Background
Bruno Barnabe was born in London on 3 April 1905.
Bruno Barnabe was born in London on 3 April 1905.
He trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where he studied mime under Theodore Komisarjevsky.
He performed in the West End, on Broadway, and in Egypt, Australia and New Zealand. Barnabe served with the British Armed Forces from 1942 through 1946. He died in June 1998.
Bruno Barnabe made his first stage appearance on 4 April 1927 playing a wedding guest in The Dybbuk at the Royalty Theatre.
The following year he traveled 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.
His first and only appearance on Broadway came in 1935 in the original production of Escape Maine Never at the Shubert Theatre. 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.
Bruno Barnabe appeared in films as early as 1927 and appeared on television as early as 1937. He appeared on numerous television shows throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including Maigret, Danger Island, The Troubleshooters and Jesus of Nazareth. Films in which Barnabe acted include,,, and
He also appeared in a television adaptation of King Richard the Second in 1978.
In October 1928, Barnabe traveled to Egypt as a member of a Shakespearean company led by Robert Atkins.