Barry Nelson
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Key facts
- Born
- Robert Haakon Nielsen , ( 1917-04-16 ) April 16, 1917, San Francisco , California , U.S.
- Died
- April 7, 2007 (2007-04-07) (aged 89), Bucks County, Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of California, Berkeley
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1938–1990
- Spouses
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Nielsen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Place of death
- Bucks County
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- University of California, Berkeley
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Barry Nelson 1962.jpg
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- Commons category
- Barry Nelson
- date of birth
- 1917-04-16
- date of death
- 2007-04-07
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
- start of work period
- 1941-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Haakon Nielsen (April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007), known as Barry Nelson, was an American stage, film, and television actor. He is noted as the first actor to portray Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond, in the 1954 American television adaptation of Casino Royale. He is also known for playing Stuart Ullman in Stanley Kubrick's 1980 psychological horror film The Shining. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for the Broadway musical The Act (1977).
Early life
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