
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 Sher…
movieTimeslip
1955 · Inspector Hammond
tvMGM Parade
1955 · Self
tvSherlock Holmes
1954
movieOrders Are Orders
1954 · R.S.M. Benson
movieKnights of the Round Table
1953 · Green Knight's Squire (uncredited)
movieGrand National Night
1953 · Sergeant Gibson
movieThe Pickwick Papers
1952 · Mr. Snubbins
movieSmuggled Cargo
1939 · Gerry Clayton
movieA Christmas Carol
1938 · Scrooge's Nephew Fred
It Might Be You
1938 · Tom
Who Killed John Savage?
1938 · Anthony Benedict
movieSailing Along
1938 · Steve Barnes
movieGangway
1937 · Bob Deering
movieGlamorous Night
1937 · Anthony Allan
movieThe Great Barrier
1937 · Steve
movieThe Private Secretary
1935 · Douglas Cattermole
movieMe and Marlborough
1935 · Dick Welch
movieBrown on Resolution
1935 · Lt. Somerville
movieOh, Daddy!
1935 · Jimmy Ellison
moviePassing Shadows
1934 · Jim Lawrence
Forbidden Territory
1934 · Michael Farringdon
movieEvergreen
1934 · Tommy Thompson
movieThe Private Life of Don Juan
1934 · Rodrigo, the Impostor, a Man of Romance
movieThe 1002nd Night
1933