Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the warm-heated Fred in "A Christmas Carol" (1938). Born Barry Reay-Mackey, after beginning his career on the stage as a leading man on the London stage, he was discovered by director Victor Saville who was seated in the audience one fateful evening during a production of "The Importance of Being Ernest". Impressed by his dark good looks, slim physique, and articulate voice, he took notice of his potential and arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him appearing in a featured role per his first appearance in "The 1002nd Night" (1932). From there, he would go on to flourish as a notable character actor appearing in over 30 features; often typecast as singers, comics, boyfriends, dashing lovers, aristocrats, salesmen, retail clerks, husbands, fathers, curmudgeons, clergymen, detectives, reporters, military men, historical figures, foreigners, and, in his later years, patriarchs. He appeared in such feature films as "Evergreen" (1934), "The Private Life of Don Juan" (1934), "Brown on Resolution" (1935), "Oh, Daddy!" (1935), "Gangway" (1937), "Glamourous Night" (1937), "Sailing Along" (1938), "Smuggled Cargo" (1939), "The Pickwick Papers" (1952), "Grand National Night" (1953), and "Orders are Orders" (1955). During the advent of television, he became an even more familiar face appearing in recurring roles on such syndicated sitcoms as "Sherlock Holmes" and "Paradise Island". In addition, he appeared in over 40 stage plays between the West End and Broadway, some of which included "The Mousetrap," "Blithe Spirit," "Seventh Heaven," "Allegro," "Waiting for Godot," "A Room With a View," and "The Philadelphia Story". During his career, he served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II, was a member of the Actors Guild of Great Britain, held dual citizenship between England and the United States, had been a theatrical instructor for the Central School of Speech and Drama, was a supporter the Conservative Party, had been an active parishioner of the Anglican church, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the British Red Cross and the British Heart Foundation, and he was married to American actress Natalie Hall from 1934 until his death (their union produced no children). Upon his retirement from acting in the early 1960s, he spent the final years of his life dividing time between his homes in England and Maine, was a generous benefactor for several libraries and hospitals, and had been involved in several charitable and religious causes, until his death from the complications of undisclosed causes.