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John Barrard
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[[File:John Barrard Keeping Up Appearances.jpg|thumb|right|John Barrard in ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'' (1993)]]
'''John Barrard''' (1924 &ndash; 13 October 2013) was a [[British people|British]] [[character actor]] who had a career spanning five decades and who perhaps is best known for playing Dooley, Santa's #No. 2, in ''[[Santa Claus: The Movie]]'' (1985).<ref name=IMDb>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0056700/ John Barrard on the [[Internet Movie Database]]]</ref>

(contracted; show full)966), Harris in ''[[Public Eye (TV series)|Public Eye]]'' (1968), Valarti in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' (1969), Sir Bruce Ingoe in ''[[Callan (TV series)|Callan]]'' (1969), King of Diamonds in ''[[Here Come the Double Deckers]]'' (1970), Mr Whitfield in ''[[Doctor at Large (TV series)|Doctor at Large]]'' (1971), Shop Assistant in ''[[Budgie (TV series)|Budgie]]'' (1972)
, and Mr Forbes/Mr Finch in ''[[The Fenn Street Gang]]'' (1971-1972).<ref name=IMDb/>

Further television credits included Gem Setter in ''[[The Protectors]]'' (1972), Pilkington in ''[[Follyfoot]]'' (1973), Lionel in ''[[Rosie (TV series)|The Growing Pains of PC Penrose]]'' (1975), Chauffeur in ''[[The Sweeney]]'' (1976), Mr Oliver in ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'' (197(contracted; show full)7;'[[Jeeves and Wooster]]'' (1990), Mr Pebbles in ''[[Sean's Show]]'' (1992), Baths Attendant in ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' (1993), Houseowner in ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'' (1993), Norman Spencer/Mr Jeffries in ''[[The Bill]]'' (1989-1999), Stamp Collector in ''[[Mr. Bean]]'' (1994) Security Guard in ''[[As Time Goes By (TV series)|As Time Goes By]]'' (2000)
, and Mr Taylor in ''[[Doctors (TV series)|Doctors]]'' (2002).<ref name=IMDb/> 
 
His film roles included the Taxidermist in ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)|The Man Who Knew Too Much]]'' (1956), Lennie Ross in ''[[Cover Girl Killer]]'' (1959), Small Man in ''[[Peeping Tom (film)|Peeping Tom]]'' (1960), ''[[There Was a Crooked Man (film)|There Was a Crooked Man]]'' (1960), Honeydew in ''The Primitives'' (1962), Consul in ''[[We Joined the Navy]]'' (1962), Zebra Man in ''[[Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River]]'' (1968), Wedding Guest in ''[[Crossplot (film)|Crossplot]]'' (1969), Patron in ''[[Our Miss Fred]]'' (1972), Blind Man in ''[[Tales from the Crypt (film)|Tales from the Crypt]]'' (1972), Benjamite Elder in ''[[King David (film)|King David]]'' (1985), Dooley in ''[[Santa Claus: The Movie]]'' (1985), Walter in ''[[Buster (film)|Buster]]'' (1988), and Old Man in ''[[Swinging with the Finkels]]'' (2011).<ref name=IMDb/>

Theatre appearances included ''[[The Tenth Man (Chayefsky play)|The Tenth Man]]'' (1961) at the [[Comedy Theatre]].<ref>[http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/08plays/plays6069.htm Barrard on the Rob Wilton Theatricalia website]</ref>

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