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6 unusual facts about Keith Barron


Christopher Matthew

He contributed scripts to the ITV series, The Good Guys with Nigel Havers and Keith Barron, and a stage play, Summoned by Betjeman, starring Robert Daws, was performed at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, the Royal Theatre, Northampton, and Clwyd Theatr Cymru.

Keith Barron

Born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, Barron became well known to UK television viewers in the early 1960s as the easy-going Detective Sergeant Swift in the Granada TV series The Odd Man and its spin-off It's Dark Outside.

One of his best-loved and best-remembered roles was in the 1980s Yorkshire Television sitcom Duty Free.

Paul Berna

The Mystery of the Cross-eyed Man was read on Jackanory in 1968 by Keith Barron.

Telford's Change

Keith Barron played Mrs Telford's theatrical colleague who was keen to have an affair with her, and with whom she did have a brief liaison.

The Firechasers

The Firechasers is a 1971 British crime film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Chad Everett, Anjanette Comer and Keith Barron.


Johnny and the Bomb

In January 2006 the BBC aired a three-part television adaptation of Johnny and the Bomb, starring George MacKay as Johnny, Zoë Wanamaker as Mrs Tachyon, Frank Finlay as Johnny's granddad Tom, and Keith Barron as Sir Walter.


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