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      • B arry Nelson was a Broadway leading man who launched his career at MGM in the 1940s and earned a niche in show business history as the first actor to play British secret agent James Bond — as an American named Jimmy Bond — in a live television production of "Casino Royale" in the 1950s.
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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Barry_NelsonBarry Nelson - Wikipedia

    Career. With MGM, Nelson made his screen debut in the role as Paul Clark in Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, with Donna Reed. He followed that with his role as Lew Rankin in the film noir Johnny Eager (1942) starring Robert Taylor and Lana Turner.

  4. www.imdb.com › name › nm0625167Barry Nelson - Biography - IMDb

    Actor: The Shining. A genial, well-respected, all-around "nice guy", the breezily handsome Barry Nelson was born Haakon Robert Nielsen on April 16, 1917, in San Francisco, California, to Betsy (Christophersen) and Trygve "Ted" Nielsen, both Norwegian immigrants.

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  6. projects.latimes.com › barry-nelson › indexBarry Nelson - Hollywood Star Walk - Los Angeles Times

    B arry Nelson was a Broadway leading man who launched his career at MGM in the 1940s and earned a niche in show business history as the first actor to play British secret agent James Bond — as...

  7. www.nytimes.com › 2007/04/14 › obituariesBarry Nelson - Obituary - The New York Times

    Joining the Army and assigned to an entertainment unit, he made his Broadway debut in 1943, billed as Pvt. Barry Nelson, in Moss Hart’s wartime morale builder, “Winged Victory.”

  8. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-2007-apr-14-meBarry Nelson, 89; originated role of James Bond on TV

    Barry Nelson, a Broadway leading man who launched his career at MGM in the 1940s and earned a niche in show-business history as the first actor to play British secret agent James Bond -- as an...

  9. www.filmreference.com › film › 10Barry Nelson Biography (1925-) - Film Reference

    Birth Details. 1925. Oakland, California, United States. Famous Works. Credits. BROADWAY DEBUT--Bobby Grills, Winged Victory, 44th Street Theatre, 1943. Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES. Peter Sloan, Light Up the Sky, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1948. Gus Hammer, The Rat Race, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1949.

  10. historicelitchtheatre.org › barry-nelsonBarry Nelson (1968) – Historic Elitch Theatre

    He began acting at the University of California, where his portrayal of ‘Macbeth led to a contract with MGM. Subsequently, Moss Hart engaged him to play the fledgling dramatist in his comedy, “Light Up the Sky,” and Carson Kanin cast him as a saxophone player opposite Betty Field in “The Rat Race.”