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Barry Primus

Born: 16th Feb 1938 New York City, New York, USA
Dept: Acting
Barry Primus (born February 16, 1938) is an American actor, director, and writer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Primus, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 84
Film: 60 (71%)
Television: 24 (29%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Documentary, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Music, Western, History, Science Fiction, Family, War & Politics, War

Filmography

Eternity Romance, Comedy, Drama
2025
In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her li ... view
Character:
Older Larry
Faye Documentary, TV Movie
2024
Through honest reflection, complemented by insight from colleagues and friends, Faye Dunaway contextualizes her life and filmography, laying bare her ... view
Character:
Self
The Prank Comedy, Thriller, Crime, Horror
2024
After their teacher fails them, two high school students decide to teach the imperious, demanding instructor a lesson by falsely accusing her of the m ... view
Character:
George Wheeler
Arkansas Crime, Thriller, Action, Mystery
2020
Kyle and Swin live by the orders of an Arkansas-based drug kingpin named Frog, whom they've never met. But when a deal goes horribly wrong, the conseq ... view
Character:
Old Greek
The Irishman Crime, Drama, History
2019
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank ... view
Character:
Ewing King
2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage is a warm and revealing portrait of the charismatic, groundbreaking actor’s journey from his native Puerto Rico ... view
Character:
Self
Rock Bottom Comedy
2019
Rock Bottom chronicles the cosmic/comic misadventures of a girl undergoing a life crisis after she locks herself out of her apartment with no pants on ... view
Character:
Breakable You Comedy, Drama
2017
A divorced playwright and his therapist ex deal with new relationships and their daughter. ... view
Character:
Dr. Chazen
Joy Drama, Comedy
2015
A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs. ... view
Character:
Rudy's Attorney
The Longest Week Comedy, Drama
2014
Left broke and homeless by his wealthy parents' divorce, a young man moves in with an old friend and finally meets the woman of his dreams -- only to ... view
Character:
Bernard the Chauffer
American Hustle Drama, Crime
2013
A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia. ... view
Character:
Tellegio's Consigliere
Jackson Drama
2008
Donald (Barry Primus) promises Sam (Charlie Robinson) the best day of his life. This seems unlikely, given they are both homeless men mired in the ble ... view
Character:
Donald
Righteous Kill Crime, Thriller, Mystery
2008
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; i ... view
Character:
Prosky
After Midnight Thriller
2007
On the day Mike McGlone gets everything he ever wanted, a bloody twist of events takes it all away. Three years later, he'll have to fight his deepest ... view
Character:
Marty Cole
Big Guns Comedy
2006
The fun-loving, easy-going, 60- to 75-year-old Senior Softball team "Kids At Heart" suddenly decide to go for their secret dream -- win the World Seri ... view
Character:
Will Fox
Break a Leg Comedy, Thriller
2005
A talented but struggling actor is willing to go to any length to get a job - including "breaking a leg" - especially those of other actors! ... view
Character:
Ira Goldstein
Boston Legal Comedy, Drama
Oct 2004 (first aired)
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and p ... view
Character:
Professor Jeffrey Benoit (1 ep.)
2001
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in ... view
Character:
Tom
James Dean Drama, TV Movie
2001
The man behind the legend and a knowing look at 1950s Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic biopic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed hi ... view
Character:
Nicholas Ray
15 Minutes Action, Crime, Thriller
2001
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts fil ... view
Character:
Cab Driver
Black & White Drama, Mystery, Thriller
1999
Chris O'Brien, devote Catholic and rookie cop with LAPD, is assigned to partner with the hard-edged, street-smart Nora Hugosian. A serial killer is lo ... view
Character:
Priest
Providence Drama
Jan 1999 (first aired)
Providence is an American television drama series. ... view
Character:
Gordon (1 ep.)
Gold Coast Thriller, Drama, Crime, TV Movie
1997
Karen stands to inherit millions from her dead husband on one condition: she must stay away from other men. Two of the deceased's former associates se ... view
Character:
Ed Grossi
Flipping Drama, Action, Crime
1997
The story of Michael Moore, Shot, Hooker, Joey, and Dennis. Five gangsters who work for a man named Leo. They soon discover they could get more out of ... view
Character:
Joey, Leo's Crew
The Practice Drama
Mar 1997 (first aired)
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its story ... view
Character:
Porn Film Director Goodwin (1 ep.)
