---
name: "Thomas Barbour"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thomas-barbour"
fi1m_id: "thomas-barbour"
imdb_id: "nm0053856"
tmdb_id: 138236
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 July 1921"
died: "29 December 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T19:32:27.195039+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."
---

# Thomas Barbour

## Identity

Thomas Barbour

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thomas-barbour
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** thomas-barbour
- **IMDb ID:** nm0053856
- **TMDB ID:** 138236
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0053856/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/138236

Actor. Born 25 July 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 29 December 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 July 1921, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 29 December 2005
- **Active:** 1981–1993
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 72 (1), 1990s 86 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0053856/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/138236

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Arthur*](https://film.one/film/arthur.md) (72)

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## Biography

Thomas Barbour was an American actor. Born on 25 July 1921 in New York City, he made his stage debut with the Group Twenty Players in Wellesley, Massachusetts, in 1953 and his New York debut the following year in an off-Broadway production of *Twelfth Night*. He appeared in several Broadway productions, including *The Great White Hope* (1968) and *Portrait of a Queen* (1968).

Barbour's film roles include the T.A. Chairman in *The Taking of Pelham One Two Three* (1974), Stanford Bach in *Arthur* (1981) and its 1988 sequel, Blint in *A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy* (1982), a judge in *Legal Eagles* (1986), Archer Guest in *The Age of Innocence* (1993) and Ira in *Girlfight* (2000). He also worked in television, with appearances in series such as *Guiding Light* and *New York Undercover*. Barbour died on 29 December 2005 in New York City.

*Sources: imdb.com, allmovie.com, playbill.com, ibdb.com, filmreference.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Age of Innocence* (1993), Fi1m 86, as Archer Guest — [page](https://film.one/film/the-age-of-innocence.md)
- *Arthur* (1981), Fi1m 72, as Stanford Bach — [page](https://film.one/film/arthur.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Girlfight* (2000), as Ira
- *White Lies* (1997), as Older Man at Mimi's Opening
- *A Dog's Night* (1996), as Old Man
- *The Age of Innocence* (1993), as Archer Guest — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-age-of-innocence.md)
- *Arthur 2: On the Rocks* (1988), as Stanford Bach
- *Hotshot* (1987), Actor
- *Legal Eagles* (1986), as Bored Judge
- *Whatever it Takes* (1986), as Hilbourne
- *Will There Really Be a Morning?* (1983), as Director
- *A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy* (1982), as Blint
- *Arthur* (1981), as Stanford Bach — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/arthur.md)
- *The Mating Season* (1980), Actor
- *The Taking of Pelham One Two Three* (1974), as T.A. Chairman
- *Dr. Cook's Garden* (1971), as The Reverend
- *The Boy Who Saw Through* (1956), as Father

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