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Barry Primus

Highest Rated: 100% Heartland (1979)

Lowest Rated: 6% The Longest Week (2014)

Birthday: Feb 16, 1938

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Veteran character actor turned director who has worked extensively on stage, TV, and in over 25 feature films. Among Primus' many film acting credits are Martin Ritt's "The Brotherhood" (1968), Jerry Schatzberg's "Puzzle of a Downfall Child" (1970), Sydney Pollack's "Absence of Malice" (1981) and Martin Scorsese's "Boxcar Bertha" (1979) and "New York, New York" (1977). He also acted opposite Bette Midler in three films: "The Rose" (1979), "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (1986), and "Big Business" (1988). On TV, Primus appeared in "Washington Behind Closed Doors," "Paper Dolls," "The Equalizer," "Murder, She Wrote," and in a recurring role on "Cagney and Lacey."

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 87% Heartland
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95% 86% The Irishman Watchlist
93% 76% James Dean
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91% 80% Faye
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91% 87% On Golden Pond
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81% 64% Absence of Malice
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80% 70% Bad Hurt
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73% 81% The Rose
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72% 38% Mistress
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68% 55% Guilty by Suspicion
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Filmography

Movies TV Shows
Faye 91% 80% 2024 Self The Irishman 95% 86% 2019 Ewing King Actor Five Families 2019 Frank Actor Bad Hurt 80% 70% 2015 Marty Actor The Longest Week 6% 21% 2014 Bernard the Chauffer Actor Grudge Match 31% 46% 2013 Joey the Bartender Actor Big Guns 2006 Actor When Will I Be Loved 32% 32% 2004 Victor Barrie Actor Cross Bronx 67% 2004 Mary Green Actor Break a Leg 67% 2003 Ira Goldstein Actor James Dean 93% 76% 2001 Nicholas Ray Actor Black and White 20% 28% 1998 Priest Actor Gold Coast 30% 1997 Ed Grossi Actor Flipping 1996 Joey Actor Crime of the Century 74% 1996 Ellis Parker Actor Welcome to Paradise 1995 Frank Blair Actor Trade Off 1995 Detective Gold Actor T-Force 43% 1994 Producer Mistress 72% 38% 1992 Director, Screenwriter Night and the City 57% 30% 1992 Tommy Tessler Actor Guilty by Suspicion 68% 55% 1991 Bert Alan Actor Torn Apart 38% 1990 Arie Arnon Actor Big Business 52% 69% 1988 Michael Actor Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death 50% 1988 Ford Maddox Actor Talking Walls 1987 Professor Hirsch Actor
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