Barry Nelson

Barry Nelson
Nelson in 1962
Born
Robert Haakon Nielsen

(1917-04-16)April 16, 1917
DiedApril 7, 2007(2007-04-07) (aged 89)
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
OccupationActor
Years active1938–1990
Spouses
(div. 1965)
Nansilee Hoy
(m. 1951)

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).