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Oliver Barbour

Biography

Oliver Barbour

Overview

  • Born
    October 23, 1904 · Rochester, New York, USA
  • Died
    April 11, 1968 · New York City, New York, USA

Biography

  • Producer, actor, director and advertising representative for, and vice-president of Benton & Bowles. In the 1930s, he acted in the Broadway plays "John Brown", "Ethan Frome", "The Body Beautiful" and some others. For summer-stock productions he directed Ethel Barrymore in "Constant Wife", Edward Everett Horton in "Springtime for Henry", Laurette Taylor in "Candida", and Eddie Dowling in "Our Town". He later became a freelance daytime radio producer, presenting many episodes of "Life Can Be Beautiful", "The Parker Family" and "Light of the World". While living in California, he was a vice-president for the Beverly Hills office of the Ogilvy & Mather agency. In 1967 he moved to New York, where he lived at 15 Maizeland Road in Red Hook.
    - IMDb mini biography by: Louis Rugani

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  • Spouse
      Barbara Towne(? - April 11, 1968) (his death, 2 children)

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  • Two sons: Keith and James.

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