Barry Nelson
Barry Nelson | |
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Nelson in 1962 | |
| Born | Robert Haakon Nielsen April 16, 1917 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | April 7, 2007 (aged 89) |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1938–1990 |
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Robert Haakon Nielsen (April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007), known as Barry Nelson, was an American stage, film, and television actor. He is noted as the first actor to portray Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond, in the 1954 American television adaptation of Casino Royale. He is also known for playing Stuart Ullman in Stanley Kubrick's 1980 psychological horror film The Shining. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for the Broadway musical The Act (1977).