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Post by billyfarmer on Nov 15, 2017 12:01:04 GMT
Keith Barron, best remembered in the role of David Pearce, in the 1980's Sitcom Duty Free, has sadly died, aged 83.
Keith Barron, also appeared in many other TV programmes, including Redcap, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Strange Report, Z Cars, The Professionals, Tales of the Unexpected, Doctor Who, Minder (Senior Citizen Caine) and The Sherlock Holmes Granada Series (The Last Vampyre).
www.BBC.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41998040
R.I.P. Keith Barron.
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Post by jno on Nov 15, 2017 12:13:00 GMT
Very sad, I walked right past him once in the St. David's Shopping Centre in Cardiff but I was way too scared to speak to him.
Incredibly talented actor and incredible presence on screen. Apart from the obvious 'Minder' connection, he was great in many many other British productions including The Professionals' 'Private Madness, Public Danger', 'Duty Free' and for me, he was truly excellent in the much forgotten 'Take Me Home' from 1989 - well worth a watch if you get the chance.
RIP to a true British great in my opinion.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2017 12:22:00 GMT
Really saddened to hear this. A very good actor in his day. A former resident of Hayle, I once saw him post a letter circa 1980 at the post box near The Bird in Hand pub!
RIP Keith.
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Post by daz on Nov 15, 2017 12:40:17 GMT
A shame. Did some good stuff over the years.
RIP
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Post by flyingsquad on Nov 15, 2017 12:56:59 GMT
RIP Keith
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Post by pr1 on Nov 15, 2017 13:08:23 GMT
Rest In Peace.
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Post by flashchris on Nov 15, 2017 13:49:25 GMT
Very sad news, I was only thinking of him yesterday as I saw Senior Citizen Caine. I walked past him in Helston, Cornwall in the early 1980s when I believe he had a restaurant there. He had a great career, appearing in a lot of popular shows including the first broadcast ep of The Professionals. I absolutely loved watching Duty Free when I was very young. "David, the Germans!" was a bit of a catchphrase for me at the time (said by Neil Stacy who played the Rolls Royce salesman in the Bounty Hunter).
Totally agree with jno re: Take Me Home, this stuck in the mind the first time I saw it when I was 12 and I re-watched it about 3 or 4 years ago and it was equally good then. Certainly his best acting role in my opinion, although he was very good in everything I've seen him, he was always very watchable. He certainly kept up his a career into his 80s. I didn't watch it but I believe he played DCI Banks's father as recently as this year.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2017 15:18:15 GMT
I walked past him in Helston, Cornwall in the early 1980s when I believe he had a restaurant there. His restaurant was in Hayle, very close to Bird Paradise.  |
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Post by gustav on Nov 15, 2017 16:55:18 GMT
Just heard this, it is very sad. He had an enormously varied career and he was good in everything he did. I used to enjoy 'Duty Free' and his name is being associated most closely with that even by the BBC but he was much more than a comedian.
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Post by yoyopickles on Nov 15, 2017 19:51:33 GMT
I saw the matinee performance of the stage play LAST OF THE DUTY FREE, in Bromley, in 2014. I was in the front row and a few of us stood up at the end and clapped, as the curtain was coming down, he looked straight at me, and jokingly said "sit back down!" Gwen taylor who was standing next to him, seemed to not expect him to say this, and started laughing! Im so glad I got to see the "final chapter of duty free, as i loved it as a kid in the 1980s, and have them all on DVD.
R.I.P Keith!
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Post by fordcapri on Nov 15, 2017 20:39:27 GMT
Worth remembering that he was the first person we saw in The Professionals - 'Private Madness, Public Danger', as broadcast on December 30th 1977. I shall be watching it this year, exactly 40 years since I first saw it.
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Post by ace5150 on Nov 15, 2017 20:44:00 GMT
I saw the matinee performance of the stage play LAST OF THE DUTY FREE, in Bromley, in 2014. I was in the front row and a few of us stood up at the end and clapped, as the curtain was coming down, he looked straight at me, and jokingly said "sit back down!" Gwen taylor who was standing next to him, seemed to not expect him to say this, and started laughing! Im so glad I got to see the "final chapter of duty free, as i loved it as a kid in the 1980s, and have them all on DVD. R.I.P Keith! Similar, End of Pier show August 1985 in Bournemouth. Can't say I was impressed, didn't like the show at all. The following day, Radio 1 road show tipped up, Gary Davies was the DJ. My then girlfriend was ecstatic with them both. Still, RIP Keith |
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Post by fordcapri on Nov 15, 2017 20:51:09 GMT
And one of the most distinctive and effective voices ever...
(It's hard to imagine TV commercials of the 1970s without either Keith Barron or Michael Jayston.)
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Post by barrythebook on Nov 15, 2017 20:58:56 GMT
I walked past him in Helston, Cornwall in the early 1980s when I believe he had a restaurant there. His restaurant was in Hayle, very close to Bird Paradise. ...next door to Paradise Park. It was called 'Foxes' iirc and is now St.Pirans School. I believe KB still had a property in Halsetown (between Hayle and St.Ives). As has been mentioned, some excellent roles in TV and film, my personal favourite was alongside Ian McShane and Alan Lake in 'Conman' - pure 70s British class  RIP Keith  |
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Post by Portland Road on Nov 16, 2017 8:55:51 GMT
RIP Keith Barron.
I didn't realise he was as old as 83.
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Post by yoyopickles on Nov 17, 2017 15:09:35 GMT
RIP Keith Barron. I didn't realise he was as old as 83. Yes it's hard to believe! When I saw him on stage three and a half years ago, he was obviously 80 then, but he had a lot if energy and I thought she was in his late 60s! |
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Post by Zimbo on Nov 17, 2017 17:50:40 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2017 18:03:46 GMT
Thanks for the link Zimbo.
I see in the obit that it says:
"For three years from 1980, Barron and his wife ran a successful restaurant in Hayle, Cornwall."
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Post by Terry on Nov 17, 2017 18:40:45 GMT
Shame, he was real good....from Nesbitt in the profs to DCI Banks's father...
RIP
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Post by ltd on Nov 18, 2017 9:08:18 GMT
I remember seeing him in a GF Newman adaptation, The Testing Ground I think it was, playing a John Stalker type senior copper who gets stitched up by inter force politics. I was surprised at how good he was in a serious dramatic role as I'd only associated him with comedies up until then.
Great as the conniving, but not over bright, son and heir in Senior Citizen Caine.
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Post by Arch Stanton on Nov 18, 2017 9:29:23 GMT
I'd like to see Haggard again. I remember enjoying that when it was on.
Kinda like ITVs answer to Blackadder.
I liked Keith in that.
RIP Keith
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Post by daz on Jan 7, 2018 17:45:58 GMT
I just thought I'd mention, though two weeks late, that I caught the Xmas edition of Not Going Out, and Keith Barron appears playing a shop assistant. This was his last TV appearance and I have to say he did look rather frail, but didn't stop his class shining through.
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Post by thewoodster on Feb 2, 2018 22:47:26 GMT
Rip Keith baron.so much TV gold from this actor.
Obviously I enjoyed him in minder.
But I think he will be best remembered for his role in duty free.
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