Crime of the Century Crime, Drama, TV Movie
1996
In 1932, the nation was shocked when the 14-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped, held for ransom, and murdered. Two years later, Bruno Ri ... view
Character:
Ellis Parker
Arli$$ Comedy
Aug 1996 (first aired)
A behind-the-scenes look at the glitzy, big-money world of professional sports following the eternally optimistic and endlessly resourceful L.A. sport ... view
Character:
Benny (1 ep.)
Trade Off Drama, Romance, Crime, TV Movie
1995
A man has an affair with a mysterious woman and shares with her his desire to end his troubled marriage. When his wife is found dead, his lover admits ... view
Character:
Detective Gold
seaQuest DSV Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
Sep 1993 (first aired)
In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine sea ... view
Character:
Frobe Ernst (1 ep.)
The X-Files Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime
Sep 1993 (first aired)
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mu ... view
Character:
Robert Dorlund (1 ep.)
Night and the City Crime, Drama
1992
Looking to get rich quick, an unsuccessful lawyer uses dishonest means to try to become a boxing promoter. ... view
Character:
Tommy Tessler
Guilty by Suspicion Drama, Thriller
1991
Owing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is forbidden from working in Hollywood. He decides to fight for h ... view
Character:
Bert Alan
Law & Order Crime, Drama
Sep 1990 (first aired)
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someo ... view
Character:
Gary Silver (1 ep.)
Torn Apart Romance, Drama
1990
A Jew and an Arab in Israel become romantically involved, much to their family's dismay. ... view
Character:
Arie Arnon
Denial Drama, Romance
1990
A young woman tries to leave her troubled past behind. She meets her old flame by accident and they fall in love again, but this obsessive relationshi ... view
Character:
Jay
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death Horror, Comedy, Adventure, Romance, Action
1989
The U.S. government, eager to protect the nation's avacado supplies, recruits feminist professor Margo Hunt to make contact with the Piranha Women, an ... view
Character:
Ford Maddox
Big Business Comedy
1988
In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local ... view
Character:
Michael
The Stranger Thriller
1987
Bonnie Bedilia stars in this psychological thriller about a woman who witnesses a murder and then flees. During her escape, she has a car accident. Sh ... view
Character:
Sergeant Drake
1987
A sociology student films sexual encounters in a motel for his thesis, and falls in love with a French girl in the process. ... view
Character:
Professor Hirsch
21 Jump Street Crime, Mystery, Drama
Apr 1987 (first aired)
21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and ... view
Character:
Judge Warren Briggs (1 ep.)
Stillwatch Thriller, Horror, TV Movie
1987
Television journalist, Patricia Traymore, moves to Washington to do an in-depth interview with vice presidential hopeful, Senator Abigail Winslow. She ... view
Character:
Toby Wilson
L.A. Law Drama, War & Politics
Sep 1986 (first aired)
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven B ... view
Character:
Jack Lambert (1 ep.)
SpaceCamp Family, Adventure, Science Fiction
1986
Andie Bergstrom, an astronaut eagerly awaiting her first trip to space, runs a summer camp for teenagers with her NASA-employed husband, Zach. One nig ... view
Character:
Brennan
Jake Speed Action, Comedy, Thriller
1986
Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford) is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. A chiseled, heroic action figure, Speed saves live ... view
Character:
Lawrence
1986
Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool. ... view
Character:
Lou Waltzberg
The Equalizer Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
Sep 1985 (first aired)
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as ... view
Character:
Walter Wesley (1 ep.)
Brotherly Love Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
1985
A businessman is stalked by his murderous twin brother, who has just been released from a mental hospital. ... view
Character:
Det. Trelska
Jan 1985 (first aired)
MacGruder and Loud is an American crime drama from Aaron Spelling Productions that aired on ABC in 1985. The series stars John Getz and Kathryn Harro ... view
Character:
Sam (1 ep.)
The River Drama
1984
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to s ... view
Character:
Roy
Murder, She Wrote Mystery, Crime, Drama
Sep 1984 (first aired)
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases. ... view
Character:
Det. Sgt. Len Berger (1 ep.)
Hunter Action & Adventure, Drama
Sep 1984 (first aired)
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. D ... view
Character:
Andy McBride (1 ep.)
Miami Vice Crime, Drama
Sep 1984 (first aired)
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership o ... view
Character:
FBI Agt. Daley (1 ep.)
