Barry Coe

Barry Coe

Actor

Biography

Barry S. Coe (born Barry Clark Heacock, November 26, 1934) is an American actor who appeared in film and on television from 1956-1978. Many of his motion pictures parts were minor, but he co-starred in one series, Follow the Sun, which aired on ABC during the 1961-1962 season, and also played the recognizable "Mr. Goodwrench" on TV commercials in the 1970s and 1980s. Born Barry Clark Heacock, his name was changed to Joseph Spalding Coe when his mother Jean Elizabeth Shea married Joseph Spalding Coe Sr. in 1940 in Los Angeles. His father Francis Elmer "Frank" Heacock, a writer and publicist for Warner Brothers, was killed in an auto accident in North Hollywood, CA, April 5, 1940. Coe attended the University of Southern California and was discovered by a talent scout during a trip with his fraternity to Palm Springs in the mid-1950s. He was signed under contract for 20th Century Fox as an actor.Coes's early roles included appearances in House of Bamboo (1955), How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955), On the Threshold of Space (1956), and D-Day the Sixth of June (1956). He guest starred in an episode of Cheyenne, "The Last Train West" and had a small role in Elvis Presley's Love Me Tender (1956). He was in adaptations of The Late George Apley and 'Deep Water' for The 20th Century Fox Hour. Coe's first really notable role was playing the lustful Rodney Harrington in the original Peyton Place (1957) film, based on the bestselling Grace Metalious 1956 novel of the same name. He followed it with a support part in an independent Western, Thundering Jets (1958), then went back to Fox for The Bravados (1958) with Gregory Peck, and A Private's Affair (1959), a service musical. He played Carroll Baker's more age appropriate boyfriend in But Not for Me at Paramount. Coe had good support roles in One Foot in Hell (1960) with Alan Ladd and The Wizard of Baghdad (1961). In 1960, Coe secured a Golden Globe award for the Most Promising Newcomer - Male, along with James Shigeta, Troy Donahue, and George Hamilton.

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Filmography
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