John Barbour (actor)

John Barbour (actor)

Infobox actor


imagesize = 150px
name = John Barbour
birthname = John Barbour
birthdate = bda|1933|4|24
birthplace = Toronto, Canada
occupation = Actor, television host
awards = Documentary award, 1992, "The JFK Assassination: The Jim Garrison Tapes"

John Barbour (born 24 April 1933 [IMdB indicates 1933 birth year, other sources such as VH1 indicate 1934.] in Toronto, Canada) is an actor and television host, known as one of the hosts of the reality television series "Real People". He won an award in 1992 for his documentary on the assassination of John F. Kennedy. [imdb name|0053828|John Barbour] [cite web|url=http://goochinfo.homestead.com/garrison.html|title=Jim Garrison and the JFK assassination|accessdate=2008-03-06]

Career

Barbour portrayed a game show host named Harry Monte in a 1975 episode of "Sanford and Son". [cite web|url=http://tv.yahoo.com/sanford-and-son/show/33426/upcoming|title=Sanford and Son|publisher=Yahoo!|accessdate=2008-03-02] [cite web|url=http://www.fandango.com/johnbarbour/filmography/p3855|title=John Barbour Filmography|accessdate=2008-03-02|publisher=Fandango]

He also directed and wrote the 1991 documentary "The JFK Assassination: The Jim Garrison Tapes". [cite web|url=http://www.jfk-assassination.de/articles/books.php|title=A Reader's Guide to the Assassination|accessdate=2008-03-06] This film covers the investigation of District Attorney Jim Garrison, who, after the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy, decided to further investigate the official report given by the Warren Commission. In it, connections between the assassination and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Mafia, the Cuban missile crisis, the Vietnam war, and other organizations as well as foreign affairs are hypothesized. [cite news | url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,309619,00.html | accessdate=2008-03-02 | date=21 February 1992 | title=Pop Culture News: Who Killed JFK? | publisher="Entertainment Weekly" ] [cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/25654/JFK-Assassination-The-Jim-Garrison-Tapes/overview|title=JFK Assassination: The Jim Garrison Tapes (1991)|accessdate=2008-03-02|publisher=The New York Times] [cite web|url=http://goochinfo.homestead.com/garrison.html|title=Jim Garrison and the JFK assassination|accessdate=2008-03-06]

References

External links

* [http://www.vh1.com/movies/person/3433/personmain.jhtml VH1: John Barbour bio]
*imdb name|0053828|John Barbour
*Tv.com person|84237


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