Barry Sullivan
Patrick Barry Sullivan was born on August 29, 1912 in New York City. While never a major movie star, he established himself as a well-known and highly regarded character lead and second lead in motion pictures and television in a career that lasted 50 years. Legend has it that Sullivan was counseled to consider a life in the theater due to his height (6'3") and good looks. He was supporting himself as a theater usher and department store employee when made his Broadway debut in "I Want a Policeman" at the Lyceum Theatre in January 1936. Unfortunately, the show lasted only 47 performances. In 1936, he appeared in three other plays on the Great White Way, the drama "St. Helena" and the comedies "All That Glitters" and "Eye On the Sparrow." All three were flops. Sullivan finally appeared in a hit play when he transferred into the role of Bert Jefferson in The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. However the 1941-42 season brought three more flops: "Mr. Big", "Ring Around Elizabeth", and "Johnny 2 X 4". Wisely, he stayed away from Broadway for a decade, when he again transferred into a hit, "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial," taking over the role of Barney Greenwald from Henry Fonda. Sullivan was nominated for a Best Actor Emmy Award in 1955 when he reprised the role on Ford Star Jubilee: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1955). His last appearance on Broadway, in the original "Too Late the Phalarope" in 1956, was, true to his performance record, a flop. Barry Sullivan's talent was meant for the screen. In the late 1930s, he gained movie acting experience in two-reel comedies produced by the Manhattan-based Educational Studios. After giving up on his Broadway career and moving to Hollywood, Sullivan appeared in an uncredited bit part in "The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940) (1941) at Universal before making his official film debut in the Chester Morris B-picture High Explosive (1943) (1943) at Paramount. His next picture was The Woman of the Town (1943), which was released by United Artists that same year. Barry Sullivan never broke through to become a major star -- but he did establish himself firmly in character lead and second lead roles. He excelled at roles in which he could play aggressive characters that highlighted his centered masculinity. His most notable roles in the early part of his movie career were as the eponymous The Gangster (1947), Tom Buchanan in the Alan Ladd version of The Great Gatsby (1949) (second lead), and as the movie director in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) as part of a first rate ensemble. He had his own TV series Harbormaster (1957) in 1957-58 and The Tall Man (1960) in 1960-62. A decade later, his acting skills were used to fine effect in two prestigious productions of stage plays as George C. Scott's brother in the Emmy Award-winning TV adaptation of Arthur Miller's The Price (1971) and the amoral patriarch in Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest (1972). He continued acting in movies until 1977, rounding off a near 40-year movie career with an appearance in Oh, God! (1977). He continued to appear periodically on television until retiring in 1980. Sullivan was married three times and fathered three children, Johnny and Jenny Sullivan by his first wife, and Patsy Sullivan-Webb by his second wife Gita Hall. The Sullivan talent has run into three generations. Jenny Sullivan became an actress and a playwright, writing the drama "J for J" ("Journal for John") based on the correspondence between her father and her brother, who was mentally disabled. She was married to the rock star Jim Messina. Patsy Sullivan-Webb was a successful model who appeared as the face of Yardley Cosmetics in the Swinging '60s, starting at the age of twelve. She appeared with her father in the episode of That Girl (1966) that opened the series' third season and was a contestant on The Dating Game (1965). She married the great songwriter Jimmy Webb, by whom she had six children. Two of her sons formed the rock group The Webb Brothers. Barry Sullivan died of a respiratory ailment on June 6, 1994 in Sherman Oaks, California. He was 81 years old.
Barry Switzer
Barry Switzer was born on October 5, 1937 in Crossett, Arkansas, USA. He is an actor, known for Varsity Blues (1999), Any Given Sunday (1999) and Possums (1998). He has been married to Becky Buwick since 2000. He was previously married to Kay McCollum.
Barry Taff
Dr. Barry Taff, who holds a doctorate in psychophysiology with a minor in biomedical engineering, is a world-renowned parapsychologist who worked out of UCLA's former parapsychology laboratory from 1969 through 1978 as a research associate. During his 35-plus-year career, Dr. Taff has investigated more than 4,000 cases of ghosts, hauntings, poltergeists and conducted extensive studies in telepathy and precognition, which led to the development of the initial protocols and methodologies for what was later termed "remote viewing." He was also himself investigated as a psychic subject in 1969, the results of which were published in Behavioral Neuropsychiatry, "A Laboratory Investigation of Telepathy: The Study of A Psychic," Vol. 6, Nos. 1-12, April-December 1974-January-March, 1975. One of the cases Dr. Taff investigated in 1974 gained international fame as the book and motion picture, The Entity, starring Barbara Hershey, released by Fox in 1983. Dr. Taff served as technical advisor on The Entity as well as being represented in the film by the character of "Gene Kraft". What's unknown by the media is the fact that, in real life, The Entity followed its female victim for quite some time after our initial investigation, continuing its vociferous nature. The victim's current whereabouts or condition is unknown. Dr. Taff has appeared on numerous TV and radio programs including CBS News, KNBC News, KABC News, Strange Universe, Unsolved Mysteries, The Joan River's Show, A Current Affair, Hard Copy, Sightings, Judge for Yourself, The Extraordinary, The Montel Williams Show, The Wil Shriner Show, The Suzanne Somers Show, was a recurring guest on NBC's The Other Side, Haunted History, Mysteries & Scandals, ABC's World's Scariest Ghosts Caught On Tape, The Girls Next Door and most recently the Sci-Fi Channel's An Unknown Encounter & California's Most Haunted (highest rated shows in Sci-Fi's history) for which Dr. Taff also served as creative consultant and technical advisor. He has consulted for government, business, and law enforcement, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Language Institute (DLI), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the FBI, Interpol, LAPD, California Highway Patrol, Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department, and the Westminster Police Department. He has served as a technical advisor or script doctor on the films Logan's Run, Demon Seed, Altered States, Poltergeist, and The Entity. In the spring of 2010, Dr. Taff's new book; Aliens Above, Ghosts Below: Explorations of the Unknown was published by Cosmic Pantheon Press, whose title is self-explanatory. In the Winter of 2018 Dr. Taft was asked to assist in the investigation of Zak Bagan's "Demon House" that boasted of around 200 demons, Was it true? Well we won't speculate.
