Barry Coe
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Barry Coe and Jayne Mansfield (1962)
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| Born |
Barry Clark Heacock November 26, 1934 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Former actor |
| Years active | 1955–1978 |
| Spouse(s) | Jorunn Kristiansen Coe (born 1940) |
Barry S. Coe (born November 26, 1934) is an American actor who appeared in film and on television from 1956-1978. Many of his motion pictures parts were minor, but he co-starred in one series, Follow the Sun, which aired on ABC during the 1961-1962 season, and also played the recognizable "Mr. Goodwrench" on TV commercials in the 1970s and 1980s.
Born Barry Clark Heacock, his name was changed to Joseph Spalding Coe when his mother Jean Elizabeth Shea married Joseph Spalding Coe Sr. (Ellsworth Spaulding9, Edwin Delos8, Orris Kirkland7, Seth6, Ephraim5, Ephraim4, John3, Robert2, Robert1) in 1940 in Los Angeles. His father Francis Elmer "Frank" Heacock, a writer and publicist for Warner Brothers, was killed in an auto accident in North Hollywood, CA, April 5, 1940.
Coe attended the University of Southern California and was discovered by a talent scout during a trip with his fraternity to Palm Springs in the mid-1950s. Thereafter he was signed under contract for 20th Century Fox as an actor.
Coe's first film appearance was as Mr. Davis in Elvis Presley's Love Me Tender in 1956. The next year he played the lustful Rodney Harrington in the original Peyton Place film, based on the bestselling Grace Metalious 1956 novel of the same name. In 1958, he appeared in The Bravados, and in 1959, he was cast in But Not for Me.
In 1960, Coe secured a Golden Globe award for the Most Promising Newcomer - Male, along with James Shigeta, Troy Donahue, and George Hamilton.
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