Biography

Barry Brown was born on April 19, 1951 in San Jose, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Piranha (1978), Bad Company (1972) and Daisy Miller (1974). He was married to Jennie Vlahos. He died on June 27, 1978 in Silver Lake, California, USA.

In August of 2003 his brother, James Brown, published "The Los Angeles Diaries," a memoir of growing up in a dysfunctional family troubled by crime, alcoholism, drug abuse and the ultimate suicides of his two siblings, Barry Brown and Marilyn Brown, the latter having killed herself by jumping from a bridge into a concrete Los Angeles river bed.

Shot himself to death.

Co-authored "Unsung Heroes of the Horrors" with Jim Coughlin, which went unpublished following Barry's death in 1978.

Barry Brown's first film appearance was a bit, walk-on role in 1958's In Love and War; his last film was 1978's Piranha - both of which starred Bradford Dillman.

Brother of actress Marilyn Brown.

I usually do get typecast for my sensitivity and my soft looks, my gentle looks -- I very rarely get cast as a villain.

The only time I'm not unhappy is when I'm acting.

An overdeveloped imagination is necessary to being a good actor. But left to itself alone in a room, it can take over. It's like a demon that somehow leaps out of you and starts to do things to you.

The most important thing in the world is being in the spotlight. I don't know why.

Acting allows you to overcome anything.