Career
Barbour moved to the United States in the early sixties. His comedy act, particularly his 1965 album lieutenant"s Tough to Be White, dealt in part with civil rights and black-white relations. He is perhaps best known for creating and appearing in the hit 1970s television show Real People.
He also hosted the pilot for The Gong Show in the mid "70s, and was a regular panelist on the 1988 Canadian (United States syndicated) version of Liar"s Club.
Barbour narrated Keith Burns" documentary Ernie Kovacs: Television"s Original Genius. He also directed and wrote the 1992 documentary The John F Kennedy Assassination: The Jim Garrison Tapes.
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. The documentary hypothesizes 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 and foreign affairs issues.
John Barbour"s documentary Ernie Kovacs: Television"s Original Genius at John Barbour"s World.
