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Bruno Barnabe

Actor

Bruno Barnabe

Born April 3, 1905 in St. Giles, Bloomsbury, London, England, UKDied June 20, 199818 films

Barnabe was born in St Giles, London 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 Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where he studied mime under Theodore Komisarjevsky. Barnabe served with the British Armed Forces from 1942 through 1946. He died in June 1998. 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, The Troubleshooters and Jesus of Nazareth. 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 King Richard the Second in 1978.

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18 films as actor
  1. 1978Richard IIAbbot of Westminster
  2. 1977Sinbad and the Eye of the TigerBalsora
  3. 1976The MessageUmaya
  4. 1973The Man Who Died TwicePoldo
  5. 1971This Body Is MineHarvey
  6. 1967The Mummy's ShroudPharaoh
  7. 1966Arrivederci, Baby!Head Waiter
  8. 1961Pit of DarknessBruno
  9. 1961Five Golden HoursCesare
  10. 1959Doctor KabilDr. Gerard
  11. 1959Carlton-Browne of the F.O.Maître d'
  12. 1957King's RhapsodyChief Revolutionary
  13. 1956The Tamer TamedChristopher Sly
  14. 1955Portrait of AlisonItalian Detective
  15. 1949The Last SupperLeonardo da Vinci
  16. 1937LandslideBert White
  17. 1936Beloved ImpostorPoliceman
  18. 1936Ball at SavoyTrain Conductor