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

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, on Broadway, and in

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, Australia and

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Biography

Barnabe was born in

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on 3 April 1905 to Tina (née Bendi) and Louis Vincent Barnabe. He married Avice Landone, 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 (russian: Фёдор Фёдорович Комиссаржевский; 23 May 1882 – 17 April 1954), or Theodore Komisarjevsky, was a Russian, later British, theatrical director and designer. He began his car ...

. 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 Ben Greet; 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 Broadway came in 1935 in the original production of '' Escape Me Never'' at the Shubert Theatre. In 1937, Barnabe went on a tour of Australia and

in a company led by Fay Compton. Other major venues at which Barnabe appeared include the Criterion Theatre, the Q Theatre 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 '' Maigret'', '' Danger Island'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Films in which Barnabe acted include '' Man in the Shadow'' (1957), '' Pit of Darkness'' (1961), '' The Mummy's Shroud'' (1967), and '' Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger'' (1977). He also appeared in a television adaptation of ''

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'' in 1978.

Filmography

Film

Television

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnabe, Bruno 1905 births 1998 deaths English male stage actors English male film actors Alumni of RADA 20th-century English male actors British military personnel of World War II