Edgar Barrier

Edgar Barrier
Born	(1907-03-04)March 4, 1907 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	June 20, 1964(1964-06-20) (aged 57) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Cause of death	heart attack
Resting place	Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1932-1964

Edgar Barrier (March 4, 1907 – June 20, 1964) was an American actor who appeared on radio, stage, and screen. In the 1930s he was a member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre^[1] and was one of several actors who played Simon Templar on The Saint radio show.^[2] He also appeared in two films with Welles, Macbeth,^[3] and Journey into Fear.^[4] Barrier also appeared in the 1938 Welles-directed short, Too Much Johnson, which was long believed lost but was rediscovered in 2013.^[5]

He was a guest star on a few episodes of Disney's Zorro as Don Cornelio Esperon.^[6]

Barrier was born in New York City and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.^[7]

==Broadway roles==^[8]

• Mary of Scotland (1933) as Lord Douglas
• Idiot's Delight (1936) as Auguste
• The Magnificent Yankee (1946) as Mr. Justice Brandeis

Selected filmography

• Too Much Johnson (1938)
• The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
• Eagle Squadron (1942)
• Phantom of the Opera (1943)
• We've Never Been Licked (1943)
• The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943 film serial)
• Flesh and Fantasy (1943) (first segment only)
• Cobra Woman (1944)
• Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944)
• A Game of Death (1945)
• Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)
• Macbeth (1948), as Banquo, the only Shakespearean role he played on film
• To the Ends of the Earth (1948)
• The Secret of St. Ives (1949)
• Cyrano de Bergerac (1950), as Cardinal Richelieu, a role created for the film
• Count the Hours (1953)
• The War of the Worlds (1953)
• The Giant Claw (1957)
• Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961)

References

External links

• The Saint.org profile
• Edgar Barrier at the Internet Movie Database
• Edgar Barrier's Horoscope at "Astrotheme" http://www.astrotheme.com/astrology/Edgar_Barrier