Barry MacKay
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Barry MacKay (8 January 1906 – 12 December 1985) was a British actor.
He was most prominently seen in light comedic roles in the British cinema of the 1930s and is perhaps best known as Jessie Matthews' leading man in Evergreen (1934), Gangway (1937) and Sailing Along (1938).
Other notable roles include Lieutenant Somerville in Brown on Resolution (1935) and as Fred, Scrooge's nephew, in MGM's film A Christmas Carol (1938), the latter being one of two films he made in the US; the other was the lead role in a B-picture, Smuggled Cargo (1939). After these films and serving in the Canadian navy during WW II, followed by stage work, there was a long gap in his film career until he reappeared as a character actor in the 1950s, making his last film (Timeslip a.k.a. The Atomic Man ) in 1955.
Barry also appeared in the 1954 Sheldon Reynolds produced Sherlock Holmes television series. He portrayed Reggie "Sardines" Taunton in episode 17; "The Case of the Laughing Mummy".
Acting
Movie
A Christmas Carol
as Scrooge's Nephew Fred
1938
Movie
Knights of the Round Table
as Green Knight's Squire (uncredited)
1953
Movie
The Private Life of Don Juan
as Rodrigo, the Impostor, a Man of Romance
1934
TV
Sherlock Holmes
1954
Movie
The Pickwick Papers
as Mr. Snubbins
1952
Movie
Timeslip
as Inspector Hammond
1955
Movie
Evergreen
as Tommy Thompson
1934
Movie
Orders Are Orders
as R.S.M. Benson
1954
Movie
Brown on Resolution
as Lt. Somerville
1935
Movie
Grand National Night
as Sergeant Gibson
1953
Movie
Me and Marlborough
as Dick Welch
1935
Movie
Sailing Along
as Steve Barnes
1938
Movie
Oh, Daddy!
as Jimmy Ellison
1935
Movie
The Private Secretary
as Douglas Cattermole
1935
Movie
The 1002nd Night
1933
Movie
Forbidden Territory
as Michael Farringdon
1934
Movie
The Great Barrier
as Steve
1937
Movie
Gangway
as Bob Deering
1937
Movie
Glamorous Night
as Anthony Allan
1937
Movie
Passing Shadows
as Jim Lawrence
1934
Movie
Smuggled Cargo
as Gerry Clayton
1939
Movie
Who Killed John Savage?
as Anthony Benedict
1938
TV
MGM Parade
as Self
1955
Movie
It Might Be You
as Tom
1938