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Barry Primus

  • Birthplace: New York, New York
  • Birthday: February 16, 1939

Veteran character actor turned director who has worked extensively on stage, TV, and in over 25 feature films. Among Primus' many film acting credits are Martin Ritt's "The Brotherhood" (1968), Jerry Schatzberg's "Puzzle of a Downfall Child" (1970), Sydney Pollack's "Absence of Malice" (1981) and Martin Scorsese's "Boxcar Bertha" (1979) and "New York, New York" (1977). He also acted opposite Bette Midler in three films: "The Rose" (1979), "Down and Out in Bever…more

Credits

Actor
Director

Career Milestones

  • 1979

    Directed the second unit on Mark Rydell s The Rose

  • 1968

    Feature film acting debut in Martin Ritt s gangster film The Brotherhood

  • Appeared in the Jerome Robbins-directed version of the Arthur Kopit play, Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama s Hung You in the Closet and I m Feeling So Sad

  • Became one of the original members of the Lincoln Center Repertory Company and appeared there in four plays: Incident at Vichy , Marco Millions , After the Fall , and The Changeling , the latter two directed by Elia Kazan

  • Joined Jerome Robbins experimental American Laboratory Theater as both actor and assistant

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