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name: "Barry Coe"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 November 1934"
died: "14 July 2019"
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average_as: "actor"
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updated: "2026-09-20T03:16:52.813807+00:00"
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# Barry Coe

Actor. Born 26 November 1934 in Santa Monica, California, USA. Died 14 July 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 November 1934, Santa Monica, California, USA
- **Died:** 14 July 2019
- **Also known as:** Barry Clark Heacock, Joseph Spalding Coe, Barry S. Coe
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Coe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3635221, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0168627/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16199

## Biography

Barry Coe was an American actor who appeared in film and on television between 1955 and 1978. Born Barry Clark Heacock on 26 November 1934 in Santa Monica, California, he later used the name Joseph Spalding Coe. He attended the University of Southern California and was signed to a contract by 20th Century Fox.

Coe’s early roles included small parts in *House of Bamboo* (1955) and *Love Me Tender* (1956). His most prominent film performance was as Rodney Harrington in *Peyton Place* (1957). He co-starred as Ben Gregory in the ABC series *Follow the Sun* (1961–62) and appeared in later films such as *The 300 Spartans* (1962) and *Jaws 2* (1978). In 1960 he shared a Golden Globe Award for most promising male newcomer.

From the late 1970s into the 1980s Coe was known for portraying the character Mr. Goodwrench in General Motors television commercials. He died on 16 July 2019 in Palm Desert, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Peyton Place* (1957), Fi1m 64, as Rodney Harrington — [page](https://film.one/film/peyton-place.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Jaws 2* (1978), as Tom Andrews
- *The Pinballs* (1977), as Harvey's Dad
- *MacArthur* (1977), as Television Reporter
- *The Naked Man* (1976), as Moe
- *Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls* (1973), as Fred Saunders
- *The Oval Portrait* (1973), as Joseph Hudson
- *One Minute Before Death* (1972), as Paul Howard
- *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), series, as Steve — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mary-tyler-moore-show.md)
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Willard — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *Fantastic Voyage* (1966), as Communications Aide
- *The Cat* (1966), as Walt Kilby
- *A Letter to Nancy* (1965), as Pastor Bob Allen
- *The 300 Spartans* (1962), as Phylon
- *Follow the Sun* (1961), series, Actor
- *The Wizard of Baghdad* (1961), as Prince Husan
- *One Foot in Hell* (1960), as Stu Christian
- *But Not for Me* (1959), as Gordon Reynolds
- *A Private's Affair* (1959), as Jerry Morgan
- *The Bravados* (1958), as Tom
- *Thundering Jets* (1958), as "Cotton" Davis
- *Peyton Place* (1957), as Rodney Harrington — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/peyton-place.md)
- *Love Me Tender* (1956), as Mr. Davis
- *The 20th Century Fox Hour* (1955), series, Actor
- *House of Bamboo* (1955), as Captain Hanson's Aide (uncredited)

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