Heart of Steel Drama, TV Movie
1983
A steel factory that employs most of the town shuts down, leaving a man desperate to keep his family and friends together while alcohol consumes him i ... view
Character:
Amendola
Hotel Drama, Soap
Aug 1982 (first aired)
Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Ar ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Paper Dolls Drama, TV Movie
1982
Pilot for the TV series introduces the mothers of teenage fashion models who market their daughters for a powerful agent. ... view
Character:
Alan
Portrait of a Showgirl TV Movie, Drama
1982
The story of three Las Vegas showgirls, each at a different stage in her career. ... view
Character:
Dennis Philips
Cagney & Lacey Crime, Drama
Mar 1982 (first aired)
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to ... view
Character:
Dory McKenna (11 ep.)
T. J. Hooker Drama, Crime
Mar 1982 (first aired)
Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolli ... view
Character:
Martin Colson (1 ep.)
Absence of Malice Drama, Romance
1981
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was ... view
Character:
Robert Waddell
Heartland Drama, Romance, Western
1981
Widowed Elinor Randall and her young daughter Jerrine arrive in a barren stretch of Wyoming in 1910 after Elinor's application for work as a housekeep ... view
Character:
Jack
Macbeth Drama
1981
An adaptation of Shakespeare's play. ... view
Character:
Banquo
Night Games Drama
1980
A Californian housewife is terrified of having sex because of a past assault. When this phobia threatens to destroy her marriage, she takes refuge in ... view
Character:
Jason St. John
Knots Landing Drama, Soap
Dec 1979 (first aired)
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community. ... view
Character:
Mitch Casey (1 ep.)
The Rose Drama, Music, Romance
1979
Rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster's romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperilled by the demands of life on the road. ... view
Character:
Dennis
Avalanche Action, Adventure, Drama
1978
After an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort, a holiday at a winter wonderland turns into a game of survival for a group of vacationers. ... view
Character:
Mark Elliott
Lou Grant Comedy, Drama
Sep 1977 (first aired)
The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1977 (first aired)
CIA director Bill Martin knows that an incoming president means a new direction for the country—and another set of eyes on the top secret Primula Re ... view
Character:
Joe Wisnovsky (6 ep.)
New York, New York Romance, Drama, Music
1977
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long up ... view
Character:
Paul Wilson
Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target Action, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
1977
A millionaire hires a pair of private investigators, who specialize in recovering lost and stolen objects, to find his daughter, who has apparently be ... view
Character:
Harry Jaworsky
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Mystery, Action & Adventure
Jan 1977 (first aired)
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC. The series starred Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Autopsy Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Original title: Macchie solari
1975
A series of random suicides in Rome, Italy are attributed to a heatwave, but a young pathologist named Simona—who is working on a thesis about murde ... view
Character:
Father Paul Lenox
The Dion Brothers Comedy, Action, Drama, Crime
Original title: The Gravy Train
1974
Two rural West Virginia brothers leave home, rob an armored car and become fugitives. ... view
Character:
Tony
Big Rose Mystery, Crime, TV Movie
Original title: Big Rose: Double Trouble
1974
Rose Winters, a private detective out of Los Angeles, teams with Ed Mills, a somewhat inexperienced young detective, to find out who is blackmailing a ... view
Character:
Ed Mills
The Book of Murder TV Movie, Horror, Mystery, Crime
1974
Much-married and once successful writer Henry T. Aythecliff, now heavily in debt, summons his three ex-wives to his mansion, planning to extort a siza ... view
Character:
Charlie Mariette
1973
Adapted from Arthur Miller's play, film focuses on a group of Frenchmen who are detained at Vichy, the capital of France while under Nazi occupation, ... view
Character:
Bayard, A Railroad Worker
The Streets of San Francisco Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
Sep 1972 (first aired)
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Boxcar Bertha Crime, Drama
1972
"Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union ma ... view
Character:
Rake Brown
1971
Free-thinking student tries to put up with life at a straight-laced college in 1958. ... view
Character:
Gnossos "Paps" Pappadopoulis
Von Richthofen and Brown War, Drama, Action
1971
Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen (John Phillip Law), aka "The Red Baron," and his c ... view
Character:
Hermann Goering
1970
Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the modeling world of New York, her stressful workdays, her af ... view
Character:
Aaron Reinhardt
Sep 1969 (first aired)
Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
The Brotherhood Crime, Drama
1968
The son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his own life, but family tradition, intrigues and powerp ... view
Character:
Vido
The Desperate Hours Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
1967
The Hilliards are a middle class family whose lives are put in danger when escaped convict Glenn Griffin invades their home. Griffin is crazed, tormen ... view
Character:
Hank Griffin
The Virginian Western, Drama
Sep 1962 (first aired)
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is ... view
Character:
Johnny Younce (1 ep.)