Keith Barron

Infobox actor
name = Keith Barron

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birthname = Keith Barron
birthdate = birth date and age|1936|8|8|df=yes
birthplace = Mexborough, South Yorkshire, England
occupation = Actor, Television presenter
yearsactive = 1961-present
spouse = Mary Pickard (?-?)
children = 2

Keith Barron (born 8 August 1936) is an English actor and television presenter.

Barron is possibly best known for appearing on the television show "Countdown" on numerous occasions from 1999 onwards.

Barron is well-known from numerous roles on British television from the 1960s to the present day. Born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, he became well-known to UK television viewers in the early 1960s as the easy-going Detective Sergeant Swift in the Granada TV series "The Odd Man" and its spin-off "It's Cold Outside". His major breakthrough, however, was as Nigel Barton, an avatar of the writer Dennis Potter in his plays "Stand Up, Nigel Barton" and "Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton" in BBC1's "The Wednesday Play" anthology strand (he later played a very similar character in Potter's "Play For Today" offering "Only Make Believe" (1973)). He made many one-off television appearances, from "Redcap" and "Z Cars" in the mid 60s, to "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)", "The New Avengers" and "The Professionals". He made two appearances in "Upstairs, Downstairs" as Australian Gregory Wilmot. In the 1980s he was a guest in the "Doctor Who" serial "Enlightenment". He also did many voiceovers on British TV adverts. In 1989 he starred on television in a moving story of relationships in a new town in the Midlands entitled "Take Me Home" with Annette Crosby as his wife and Maggie O'Neill as his girl friend.

On the big screen, he appeared in the David Puttnam film "Melody" (1971) as Mr Latimer.One of his best-loved and best-remembered roles was in the 1980s sitcom "Duty Free". In the 1990s he co-starred in the sitcoms "Haggard" and "All Night Long". In the 2000s he was a regular character on the ITV Sunday night drama "Where the Heart Is".

Keith Barron has also appeared as himself as the guest celebrity in dictionary corner on several episodes of the Channel 4 words and numbers game "Countdown".

His wife, Mary Pickford, is a stage designer, and they have two sons, Jamie and Mark. Mark works as a writer, under the name Mark Dawson.

He was the star on Bunn and Co., a radio show that was broadcast from March 2003 to April 2004 on BBC Radio 4

Barron's performance in the BBC's "Test the Nation" IQ test show on 2nd September 2006 gave him an IQ of 146.

In 2007 Barron joined ITV1's "Coronation Street" as George Trench.

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SHORT DESCRIPTION=English actor
DATE OF BIRTH=August 8 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH=Mexborough, Yorkshire, England
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