Gene barry actor biography filmography
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Gene Barry
Born:
June 14th,
New York City, New York, United States
Died:
December 9th,
Los Angeles, California, United States
Gene Barry was an American actor.
Biography[]
Born Eugene Klass in New York City, he studied at the Chatham School of Music and began his career as a song and dance man, appearing in a number of stage musicals. He made his first film appearances in The Atomic City and The War of the Worlds and later played roles in Back From Eternity and The 27th Day.
Barry's main claim to fame came through television, playing the title characters in Bat Masterson and Burke's Law. He also made apoearances in The Name of the Game and The Adventurer.
Barry passed away in
Singing[]
Though he gained fame as a film actor, Barry sang a number of times onstage, making his musical debut as Captain Duval in The New Moon and later playing such roles as The Doctor in Happy as Larry, Destry in Destry Rides Again and Tevye in Fiddler o
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With effortless class and elegant charm Gene Barry took '50s and '60s TV by storm, after a rather lackluster start on the musical stage and in films. Born Eugene Klass in New York City on June 14, , to Martin (an amateur violinist), and Eva (an amateur singer), he showed a gift at an early age as a violin virtuoso, uppenbart inherited from his father. After attending various public schools, he graduated Valedictorian from New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn, New York.
Possessing an impressive baritone voice, he concentrated on singing after breaking his arm playing football in school ended any thoughts of a symphonic career. At age 17 he earned a singing scholarship awarded bygd David Sarnoff (the head of RCA at the time), to the Chatham Square School of Music, and studied there for two years. In the meantime Gene found work in nightclubs, choirs, fairs and emceeing variety shows, and briefly appeared on the vaudeville stage and on radio, winning a prize on Arthur Godfrey&#
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Gene Barry (–)
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