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name: "Julian Barry"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/julian-barry"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 December 1930"
died: "25 July 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:00:11.809119+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."
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# Julian Barry

Writer. Born 24 December 1930 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. Died 25 July 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 December 1930, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 25 July 2023
- **Also known as:** Julian Barry Mendelsohn Jr.

## Biography

Julian Barry (born Julian Barry Mendelsohn Jr.) was an American screenwriter and playwright. He began his career in the theatre as an actor and stage manager on Broadway productions in the 1950s and early 1960s before turning to writing.

Barry wrote for television series including *Mission: Impossible* (1966) and *The Wackiest Ship in the Army* (1966). He achieved wider recognition with his play *Lenny* (1971), which he adapted into an Oscar-nominated screenplay for the 1974 film directed by Bob Fosse. Other screen credits include *Rhinoceros* (1974), *Eyes of Laura Mars* (1978, uncredited) and *The River* (1984). He also wrote the PBS telefilm *A Marriage: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz* (1991).

Barry published an autobiography, *My Night with Orson*, in 2011. He died in Beverly Hills, California, in 2023.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)

## Also known for

- *Lenny* (1974), Screenplay, Theatre Play
- *The River* (1984), Screenplay

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