Ivor Barry

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Ivor Barry (April 12, 1919 - December 12, 2006) was a British film and television actor.

Born in South Wales, Barry served with the British Royal Artillery during World War II and completed his university studies prior to beginning his acting career. After beginning his film career in bit parts in England, he moved to Canada in the early 1950's where he also wrote and adapted scripts for radio as well acting in television. He eventually moved to Hollywood in the 1960's, where he would make many television and film appearances during the next twenty-five years. Many younger movie fans may remember him as Ilan Mitchell-Smith's and Bill Paxton's grandfather in the 1985 film Weird Science.

He died of heart failure in Woodland Hills, California on December 12, 2006.