Bruno Barnabe

Barnabe was born in St Giles, London on 3 April 1905^[1] to Tina (née Bendi) and Louis Vincent Barnabe. He married Avice Landone,^[2] who died in 1976. He trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art^[2] where he studied mime under Theodore Komisarjevsky.^[3] Barnabe served with the British Armed Forces from 1942 through 1946.^[2] He died in June 1998.^[4]

Barnabe made his first stage appearance on 4 April 1927 playing a wedding guest in The Dybbuk at the Royalty Theatre. In October 1928, Barnabe travelled to Egypt as a member of a Shakespearean company led by Robert Atkins. The following year he travelled to the United States with Ben Greet; during this trip he portrayed Everyman at Columbia University, which marked his first stage appearance in New York City.^[2] His first and only appearance on Broadway came in 1935 in the original production of Escape Me Never at the Shubert Theatre.^[5] In 1937, Barnabe went on a tour of Australia and New Zealand in a company led by Fay Compton. Other major venues at which Barnabe appeared include the Criterion Theatre, the Q Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Windsor.^[2]