Leon BaryFilmography

Born:: January 1, 1880 in Paris, France
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Best remembered for playing Athos to Douglas Fairbanks' D'Artagnan in both The Three Musketeers (1921) and its long-awaited sequel The Iron Mask (1929), French-born Leon Bary anglicized his name to Leon Barry and appeared opposite Hoot Gibson in The Galloping Kid (1922) and Harry Carey in The...Read More

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Casque D'Or

Actors: Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin, Raymond Bussières, Paul Azäis

Synopsis: The Paris demimonde of 1900 is the setting for Casque d'Or. Georges Manda (Serge Reggiani), an honest woodworker, falls in love with Marie (Simone Signoret), the "moll" of minor crook Roland (William Sabatier). Gangster boss Felix Leca (Claude Dauphin) orders Georges and Roland to fight a duel to Read More

1952
Rendez-Vous de Juillet

Actors: Daniel Gélin, Bernard Lajarrige, Maurice Ronet, Nicole Courcel, Brigitte Auber

Synopsis: Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de Juillet has been credited as the first postwar European film to accurately depict the Continental "youth culture." Teenaged Lucien (Daniel Gelin) aspires to become a filmmaker, and to that end organizes his friends into a film unit. The young cineastes hope to make Read More

1949
Stupefiants

Actors: Jean Murat, Daniele Parola, Jeanne-Marie Laurent, Jean Worms, Jean Mercanton, Raoul Aslan

1932
77 Rue Chalgrin

Actors: Jean Murat, Leon Bary

Synopsis: Filmed in England, the French-language 77 Rue Chalgrin was based on a stage melodrama by British playwright Walter Hackett. While the owner of a London townhouse is on a tour of Africa, a crook moves in and transforms the house into a seamy gambling den. One evening, a gorgeous young lady enters Read More

1931
The Road Is Fine

Actors: Andre Bauge, Leon Bary, Saturnin Fabre

Synopsis: Originally released as La Route est Belle, this French-produced comedy drama serves as a showcase for the talents of Paris Opera baritone Andre Bauge. The star plays Tony Landrin, a poor provincial youth who finds fame and fortune on the opera stage. His efforts to mingle with High Society are Read More

1930
Le Secret Du Docteur

Actors: Marcelle Chantal, Leon Bary, Alice Tissot, Max Maxudian, Jean Bradin, Odette Joyeux

Synopsis: Le Secret du Docteur is a Gallic rendition of The Doctor's Secret, a play by James M. Barrie. Marcelle Chantal plays Lilian Garner, the bored, disenchanted wife of Richard Garner (Leon Bary). Preparing to run off to parts unknown with her lover Jean Colman (Jean Bradin), Lilian is prevented from Read More

1930
La Route Est Belle

Actors: Andre Bauge, Leon Bary

1929
The Iron Mask

Actors: Douglas Fairbanks, Belle Bennett, Nigel de Brulier, Marguerite de la Motte, Dorothy Revier, Rolfe Sedan, Vera Lewis

Synopsis: The Iron Mask was Douglas Fairbanks' sequel to his popular 1921 vehicle The Three Musketeers. Fairbanks returns to his original role of D'Artagnan, while Marguerite de La Motte and Nigel De Brulier briefly reprise their Musketeers roles as, respectively, Constance and Cardinal Richelieu. After Read More

1929
Le Tourbillon De Paris

Actors: Lil Dagover, Gina Barbieri, Leon Bary, Gaston Jacquet

1928
La Menace

Actors: Leon Bary, Acho Chakatouny

1927
Palaces

Actors: Huguette Duflos, Leon Bary

1927
Les Mensonges

Actors: Leon Bary

1926
La Ronde De Nuit

Actors: Raquel Meller, Suzanne Bianchetti, Leon Bary

1925
The King of the Wild Horses

Synopsis: Producer Hal Roach was known for his comic shorts; however, his first foray into the world of features wasn't a comedy, but a Western. Naturally, it wasn't your typical Western -- the star was Rex, the Wonder Horse. Rex is Black, a wild stallion who is the leader of a herd near the Mexican border. Read More

1924
The White Flower

Actors: Betty Compson, Edmund Lowe, Arline Pretty, Sylvia Ashton

Synopsis: This Hawaiian romance was the last picture directed by Julia Crawford Ivers, who also penned the screenplay. Although it was later rumored she left Hollywood after the murder of director William Desmond Taylor (even though she was guiltless, she was embroiled in the scandal), she continued writing Read More

1923
Grail

Actors: Dustin Farnum, James Gordon, Carl Stockdale, Alma Bennett

Synopsis: A silent Western in the grand old tradition of William S. Hart and Harry Carey, The Grail presented a near epic story of crime and redemption. Dustin Farnum starred as Chic Shelby, a Texas Ranger chasing a couple of outlaws -- John Trammel (Jack Rollens) and his son James (James Gordon -- accused Read More

1923
The Galloping Kid

Actors: Hoot Gibson, Edna Murphy, Lionel Belmore, Jack Walters

Synopsis: Easy going screen cowboy Hoot Gibson plays the easy going Simple Cox in this silent Western satire about a bodyguard hired to keep a notorious flirt away from a bad match. The girl is Edna Murphy, whose father is a former gunman known as "Five Notch" (Lionel Belmore). She usually falls for the Read More

1922
June Madness

Synopsis: This frivolous light comedy was perfect material for the lively Viola Dana. Dana plays Clytie Whitmore, who is about to be married to the very proper Cadbury Todd II (Gerald Pring). But at the last moment she decides against it, grabs the ring out of his hand, and tosses it at the shocked wedding Read More

1922
Suzanna

Actors: Mabel Normand, George Nichols, Walter McGrail, Evelyn Sherman, Leon Bary

Synopsis: Comedienne Mabel Normand was in the middle of production for this comedy-drama when William Desmond Taylor was murdered. She was the last person to see him alive, and the shock of his death, combined with stressful police interrogations, caused her to have a breakdown. Filming was halted for Read More

1922
The Three Musketeers

Actors: Douglas Fairbanks, Leon Bary, George Siegmann, Eugene Pallette, Boyd Irwin, Marguerite de la Motte

Synopsis: Douglas Fairbanks' longest and most elaborate production up to 1921, The Three Musketeers was Fairbanks' first full-blown costume adventure (his modestly produced 1920 The Mark of Zorro was regarded as an extension of his breezy contemporary comedies). Fairbanks assumes the leading role of Read More

1921
Kismet

Synopsis: This first film version of the Edward Knoblock theatrical chestnut Kismet stars the actor who made the play famous (and virtually his life's work): Otis Skinner. As he had so many times before, Skinner plays Hajj, the Arabian Nights beggar-magician who enjoys the amorous attentions of the wazir's Read More

1920