Bruno Bianco Alberto G. G. Barnabe (3 April 1905 – 20 June 1998) was an English film and stage actor. He performed in the West End, on

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, and in

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and

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Biography

Barnabe was born in

St Giles, London St Giles is an area in London, England and is located in the London Borough of Camden. It is in Central London and part of the West End of London, West End. The area gets its name from the parish church of St Giles in the Fields. The combined p ...

on 3 April 1905 to Tina (née Bendi) and Louis Vincent Barnabe. He married

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, who died in 1976. He trained for the stage at the

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where he studied

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under

Theodore Komisarjevsky Fyodor Fyodorovich Komissarzhevsky (; 23 May 1882 – 17 April 1954), or Theodore Komisarjevsky, was a Russian, later British, theatrical director and designer. He began his career in Moscow, but had his greatest influence in London. He was note ...

. Barnabe served with the

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from 1942 through 1946. He died in June 1998.

Stage career

Barnabe made his first stage appearance on 4 April 1927 playing a wedding guest in '' The Dybbuk'' at the

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. In October 1928, Barnabe travelled to

as a member of a

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an company led by Robert Atkins. The following year he travelled to the

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with

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; during this trip he portrayed

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, which marked his first stage appearance in

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. His first and only appearance on

came in 1935 in the original production of '' Escape Me Never'' at the Shubert Theatre. In 1937, Barnabe went on a tour of

and

in a company led by

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. Other major venues at which Barnabe appeared include the Criterion Theatre, the

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and the Theatre Royal, Windsor.

Film career

Barnabe appeared in films as early as 1927 and appeared on television as early as 1937. He appeared on numerous television shows throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including ''

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'', '' Danger Island'', '' The Troubleshooters'' and ''

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''. Films in which Barnabe acted include '' Man in the Shadow'' (1957), ''

Pit of Darkness ''Pit of Darkness'' is a 1961 British thriller second feature ('B') film, directed and written by Lance Comfort and starring William Franklyn and Moira Redmond. It is based on the 1960 novel ''To Dusty Death'' by Hugh McCutcheon.The film is ...

'' (1961), '' The Mummy's Shroud'' (1967), and '' Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger'' (1977). He also appeared in a television adaptation of '' King Richard the Second'' in 1978.

Filmography

Film

Television

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnabe, Bruno 1905 births 1998 deaths 20th-century English male actors Actors from the London Borough of Camden Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art British military personnel of World War II English male film actors English male stage actors English people of Italian descent People from St Giles, London