Gene Barry

b. Eugene Klass, 14 June 1921, New York City, New York, USA. A skilled song and dance man, Barry made a number of appearances on the stage, including appearing in Catherine Was Great (1944), which starred Mae West. Few other productions were notable but he worked often in television in the early 50s, playing a regular role in Eve Arden's Our Miss Brooks (1956-57) and he later took the lead in television's Bat Masterson (1958) and Burke's Law (1963). His Hollywood films of the 50s and 60s, in many of which he played the lead, are almost all straight dramas, including The Atomic...