Barry Nelson (April 16, 1917 - April 7, 2007)

Barry Nelson appeared in several films during his time two of the more notable being Shadow of the Thin Man in 1941 and The Shining in 1980. From 1953 to 1955 he played George Cooper in the television version of "My Favorite Husband" opposite Joan Caulfield and then Vanessa Brown as Liz. The series is significant because in its radio version it starred Lucille Ball as Liz Cooper when she was just a heartbeat away from becoming Lucy Ricardo. On October 21, 1954 he became the screen's first flesh and blood James Bond. On the anthology series "Climax!" the story "Casino Royale" was seen for the first time. Barry would go on to do several other television guest appearances including "The Ford Theatre Hour", "Suspense", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "The DuPont Show with June Allyson", "Ben Casey", "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre", "The Twilight Zone", "Dr. Kildare", "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour", "Love, American Style", "Cannon", "The Love Boat", "The Ropers", "Nero Wolfe", "Taxi", "Magnum, P.I.", and "Fantasy Island." It was on "Dallas" in 1981 that he played Arthur Elrod, the lawyer who represented Sue Ellen Ewing (Linda Gray) during her first divorce from J.R. (Larry Hagman). In 1988, he guest starred as Eugene McClenden, a friend and fellow writer of "Murder, She Wrote's" Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) who is the target of a greedy family. Barry Nelson was a great man and it breaks my heart that he passed away nine days before his 90th birthday.

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