Barry Nelson
| Barry Nelson | |
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Nelson in 1962
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| Born |
Haakon Robert Nielsen April 16, 1917 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | April 7, 2007 (aged 89) Bucks County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1941–1990 |
| Spouse(s) | Teresa Celli (1951-1965; divorced) Nansilee Hoy (1992–2007; his death) |
Barry Nelson (April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007) was an American actor, noted as the first actor to portray Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond.
Nelson was born Haakon Robert Nielsen in San Francisco, California, the son of Norwegian immigrants, Betsy (née Christophersen) and Trygve Nielsen His year of birth has been subject of some debate, but his 1943 Army enlistment record and his 1993 voter registration records lists 1917 as the year of his birth. He began acting in school at the age of fifteen. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1941 and, because of his theatrical efforts in school, was almost immediately signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.
As an MGM contract player, 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 crime/drama Johnny Eager (1942) starring Robert Taylor and Lana Turner. He played the lead in an MGM second feature war film A Yank on the Burma Road. (1942)
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