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name: "Dave Barry"
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born: "26 August 1918"
died: "16 August 2001"
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updated: "2026-09-16T21:17:01.472285+00:00"
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# Dave Barry

Actor. Born 26 August 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 16 August 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 August 1918, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 16 August 2001
- **Also known as:** David Louis Siegel, David Barry

## Biography

Dave Barry (born David Louis Siegel) was an American actor and comedian. Born on 26 August 1918 in New York City, he began his career in the 1930s with radio work and voice acting in cartoons, later performing as a stand-up comedian and entertaining troops during the Second World War.

He is best known for his role as the band manager Beinstock in Billy Wilder's *Some Like It Hot* (1959). Other film appearances include *Ladies of the Chorus* (1948), *High Society* (1955), *Voice in the Mirror* (1958) and *Spinout* (1966). Barry also provided voices, often uncredited, for numerous cartoons including Looney Tunes shorts such as *Hollywood Steps Out* (1941), *Slick Hare* (1947) and *8 Ball Bunny* (1950).

His television credits include guest roles in series such as *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965), *Get Smart* (1965), *Green Acres* (1965), *The Monkees* (1966) and *Emergency!* (1972). He worked extensively as a nightclub performer in Las Vegas and died on 16 August 2001 in Beverly Hills, California.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Some Like It Hot* (1959), Fi1m 92, as Beinstock — [page](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md)

## Also known for

- *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965), Dave Barry
- *Get Smart* (1965), KAOS Agent #2
- *Green Acres* (1965), Insurance Man
- *8 Ball Bunny* (1950), Bogart (voice) (uncredited)
- *The Monkees* (1966), Inspector Blount
- *Emergency!* (1972), Tom Jensen
- *Hollywood Steps Out* (1941), Cary Grant / Clark Gable / Bing Crosby / Lewis Stone / Ned Sparks / Groucho Marx (voice) (uncredited)
- *Spinout* (1966), Harry

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