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 and appeared in the 1938 Welles-directed short, Too Much Johnson, which was long believed lost but was rediscovered in 2013. He was also in two films with Welles, Journey into Fear and Macbeth (1948).

Career Barrier was born in New York City and died in Hollywood from a heart attack at the age of 57. and had the recurring role of Don Cornelio Esperon on a few episodes of Disney's 1957 TV series Zorro.

Broadway roles Edgar Barrier's Broadway stage credits are listed at the Internet Broadway Database.

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

Selected filmography

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)