From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Barry MacKay 8 January 1906 12 December 1985 was a British actor He was most prominently seen in light comedic roles in the British cinema of the 1930s and is perhaps best known as Jessie Matthews leading man in Evergreen 1934 Gangway 1937 and Sailing Along 1938 Other notable roles include Lieutenant Somerville in Brown on Resolution 1935 and as Fred Scrooges nephew in MGMs film A Christmas Carol 1938 the latter being one of two films he made in the US the other was the lead role in a Bpicture Smuggled Cargo 1939 After these films and serving in the Canadian navy during WW II followed by stage work there was a long gap in his film career until he reappeared as a character actor in the 1950s making his last film Timeslip aka The Atomic Man in 1955 Barry also appeared in the 1954 Sheldon Reynolds produced Sherlock Holmes television series He portrayed Reggie Sardines Taunton in episode 17 The Case of the Laughing Mummy
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