David Barry

David Barry was born on 30th April 1943 in the North Wales town of Bangor.As a young boy he attended Hillgrove school in Bangor and also went to school across the Menai Straits in nearby Anglesey.He later moved to London and after leaving Mortlake Secondary Modern School, he enrolled at The Corona Academy stage school in Chiswick. Former graduates of the Academy include Jeremy Bulloch, Richard O'Sullivan, Dennis Waterman and Frazer Hines.His first role as an actor was at the Theatre Royal, Windsor playing the part of 'Harlen' one of the seven boys in the play 'Life With Father', based on the humorous autobiographical book of stories written in 1936 by the American author Clarence Day, Jr.He is best remembered for the part as one of the kids of class 5C, the cowardly 'mummy's boy' Frankie Abbott, in the popular London Weekend Television series 'Please Sir!'The series made him a household name starring alongside Deryck Guyler, Joan Sanderson and John Alderton, and his fellow pupils Pe... [Details Intro]