---
name: "Larry Barber"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/larry-barber"
fi1m_id: "larry-barber"
imdb_id: "nm0053426"
tmdb_id: 1216739
wikidata_id: "Q10295572"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T11:59:13.943881+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."
---

# Larry Barber

## Identity

Larry Barber

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/larry-barber
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** larry-barber
- **IMDb ID:** nm0053426
- **TMDB ID:** 1216739
- **Wikidata ID:** Q10295572
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10295572, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0053426/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216739

Writer. Born in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1990–1993
- **Frequently works with:** [Chip Johannessen](https://film.one/person/chip-johannessen.md), [Chris Brancato](https://film.one/person/chris-brancato.md), [James Whitmore Jr.](https://film.one/person/james-whitmore-jr.md), [Kenneth Biller](https://film.one/person/kenneth-biller.md), [Michael Katleman](https://film.one/person/michael-katleman.md), [Michael Lange](https://film.one/person/michael-lange.md), [Paul Barber](https://film.one/person/paul-barber-1806540.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10295572, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0053426/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216739

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84)
- **Paramount+:** [*Beverly Hills, 90210*](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Larry Barber is an American television writer and producer. He was born in New York City and is of Guatemalan descent. He grew up in Mexico, Puerto Rico and Costa Rica, and is fluent in Spanish.

Barber has written episodes for series including *The X-Files* (1994), *21 Jump Street* (1989–1990), *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), *Andromeda* (2003–2005), *Nash Bridges* (2000) and *First Wave* (1998). He has also worked as a producer on several of these programmes. He frequently collaborated with his brother, Paul Barber.

His writing credits include the *X-Files* episode 'Gender Bender'. Barber and his fellow *X-Files* writers received a Writers Guild of America recognition as contributors to one of the 101 best written television series. He has also received an Imagen Award for positive portrayal of Latinos in the media.

*Sources: imdb.com, columns.wlu.edu, tviv.org, en.notrecinema.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Witchblade* (2001), series, Writer
- *Andromeda* (2000), series, Writer
- *First Wave* (1998), series, Writer
- *The Net* (1998), series, Writer
- *Roar* (1997), series, Writer
- *Nash Bridges* (1996), series, Writer
- *Moon Over Miami* (1993), series, Writer
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story* (1992), Teleplay
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)
- *21 Jump Street* (1987), series, Writer
- *The Icarus Wish* (1971), Camera Operator

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