Patrick Barr
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| NAME | Patrick Barr |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | British actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Akola, India |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 29, 1985 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | London, England |
Patrick Barr (born February 13, 1908 — August 29, 1985) was a British actor born in Akola, India.
British actor Patrick Barr went from stage to screen with The Merry Men of Sherwood (1932). He spent the 1930s playing various beneficient authority figures and "reliable friend" types, picking up where he left off in 1946 after six years of military service.
In the early 1950s, he began working in British television, attaining popularity that had undeservedly eluded him while playing supporting parts in such films as The Frightened Lady (1941) and The Blue Lagoon (1949).
This latter-day fame enabled Barr to insist upon better roles and command a higher salary for his films of the 1950s and 1960s: among the movies in which he appeared during this period were The Dam Busters (1955), Saint Joan (1957), Next to Next Time (1960), Billy Liar (1963) and The First Great Train Robbery (1978). He also appeared in Doctor Who in 1967 as Hobson, Commander of the Moonbase; and appeared once in The Avengers.
In 1985, Patrick Barr died in London, England at age 77.