Barry Te Hira
Barry Te Hira is an actor, known for River Queen (2005), Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995) and Xena: Warrior Princess (1995).
Barry Tek-Law
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Barry Thackrey
Barry Thackrey is a producer and actor, known for 7 minutes in Hell: Fritz Fassbender, The Kilted Chef (2021) and Within Hindsight (2021). He has been married to Lynda Thackrey since October 7, 2013.
Barry Tolli
Barry Tolli is an actor and director, known for Gridiron Gang (2006), End of the Trail (2019) and Urban Justice (2007).
Barry Tubb
A Lone Star native with a lanky but athletic frame, tall, fair and blond-haired Barry Tubb has always felt at home on the range and many of his film and TV projects are indicative of that. Born in Snyder, Texas on February 13, 1963, his father owned an oil drilling company. Barry entered competition roping calves and riding bulls at age 7 and was, at one time, a "World Champion Jr. Bull Rider" at age 15. He then broadened his horizons by lassoing an acting career to boot. Following his graduation from Snyder High School in 1981, he left the rodeo circuit and relocated to San Francisco to pursue acting. Stage trained there, he eventually headed south to try his luck in Hollywood. Barry initially drew attention on TV series work and in topical mini-movies dealing with sensitive issues. Following a regular role on the short-lived baseball ensemble series Bay City Blues (1983) and a recurring part as a rookie cop on Hill Street Blues (1981), he received critical applause for two prominent TV-movie roles -- one sympathetic and one not so sympathetic -- as a withdrawn homosexual who comes out to his parents and faces the repercussions therein in the high quality social drama Consenting Adult (1985), and as a self-involved preppy corporate caught up in murder in Billionaire Boys Club (1987). Barry's Texas-boy type TV career reached its apex when he was cast as cowboy Jasper Fant in the epic western mini-series Lonesome Dove (1989) and its sequel Return to Lonesome Dove (1993), which were partially set in his native state. Once he cemented his reputation for high-quality material, he gravitated towards film with supporting roles in Mask (1985), The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) and Top Gun (1986) in which he played a fighter pilot trainee. In 1988, in a complete change of pace, he debuted on Broadway co-starring with Mary Tyler Moore and Lynn Redgrave in "Sweet Sue" by A.R. Gurney. Having a respectable run of 164 performances, he and the show gained a bit of notoriety when he appeared in it fully nude (not full frontal) as a model who poses for a drawing. Specializing in quirky, fair-haired fellows with a slight but appealing awkwardness, he eventually grew disenchanted with Hollywood and turned to independent filming as well as other interests. At one point he moved to France (1991-93) and rode in a resurrection of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. He spread his wings to include off-camera activity, wherein he starred, directed, produced and co-wrote the real cowboy and Indians low-budget Blood Trail (2005). He then returned to his youthful roots writing, producing and directing the family fare feature Grand Champion (2002), the exploits of a young boy who raises a prize-winning steer and struggles to save it from the slaughterhouse. He shot the film in his own Texas hometown of Snyder. Into the millennium, Barry maintained a standard foothold in independent features with a few mature support roles thrown in and making occasional trips behind the camera as well. Such films included the action western American Outlaws (2001) starring link=nm0268199]; the Southern-styled comedy Baghdad Texas (2009); an off-the-wall comedy he wrote, produced and directed entitled Clown Hunt (2008) (the title tells all - about hunters hunting down clowns!); the horror opus Javelina (2011), which he also directed; the romantic dramedy Dear Sidewalk (2013) and the crime thriller Two Step (2014), which filmed in Texas. He also had a recurring roles on the TV series Friday Night Lights (2006) and Revolution (2012). Since then, Barry has kept a very low profile.
Barry Tukz Kopua
Barry Tukz Kopua is known for Bosch & Rockit (2022).
Barry Van Dyke
Barry Van Dyke is the second son of legendary entertainer, Dick Van Dyke. He has one older brother, Christian Van Dyke, and two younger sisters, Stacy Van Dyke and Carrie Beth van Dyke. Barry's TV debut was as "Florian", a violin-toting nine-year-old in The Dick Van Dyke Show: The Talented Neighborhood (1962) episode of the classic The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) show. He worked behind the scenes on subsequent ventures of his father's, and has co-starred with him in three series, The Van Dyke Show (1988), Diagnosis Murder (1993) and Murder 101: Murder 101 (2006). Barry's other television work includes Galactica 1980 (1980), Airwolf (1984) (4th season), Gun Shy (1983), Mr. Mom (1983) and The Redd Foxx Show (1986), as well as numerous guest appearances. His films include Foxfire Light (1983), It Happened at Lakewood Manor (1977) (aka ANTS!) and Casino (1980). Barry met his wife, Mary, when they were both sixteen and he was working as a ticket-taker at a neighborhood movie theatre. Seven years later, they were married. They have four children, Carey Van Dyke, Shane Van Dyke, Wes Van Dyke and Taryn Van Dyke. All four children have guest-starred with their Dad and Grandpa, in scripts written by Barry, on Diagnosis Murder (1993). Barry is an avid motorcyclist with special enthusiasm for dirt bikes. He has participated in protest rides to preserve the rights of motorcyclists to fair use of public lands. He also loves to surf and once rescued a drowning person from the ocean off Baja.