---
name: "Byron Barr"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/byron-barr"
fi1m_id: "byron-barr"
imdb_id: "nm0056477"
tmdb_id: 109844
wikidata_id: "Q5004300"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 August 1917"
died: "3 November 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:17:49.585541+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Byron Barr

## Identity

Byron Barr

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/byron-barr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** byron-barr
- **IMDb ID:** nm0056477
- **TMDB ID:** 109844
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5004300
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Barr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5004300, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0056477/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109844

Actor. Born 18 August 1917 in Corning, Iowa, USA. Died 3 November 1966.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 August 1917, Corning, Iowa, USA
- **Died:** 3 November 1966
- **Also known as:** Byron S. Barr
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Barr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5004300, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0056477/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109844

## Biography

Byron Barr (1917–1966), sometimes billed as Byron S. Barr, was an American actor. Born in Corning, Iowa, he appeared in 19 films between 1944 and 1951. His screen debut was as Nino Zachetti in *Double Indemnity* (1944).

Barr had supporting roles in *Pitfall* (1948) as Bill Smiley and *The File on Thelma Jordon* (1950) as McCary. His only lead came in the 1946 B-movie *Tokyo Rose*. He retired from acting in 1951.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Double Indemnity* (1944), Fi1m 92, as Nino Zachetti — [page](https://film.one/film/double-indemnity.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Covered Wagon Raid* (1950), as Roy Chandler
- *Appointment with Danger* (1950), as Policeman
- *Tarnished* (1950), as Joe Pettigrew
- *The File on Thelma Jordon* (1949), as McCary
- *Down Dakota Way* (1949), as Steve Paxton
- *Pitfall* (1948), as Bill Smiley
- *The Main Street Kid* (1948), as Bud Wheeling (as Byron S. Barr)
- *Seven Were Saved* (1947), as Lt. Martin Pinkert
- *Big Town* (1946), as Vance Crane
- *They Made Me a Killer* (1946), as Steve Reynolds
- *Tokyo Rose* (1946), as Pete Sherman
- *Follow That Woman* (1945), as John Evans
- *Love Letters* (1945), as Derek Quinton
- *The Affairs of Susan* (1945), as Chick
- *Practically Yours* (1944), as Navigator (uncredited)
- *Double Indemnity* (1944), as Nino Zachetti — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/double-indemnity.md)
- *The Tanks Are Coming* (1941), Actor

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/byron-barr