Barry Pearl
{{short description|American actor (born 1950)}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2021}}
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|name=Barry Pearl
|image=Barry Pearl 2017.jpg
|caption=Pearl in 2017
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1950|3|29}}
|birth_place=Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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|occupation=Actor
|years_active= 1961–present
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Barry Lee Pearl (born March 29, 1950, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American character actor.{{cite web|title=Barry Pearl|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/55677/Barry-Pearl/filmography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811012442/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/55677/Barry-Pearl/filmography|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2014|archive-date=2014-08-11}} He is best known for his role as "Doody", one of the three supporting T-Birds, in the 1978 film version of Grease.{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Grease (1978) Screen: A Slick Version of 'Grease':Fantasy of the 50s|first=Vincent|last=Canby|authorlink=Vincent Canby|date=June 16, 1978|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0CE7D61031E632A25755C1A9609C946990D6CF}} He also had a cameo as Mr. Weaver in the Grease: Live television special on FOX in 2016.
Early life
Pearl was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to an Orthodox Jewish family. Despite growing up Orthodox Jewish, he celebrated both Hanukkah and Christmas as a child as 2 of his aunts were married to Christians.{{cite web | url=https://lancasteronline.com/features/faith_values/theyll-be-home-for-christmas/article_0cb08be9-169e-55c7-b47b-9446f4d510b1.html | title=They'll be home for Christmas | date=22 December 2012 }}
Career
He played "Professor Tinkerputt" in the primetime special Barney's Imagination Island and the US tour of Barney's Big Surprise, a stage production based on the popular TV show as well as a video of the same name.
He also starred in an episode of Disney Channel's Even Stevens. He began his career in 1961 replacing Johnny Borden as “Randolph MaAfee” in Broadway's Bye Bye Birdie. Other Broadway credits include Oliver! in 1962, A Teaspoon Every Four Hours in 1969, The Producers in 2005, Lenny's Back in 2008 and Baby It's You! in 2011. In 2012 he starred in the Lionsgate release The Newest Pledge. He also starred as "Arnold" in the national tour of Happy Days - A New Musical.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} In 2014, he was part of the series Summer with Cimorelli.
During the summers he teaches film arts all across the US to the special needs community with Joey Travolta's Inclusion Film Company.
Filmography
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! Year !! TV/Film Credit !! Role !! Notes | |||
| 1976-1977 | C.P.O. Sharkey | Recruit Mignone | 14 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 1977 | Best Friends | Gypsy | TV pilot episode |
| Have I Got a Christmas for You | Barry Silver | TV special | |
| 1978 | Grease | Doody | Feature film |
| 1979 | Barney Miller | Mario Pellegrini | Episode: "Voice Analyzer" |
| rowspan="2" | 1981 | The Munsters' Revenge | Warren Thurston | TV film |
| Eight Is Enough | Bruce | Episode: "The Idolbreaker: Part 2" | |
| rowspan="2" | 1982 | Benson | Jerry Ziegler | Episode: "Katie's Romance" |
| Hill Street Blues | Weapons Salesman | Episode: "The Shooter" | |
| 1983 | Making of a Male Model | Clarence | TV film |
| rowspan="6" | 1985 | Alice | Cop #4 | Episode: "Vera's Anniversary Blues" |
| Avenging Angel | Johnny Glitter | Feature flm | |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Leon Sacks | Episode: "A Little Sex, a Little Scandal" | |
| HeartBeat | Choreographer | TV pilot episode | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Assistant DA | Episode: "Wake Me When I'm Dead" | |
| Falcon Crest | Music Video Director | Episode: "False Hope" | |
| rowspan="3" | 1986 | Growing Pains | Unknown | Episode: "Be a Man" |
| Annihilator | Eddie | TV film | |
| Dutch Treat | Unknown | Feature film | |
| rowspan="5" | 1987 | Flicks | Red | Feature film |
| Throb | Oily Guy | Episode: "Moonlighting" | |
| The Tracey Ullman Show | Club Manager | Episode #1.5 | |
| Max Headroom | Paul Waites | Episode: "Academy" | |
| Murder, She Wrote | P.R. Staffer | Episode: "Steal Me a Story" | |
| 1990 | Major Dad | Mike Eagleton | Episode: "Face the Music... and Dance: Part 2" |
| rowspan="2" | 1991 | They Came from Outer Space | Bill Rabkin | Episode: "High Five" |
| Beverly Hills, 90210 | Norman | Episode: "Chuckie's Back" | |
| 1993 | Sisters | Stan Smigel | Episode: "Things Are Tough All Over" |
| rowspan="2" | 1994 | Bedtime with Barney: Imagination Island | Professor Erasmus Q. Tinkerputt | TV special |
| Tryst | Doctor | Feature film | |
| 1995 | ER | Dr. Noble | Episode: "Long Day's Journey" |
| 1995-1996 | Night Stand | Buddy / Menachem | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="3" | 1996 | Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible | Rumpelstiltskin (voice) | 4 episodes |
| Baywatch Nights | Paul Whitset | Episode: "Backup" | |
| Where Truth Lies | Stan Horowitz | Feature film | |
| 1998 | Port Charles | Dr. Aikman | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 1999 | My Favorite Martian | News Director | Feature film |
| Baywatch | Lyle Forsman | Episode: "Father of the Groom" | |
| rowspan="2" | 2000 | Malibu, CA | J.J. | Episode: "The House Guest" |
| Even Stevens | Mr. Chaney | Episode: "Easy Way" | |
| 2003 | Miss Match | Morty | Episode: "The Love Bandit" |
| 2008 | Criminal Minds | Man | Episode: "Lo-Fi" |
| rowspan="2" | 2009 | Special Delivery | Dr. Shabin | Short film |
| House | Dr. Paulson | Episode: "Epic Fail" | |
| 2011 | Outside the Box | Captain Keller | Episode: "The Miracle Worker" |
| rowspan="2" | 2012 | Far from the Tree | Barry | Episode: "Poker Night" |
| The Newest Pledge | Mr. Motes | Feature film | |
| 2014 | Summer with Cimorelli | Barry Ortega | Episode: "Welcome to Show Business" |
| 2016 | Grease: Live | Mr. Stan Weaver | TV special |
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.barrypearl.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0669046|name=Barry Pearl}}
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Category:Actors from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Category:Male actors from Pennsylvania
Category:American male musical theatre actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:American people of Jewish descent
Category:Jewish American actors
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