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18 June 1943

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Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

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11 February 1997

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, UK

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Jeremy Brown in Mind Your Language

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Barry Joseph Evans (18 June 1943 – 9 February 1997) was an English actor and television performer best known for his appearances in British sitcoms such as Doctor in the House and Mind Your Language.

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Barry Joseph Evans (18 June 1943 – 11 February 1997) was an English actor and television performer best known for his appearances in British sitcoms such as Doctor in the House and Mind Your Language. Born in Guildford, Surrey and abandoned as a baby, Evans was educated at the orphanage boarding schools run by the Shaftesbury Homes, first at Fortescue House School in Twickenham and then at Bisley Boys` School in Bisley, Surrey. His acting ability was recognised at an early age and he often played the leading roles in school plays. Evans attended the Italia Conti Academy and later won a John Gielgud Scholarship to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama. One of Evans` first television credits was in the soap opera Crossroads in 1964. He then played the lead role in the film Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1967), where he was cast as a sex-starved boy who finds it difficult to lose his virginity. His first major role was in the sitcom Doctor in the House (1969-70), based on Richard Gordon`s series of novels that had already been adapted as feature films. Evans starred as the earnest but gullible Michael Upton. Following the show`s success, he starred in the sequel to the series, Doctor At Large in 1971. Evans enjoyed working with his fellow actors and later described these as the best years of his life. In 1975, he had the lead role in Stanley Long`s sex comedy Adventures of a Taxi Driver. Despite the film`s success, Evans declined to appear in the sequel. Then, in 1977, he starred as Jeremy Brown in the ITV sitcom Mind Your Language, which was about an evening class tutor attempting to teach immigrants English. By the late 1980s, his youthful image was working against him, and he found it difficult to obtain mature acting roles in line with his age. His last role was as Bazzard in the film adaptation of The Mystery of Edwin Drood in 1993. By the late 1990s, he was a minicab driver in Leicestershire, where in 1997 he was found dead in a dilapidated bungalow at the age of 53. The police discovered the actor`s body after going to his house to tell him they had recovered his stolen car. James Leadbitter was arrested over the theft and later accused of attempted murder. He told the police he was a friend of Evans, and had visited him on the day he died to say he would not be calling round again. Leadbitter said that the actor became upset and drank half a bottle of whisky. Recording an open verdict, coroner Martin Symington said there was insufficient evidence to prove Evans had intended to kill himself. The charge of attempted murder against Leadbitter was later dropped.

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