in Australia and New Zealand.
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In 2012 Barry Hilton launched an online store dedicated to the sale of Braai merchandise.
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Barry Hilton was the only South African comic to perform at the 2015 KLICFEST in Kuala Lumpur.
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In January 2016 Barry Hilton performed in Australia at The Sydney Opera House, Perth Convention Centre and Brisbane Convention Centre.
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Barry Hilton won, and was at the prestigious ceremony in Johannesburg to collect his award.
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Barry Hilton is married to his third wife Sandy Barry Hilton after two previous marriages to Janet McKirdy and Jane Tweedie.