John Barbour (actor)
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| Born | John Barbour 24 April 1933 Toronto, Canada |
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| Occupation | Actor, television host | ||||||
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John Barbour (born 24 April 1933[1] in Toronto, Canada) is an actor and television host, known as one of the hosts of the reality television series Real People. He won an award in 1992 for his documentary on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.[2][3]
[edit] Career
Barbour portrayed a game show host named Harry Monte in a 1975 episode of Sanford and Son.[4][5]
He also directed and wrote the 1991 documentary The JFK Assassination: The Jim Garrison Tapes.[6] This film covers the investigation of District Attorney Jim Garrison, who, after the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy, decided to further investigate the official report given by the Warren Commission. In it, connections between the assassination and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Mafia, the Cuban missile crisis, the Vietnam war, and other organizations as well as foreign affairs are hypothesized.[7][8][9]
[edit] References
- ^ IMdB indicates 1933 birth year, other sources such as VH1 indicate 1934.
- ^ John Barbour at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Jim Garrison and the JFK assassination. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
- ^ Sanford and Son. Yahoo!. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
- ^ John Barbour Filmography. Fandango. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
- ^ A Reader's Guide to the Assassination. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
- ^ "Pop Culture News: Who Killed JFK?", Entertainment Weekly, 21 February 1992. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
- ^ JFK Assassination: The Jim Garrison Tapes (1991). The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
- ^ Jim Garrison and the JFK assassination. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
