Eric Barker Overview:

Character actor, Eric Barker, was born Eric Leslie Barker on Feb 20, 1912 in Thornton Heath, England. Barker died at the age of 78 on Jun 1, 1990 in Faversham, England .

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British radio comedian who, after success in such post-war series as Merry-Go-Round, Waterlogged Spa, and Just Fancy, often in partnership with his wife Pearl Hackney, took on a whole new career at 44 as a film character comedian often playing busybodies or petty officials. Boulting Brothers comedies gave him a good start (he won a British Academy Award in their Brothers in Law) and he was a semi-regular in British films for the next 10 years. Catchphrase (and the title of his autobiography): "Steady, Barker!"

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Character Actors: an Illustrated Directory).

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Eric Barker Quotes:

Captain Potts: Who are you?
Miles Heywood: 4277298 Private Heywood, M, sir.
Captain Potts: Heywood? Ever heard of General Heywood?
Miles Heywood: My father, sir.
Captain Potts: Really? Read Admiral Heywood?
Miles Heywood: My grandfather, sir.
Captain Potts: Air Commodore Heywood?
Miles Heywood: My uncle, sir.
Captain Potts: Ah! Quick test. What's the first thing that comes into your head?
Miles Heywood: Women, sir.
Captain Potts: You're a soldier by tradition and instinct.


Desmond Simpkins: Oh, Vienna! Lovely! I've always wanted to see Vienna before I die.
The Chief: With a bit of luck, you'll do both.


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Eric Barker Facts
The only actor in the "Carry On..." films to appear, along with Kenneth Williams and Kenneth Connor in the first (Carry on Sergeant (1958)) and last authentic "Carry On... films (Carry on Emmannuelle (1978)). This does not include the heavily criticised Carry on Columbus (1992).

Ex-father-in-law of Anthony Hopkins.

Father of Petronella Barker and grandfather of the actress and singer Abigail Hopkins.

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