Ivor Barnard
| Ivor Barnard | |
|---|---|
 Barnard in Pygmalion (1938) | |
| Born |
13 June 1887 Marylebone, London |
| Died |
30 June 1953 (aged 66) Westminster, London |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1909-1953 |
Ivor Barnard (13 June 1887 – 30 June 1953) was an English stage, radio and film actor.[1] He was an original member of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, where he was a notable Shylock and Caliban. He was the original Water Rat in the first London production of A. A. Milne's "Toad of Toad Hall". In 1929 he appeared on stage as Blanquet, in "Bird in Hand" at the Morosco Theatre in New York, after a successful run in the London's West End (Laurence Olivier was the young juvenile). The part had been specially written for him by John Drinkwater.[2]
He appeared in 84 films between 1921 and 1953. He appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film The 39 Steps in 1935. In 1943, he played the stationmaster in the Ealing war film Undercover. He also appeared as Wemmick in David Lean's Great Expectations (1946), and as the Chairman of the Workhouse, in Lean's film Oliver Twist (1948). One of his last film appearances was as the murderer Major Jack Ross in John Huston's Beat the Devil (1953) with Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre.[3][4]
Selected filmography
- The Skin Game (1921)
- Sally in Our Alley (1931)
- Blind Spot (1932)
- The Roof (1933)
- Waltz Time (1933)
- Sleeping Car (1933)
- The Crime at Blossoms (1933)
- Princess Charming (1934)
- Brides to Be (1934)
- Love, Life and Laughter (1934)
- The 39 Steps (1935)
- Foreign Affaires (1935)
- The Price of Wisdom (1935)
- The Village Squire (1935)
- Someday (1935)
- The House of the Spaniard (1936)
- The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
- The Mill on the Floss (1937)
- Farewell to Cinderella (1937)
- Double Exposures (1937)
- Secret Lives (1937)
- Storm in a Teacup (1937)
- What a Man! (1938)
- Pygmalion (1938)
- Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
- The House of the Arrow (1940)
- Undercover (1943)
- Hotel Reserve (1944)
- Don't Take It to Heart (1944)
- English Without Tears (1944)
- Great Expectations (1946)
- So Well Remembered (1947)
- So Evil My Love (1948)
- Oliver Twist (1948)
- London Belongs to Me (1948)
- The Queen of Spades (1949)
- Paper Orchid (1949)
- Madeleine (1950)
- Time Gentlemen, Please! (1952)
- Beat the Devil (1953)
- Sea Devils (1953)
