Gene Barry
Gender: Male
Born: 14th June 1919
Died: 9th December 2009
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Burke's Law, Our Miss Brooks, Bat Masterson, The Adventurer, The Name of the Game, The Adventurer (UK)
Movies: Forty Guns, The War of the Worlds, Thunder Road, The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw, Our Miss Brooks, China Gate, Back from Eternity, Guyana: Crime of the Century, The 27th Day, Alaska Seas, Soldier of Fortune, The Girls of Pleasure Island, The Houston Story, Subterfuge, Those Redheads from Seattle, Maroc 7, Red Garters, War of the Worlds, The Second Coming of Suzanne, The Purple Mask, Hong Kong Confidential, The Atomic City, Naked Alibi, These Old Broads
Gene Barry (June 14, 1919 – December 9, 2009) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. Barry is best remembered for his leading roles in the films The Atomic City (1952) and The War of The Worlds (1953) and for his portrayal of the title character in the TV series Bat Masterson, among many roles.
Barry was born Eugene Klass in New York City, the son of Eva (née Conn) and Martin Klass; all of his grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. Barry exhibited early artistic skills with singing and playing violin as a child and later spent two years at the Chatham Square School of Music on a scholarship awarded for his vocal ability. When Barry was 25, he married Betty Claire Kalb (February 12, 1923 – January 31, 2003) on October 22, 1944. At the time of their marriage, Kalb was an actress known by the stage name, Julie Carson. Their marriage produced three children; two biological sons and an adopted daughter.
Barry chose his professional name in honor of John Barrymore and made his Broadway debut as Captain Paul Duval in the 1942 revival of Sigmund Romberg's The New Moon. He later portrayed Falke in Rosalinda (1942), Nova Kovich in The Merry Widow (1943), Lieutenant
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