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Barry Atwater

Highest Rated: 88% The Night Stalker (1971)

Lowest Rated: 86% Pork Chop Hill (1959)

Birthday: May 16, 1918

Birthplace: Denver, Colorado, USA

Barry Atwater was a character actor who worked prolifically from the 1950s through the 1970s. One of his earliest roles came when he was in his late-thirties on the Walter Cronkite-narrated historical series, "You Are There." Many of his other roles in the '50s were westerns, but in 1958, he landed a recurring part on the classic crime-mystery "Perry Mason," appearing on six episodes over a five-year span. He would revisit this genre frequently in the 1970s, with recurring parts on the cop drama "Hawaii Five-O," the anthology series "Night Gallery," and the cop drama "Mannix." Atwater's role as a serial killer/vampire on the horror-thriller "The Night Stalker" in 1972 caught the attention of fans of classic horror. In 1966, Atwater began a five-episode run on the popular action-thriller "Mission: Impossible," appearing as a different character on each episode over a seven-year-span. At the end of a run of crime-drama roles through the 1970s, Atwater had a small movie role as a lawyer in the Sylvester Stallone-starring Teamster drama, "F.I.S.T."; Atwater passed away from a stroke at age 60, just after the film's release in April of that year.

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Highest rated movies

88% 78% The Night Stalker
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86% 71% Pork Chop Hill
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A Time Out of War
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Everything but the Truth
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50% Return of the Gunfighter
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The True Story of Lynn Stuart
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33% Man From Del Rio
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48% The Rack
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47% Alvarez Kelly
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79% Night Gallery
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet 58% The Amazing Howard Hughes Sen. Brewster (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 18% The Teacher Sheriff Murphy (Character) - 1974
88% 78% The Night Stalker Janos Skorzeny (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Along Came a Spider Judge Romagna (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 79% Night Gallery Carson (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 50% The Thousand Plane Raid Gen. Conway (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 50% Return of the Gunfighter Lomax (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 47% Alvarez Kelly General Kautz (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 0% Battle at Bloody Beach Pelham (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 0% Vice Raid Phil Evans (Character) - 1959
86% 71% Pork Chop Hill Lt. Col. Davis (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The True Story of Lynn Stuart Police Lt. Jim Hagan (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 33% The Hard Man George Dennison (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 46% Nightmare Capt. Warner (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 48% The Rack Maj. Byron Phillips (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 33% Man From Del Rio Dan Ritchy (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Everything but the Truth Arthur Taylor (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Time Out of War Craig (Character) - 1954

TV

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92% 96% The Twilight Zone Les Goodman (Character) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry O Unknown (Guest Star) 1975-1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cannon Dr. Prideman (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Story Captain Wilkie (Character) 1973-1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Mark Prentiss (Guest Star) 1968 1970 1973-1974
No Score Yet 100% Kung Fu Unknown (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco McClain (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet 100% Night Gallery Unknown (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mod Squad Jonathan Carr (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Ed Eby (Guest Star) 1956-1957 1959-1960 1969
80% 89% Star Trek Surak (Guest Star) 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jericho Unknown (Character) 1966
No Score Yet 48% Bewitched Boris (Guest Star) 1966
100% No Score Yet The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Unknown (Guest Star) 1964 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rawhide Unknown (Guest Star) 1964-1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Dr. Robert Denair - Psychiatrist (Guest Star) 1958-1959 1961 1963-1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Cleve Logan (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Unknown (Character) 1963 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Farmer's Daughter Brinkman (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
92% 92% The Outer Limits Dr. Jonas Temple (Character) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rebel Unknown (Guest Star) 1960-1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Lucky Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bronco Unknown (Guest Star) 1959-1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Step Beyond Unknown (Character) 1959-1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marshal Dillon Unknown (Guest Star) 1956-1957 1959-1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cheyenne Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Letter to Loretta Stranger (Character) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bat Masterson Egan (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Thin Man Dr. Nyles (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Have Gun -- Will Travel Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zane Grey Theatre Unknown (Character) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Medic Unknown (Guest Star) 1955