Caption: Barry Nelson
Actor, Soundtrack
Born: April 16, 1917
Star sign: Aries
Height: 5' 11½" (1.82 m)
Known for: The Shining (1980), Airport (1970), Shadow of the Thin Man (1941), Hudson's Bay (1959)
Source: IMDB
A genial, well-respected, all-around "nice guy", the breezily handsome Barry Nelson was born Haakon Robert Nielsen on April 16, 1917, in San Francisco, California, to Betsy (Christophersen) and Trygve "Ted" Nielsen, both Norwegian immigrants. He was raised in nearby Oakland and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1941. A ...