Witty and elegant actor whose roles ranged from Shakespeare to Dot Cotton's gentleman friend in EastEnders There is a dying breed of classically trained, romantic, heroic actors who should not be consigned to oblivion in theatrical memory, and Frank Barrie, who has died aged 88, is a notable example. The youngest leading actor at the Bristol Old Vic in the late 1960s, Barrie was always part of that noble tradition, o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PM on July 21, 2025