Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the level-headed Detective Hudson in the television series "Z Cars." After attaining his degree in theatrical arts from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England, he began his career as a leading man on the West End stage. While performing in a stage production of "Romeo and Juliet", he was discovered by director Joseph Pevney who was seated in the audience that evening. Impressed by his unique girth, baritone voice, and dark good looks, he took notice of his potential and arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him appearing under his supervision per a supporting role in "Yankee Pasha" (1954). From there, he would go on to flourish as a notable character actor appearing in over 60 features; often typecast as husbands, fathers, doctors, chauffeurs, waiters, retail clerks, businessmen, politicians, historical or literary figures, doormen, eccentrics, curmudgeons, landlords, neighbors, soldiers, authority figures, clergymen, reporters, sugar daddies, majors, jurors, aristocrats, and patriarchs. He appeared in such feature films as "Victim" (1961), "Walk in the Shadow" (1962), "Young and Willing" (1962), "Sword of Lancelot" (1963), "The Oblong Box" (1968), "The File on the Golden Goose" (1969), "Patton" (1970), and "Song of Norway" (1970). On television, he appeared in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Onion Boys," "The Machine Breakers," "Television Playwright," "Murder Bag," "The Wright People," "Scotland Yard," "Probation Officer," "Emergency-Ward 10," "Theater 70," "BBC Sunday-Night Play," "Family Solicitor," "Deadline Midnight," "Armchair Theater," "Suspense," "The Third Man," "Dixon of Green Dock," "The Wednesday Play," "Sergeant Cork," "The Saint," "The Man Craig," "Man in a Suitcase," "ITV Play of the Week," "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle," "For Amusement Only," "The Jazz Age," "Canterbury Tales," "The Doctors," "Coronation Street," "Nearest and Dearest," "Follyfoot," and "Play for Today." During his career, he held dual citizenship between the United States and the United Kingdom, was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a regular parishioner of the Episcopal church, was a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, had been a commercial model for the Forbes Agency, was a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boy Scouts, and he was the celebrity spokesman for the Tetley Tea Corporation. Upon his 1973, retirement, Barrie, who never married nor had any children, spent the remainder of his life dividing time between his homes in England and California, and was a generous benefactor for several public libraries and state parks, until his death.