| Wesley Barry | |
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 Wesley Barry, 1924 |
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| Born | August 10, 1907 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | April 11, 1994 (aged 86) Fresno, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, director, producer |
| Years active | 1915–1975 |
Wesley Barry (August 10, 1907 – April 11, 1994) was an American child actor in silent motion pictures. He later became a producer and director of both film and television.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Barry was seven years old when a young director was attracted by his facial features, and put him at work at the old Kalem Studios. He was not noted for his freckles until Marshall Neilan cast him in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, with his freckles uncovered (earlier producers had insisted that all subjects cover facial blemishes with grease paint).
Soon, Barry became a star in his own right, and 1920's Dinty put him over with great success. Later screen productions which served him as starring vehicles are School Days, Rags to Riches, Heroes of the Street, and Warner specials. He was eleven years old when he appeared opposite Mary Pickford in Daddy-Long-Legs, and later, in Cecil B. DeMille's Male and Female, opposite Gloria Swanson.
Barry made some minor film appearances in sound movies through the 1930s, and his last film appearance was in Ladies' Day in 1943. In the 1940s, Barry became a director and producer of television and B-movies, such as The Steel Fist and Racing Blood. He directed his last film, The Jolly Genie, in 1963.
Barry may have been the one referred to as Wes Berry in Richard Dunlop's 1979 book Behind Japanese Lines: With the OSS in Burma, which stated that Berry delighted theatergoers as "Freckles" in the Our Gang comedies. Though no one by either name is known to have acted in the Our Gang comedies, the fact that Barry was a child actor of the right era and was known for his freckles suggests that Barry may have served in the Office of Strategic Services in Burma in 1944.
Barry died on April 11, 1994 in Fresno, California.
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