Edgar Barrier

Edgar Barrier (March 4, 1907 – June 20, 1964) was an American actor who appeared on radio, stage, and screen. In the 1930s he was a member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre^[1] and was one of several actors who played Simon Templar on The Saint radio show.^[2] He also appeared in two films with Welles, Journey into Fear (1943) and Macbeth (1948). Barrier also appeared in the 1938 Welles-directed short, Too Much Johnson, which was long believed lost but was rediscovered in 2013.^[3]

Edgar Barrier
Barrier as Banquo in Macbeth, 1948
Born	(1907-03-04)March 4, 1907 New York City, U.S.
Died	June 20, 1964(1964-06-20) (aged 57) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting place	Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1932–1964

He was a guest star on a few episodes of Disney's Zorro as Don Cornelio Esperon.^{[citation needed]}

Barrier was born in New York City and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.^[2]

Broadway roles

Edgar Barrier's Broadway stage credits are listed at the Internet Broadway Database.^[4]

• Mary of Scotland (1933) as Lord Douglas
• Idiot's Delight (1936) as Auguste
• The Magnificent Yankee (1946) as Mr. Justice Brandeis

Selected filmography

Joseph Cotten and Edgar Barrier shooting film sequences for the stage production Too Much Johnson (1938)

• Le Spectre vert (1930) - Le médecin (film debut)
• Too Much Johnson (1938) - Leon Dathis
• Escape (1940) - Commissioner
• Comrade X (1940) - Rubick
• The Penalty (1941) - Burns
• They Dare Not Love (1941) - Capt. Wilhelm Ehrhardt
• Bombay Clipper (1942) - Man on Intercom (voice, uncredited)
• Danger in the Pacific (1942) - Zambesi
• Eagle Squadron (1942) - Wadislaw Borowsky
• The Pride of the Yankees (1942) - Hospital Doctor
• Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) - Voice of Terror (voice, uncredited)
• Arabian Nights (1942) - Nadan
• The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943, Serial) - Tommy Thompson
• Journey into Fear (1943) - Kuvetli
• We've Never Been Licked (1943) - Nishikawa
• Phantom of the Opera (1943) - Raoul Dubert
• Crazy House (1943) - Studio Actor (uncredited)
• Flesh and Fantasy (1943) - Stranger in Mask Shop (Episode 1)
• Cobra Woman (1944) - Martok
• Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944) - John Usher / Robert Usher
• Nob Hill (1945) - Lash Carruthers
• Cornered (1945) - DuBois, Insurance Man
• A Game of Death (1945) - Erich Kreiger
• Song of Mexico (1945) - Gregory Davis
• Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946) - Dr. Ameer Lazar
• Rocky (1948) - John Hammond
• To the Ends of the Earth (1948) - Grieg
• Adventures in Silverado (1948) - Robert Louis Stevenson
• Port Said (1948) - The Great Lingallo
• Macbeth (1948) - Banquo, the only Shakespearean role he played on film
• Rogues' Regiment (1948) - Colonel Mauclaire
• The Secret of St. Ives (1949) - Sgt. Carnac
• Last of the Buccaneers (1950) - George Mareval
• Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle (1950) - Dist. Atty. Michael Brogden
• Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) - Cardinal Richelieu, a role created for the film (uncredited)
• Hurricane Island (1951) - Ponce de León
• The Whip Hand (1951) - Dr. Edward Keller
• Prince of Pirates (1953) - Count Blanco
• Destination Gobi (1953) - Yin Tang (uncredited)
• Count the Hours (1953) - Dist. Atty. Jim Gillespie
• The War of the Worlds (1953) - Prof. McPherson (uncredited)
• The Stand at Apache River (1953) - Cara Blanca
• The Golden Blade (1953) - Caliph
• The Saracen Blade (1954) - Baron Rogliano
• Princess of the Nile (1954) - Shaman
• Silver Lode (1955) - Thad Taylor, Attorney (uncredited)
• Rumble on the Docks (1956) - Pete Smigelski
• The Giant Claw (1957) - Dr. Karol Noymann
• Juke Box Rhythm (1959) - Ambassador Truex
• On the Double (1961) - Blankmeister
• Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961) - King Augustus
• Pirates of Tortuga (1961) - Sir Thomas Mollyford
• Irma la Douce (1963) - Gen. Lafayette (uncredited) (final film)