I am showing my advanced age, but I liked him best as Chief Amos Burke in TV's Burke's Law. What a suave guy, with a great speaking voice!
Bruce On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Tom Martin < [email protected]> wrote: > War of the Worlds..That was probably my fave sci-fi film and Gene Barry was > great. in it. he had great screen > presence.. The color of the film was great an the Martian space ships > where very convincing and the eye > of the alien ship was so amazing and the music.. George Pal and cast > were great. > war of the worlds and Forbidden Planet and Time Machine are timeless.. > and the best in my book. > and what all the rest like star trek, star wars and others are built > from... > > Gene Barry had the ability to carry a part with believability. > > rest in peace Gene. > > Tom > > > > > Scott Burns wrote: > > Actor Gene Barry, star of "War of the Worlds" (1953), "Bat Masterson" > (1958-1961) and "Burke's Law" (1963-1966) has died in Woodland Hills, > California. His final screen credit was a cameo at the end of the 2005 > remake of "War of the Worlds." For the last 5 years he has suffered with > Alzheimer's disease. Here's a link to the obit: > > * > http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-gene-barry11-2009dec11,0,6406555.story?track=rss > *<http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-gene-barry11-2009dec11,0,6406555.story?track=rss> > > Scott > MoPo List Owner > > "We know now that we can't beat their machines. We've got to beat **them*.*" > --Dr. Clayton Forrester (Gene Barry)* War of the Worlds* (1953) > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.

