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Desmond Barrit

Desmond Barrit was a British actor known for his distinguished career in theatre. Desmond Barrit was born on 19 October 1944.

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Desmond Barrit is best known for Renowned British stage actor celebrated for his powerful theatrical performances. Desmond Barrit is a British public figure. Desmond Barrit was born on 19 October 1944, which places Desmond Barrit among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1940s. On Dead or Alive, Desmond Barrit is listed in the Screen Icons category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Desmond Barrit is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Renowned British stage actor celebrated for his powerful theatrical performances.
Nationality: British
Born: 19 October 1944
Listed under: Screen Icons

About Desmond Barrit

When he acquired an Equity card in the mid-1970s, he had to change his name, since Desmond Brown was already taken. An early screen role for Barrit came in Alice through the Looking Glass (1998), in which he played Humpty Dumpty. In 2003, he played Shylock in the Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, while in 2007, he appeared in The History Boys at Wyndham's Theatre portraying the general studies teacher, Hector, made famous by Richard Griffiths in the film version. In 2004, in a limited-run revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Royal National Theatre Barrit played Pseudolus opposite Philip Quast as Miles Gloriosus, Hamish McColl as Hysterium and Isla Blair as Domina (who had previously played Philia in the 1963 production).

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Desmond Barrit is known for Renowned British stage actor celebrated for his powerful theatrical performances.

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Desmond Barrit was born on 19 October 1944.

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Desmond Barrit's nationality is British.

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