Barney Phillips was born on October 20, 1913 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA as Bernard Philip Ofner. He was an actor, known for The Sand Pebbles (1966), 12 O'Clock High (1964) and Ruby Gentry (1952). He was married to Marie A. Davis. He died on August 17, 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Fondly remembered as the Venusian invader masquerading as soda jerk Haley, behind the diner counter of the original Twilight Zone episode "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up ?". The final denouement, in which he removes his cap revealing a third eye, must go down as one of the imperishable moments in TV history.
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After Barney disappeared from Dragnet after the first season, it was widely believed that he had died. Apparently viewers confused him with Barton Yarborough who had died early in the first season. After several friends expressed surprise at seeing him, having believed that he had died, he took out an ad in Hollywood assuring people that he was alive and well and available to work.
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Barney graduated from college in 1935 and started acting shortly thereafter.
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He was in the Army Signal Corps during World War II.
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Barney enlisted in the army on 18 June, 1941 in Los Angeles under the name Bernard P. Ofner. According to the record he had 4 years of college and was unmarried at the time. His occupation was listed as: Actor (Motion picture actor) or Director, Motion Picture (Motion picture director) or Entertainer.
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He was employed by Lloyd Chase Productions, 6513 Hollywood Blvd.
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Barney's parents were Harry Nathan and Leona Ofner. Leona's maiden name was Frank. She was born in Germany.
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His parents are interred at the New Mt. Sinai Cemetery in St. Louis. New Mt. Sinai is a Jewish cemetery.
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Portrayed Sergeant Ed Jacobs on NBC Radio's "Dragnet" (1951-1952). He replaced Barton Yarborough, who had died at the end of 1951. He appeared in 11 episodes (4-14) as Jacobs.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
1972
TV Series
Fields
The Jimmy Stewart Show
1972
TV Series
Police Captain
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
1972
TV Series
Al Reid
A Death of Innocence
1971
TV Movie
Klein (uncredited)
Columbo
1971
TV Series
Captain Wyler
Love, American Style
1971
TV Series
Love and the old cowboy
Hawaii Five-O
1971
TV Series
Cook
Inside O.U.T.
1971
TV Short
First Man
Dan August
1970-1971
TV Series
Mike Golden / Forensic Examiner
Longstreet
1971
TV Series
Dr. Richards
The Interns
1970
TV Series
Dr. Kendrick
Run, Simon, Run
1970
TV Movie
Cesar Rosetti
Uncle Sam Magoo
1970
TV Movie voice
The Virginian
1970
TV Series
Major Heller
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1970
TV Series
Max
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1970
TV Series
Capt. Cochran
Mannix
1969
TV Series
Parker
Mod Squad
1969
TV Series
Cliff Whittaker
The Doris Day Show
1969
TV Series
Sheriff Ben Anders
Get Smart
1969
TV Series
Greer
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
1968
TV Series
Porthos of the Three Musketeers (voice)
The Felony Squad
1967-1968
TV Series
Captain Ed Franks
The Invaders
1967
TV Series
Emmett Morgen / Walt Anson
I Spy
1967
TV Series
Harrison
The Fugitive
1963-1967
TV Series
Sgt. Harrigon / Cleve Brown
12 O'Clock High
1964-1967
TV Series
Maj. Donald 'Doc' Kaiser
Shazzan
1967
TV Series
Shazzan
The Sand Pebbles
1966
Franks
The Wild Wild West
1965
TV Series
Captain Tenney
Della
1964
Eric Kline
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-1964
TV Series
The 1st Detective / Hanley / Lt. Sweet
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1964
TV Series
C.A. Thompson
Gunsmoke
1956-1963
TV Series
Bill Pence / Smith / Ord Spicer / ...
Arrest and Trial
1963
TV Series
Arthur Tindell
77 Sunset Strip
1958-1963
TV Series
Coletti / Wilkens
The Untouchables
1963
TV Series
Schuster
The Twilight Zone
1960-1963
TV Series
Diemel / Haley the Bartender / TV Repairman / ...
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1963
TV Series
Police Lieutenant
The Fugitive
1963
TV Movie
Cleve Brown (uncredited)
Ben Casey
1962
TV Series
Hamilton
Surfside 6
1962
TV Series
Murphy
Perry Mason
1961-1962
TV Series
Newburgh / Mr. Johnson
The New Breed
1962
TV Series
Sergeant Steiner
Dateline: San Francisco
1962
TV Movie
Death Valley Days
1962
TV Series
Hancock
King of Diamonds
1961
TV Series
Lieutenant Jamison
Checkmate
1961
TV Series
Capt. Jack Howard / Lieutenant Brand / Capt. Robert Holland / ...