Barry Nelson graduated from UC Berkeley in 1941, where he performed as an actor in student theatre productions.
16 Facts About Barry Nelson
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Barry Nelson followed that with his role as Lew Rankin in the film noir Johnny Eager starring Robert Taylor and Lana Turner.
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Barry Nelson appeared on Broadway with Barbara Bel Geddes in the original Broadway production of The Moon Is Blue.
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Barry Nelson played Bart Adams, a wealthy young American whose business activities involved him in a series of adventures.
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Barry Nelson appeared with Lauren Bacall in the Abe Burrows comedy Cactus Flower in 1965 and with Dorothy Loudon in The Fig Leaves Are Falling in 1969.
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Barry Nelson performed another Broadway role, that of Gus Hammer in The Rat Race.
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Reportedly this was considered a pilot for a possible James Bond television series, though it is not known if Barry Nelson intended to continue playing the character.
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Barry Nelson played James Bond as an American agent whom some in the program call "Jimmy".
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Barry Nelson later noted the opportunity to work with Lorre was the reason he took the role.
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Barry Nelson appeared as Grant Decker in "Threat of Evil", a 1960 episode of The DuPont Show with June Allyson.
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Barry Nelson was a semi-regular panelist on the daytime and nighttime versions of To Tell the Truth for three years of its run from 1962 to 1965, as well as a guest panelist a few times in 1967.
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Barry Nelson appeared second most frequently on the daytime show in the three years he was a semi-regular.
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Barry Nelson hosted portions of the NBC Radio program Monitor.
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Barry Nelson appeared in both the stage and screen versions of Mary, Mary.
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Barry Nelson directed the 1968 play The Only Game in Town, as well as starring as Joe.
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Barry Nelson died on April 7,2007, while traveling in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, nine days before his 90th birthday.