ShareAn actor for more than forty years, David Barry began working as a child actor and toured Europe in Peter Brook's production of "Titus Andronicus", starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.

 

He also played Frankie Abbott in  the '70s sitcoms "Please, Sir!" and "Fenn Street Gang"

 

He has written about his experiences in his outrageous memoirs "Flashback" published by Authorsonline and available from Amazon.  "He recounts those years with great humour..." Western Mail

 

"Imagine yourself travelling - as a member of the company - with a train-load of top stars to the great cities of Europe." Daily Express

 

"If you want to get away from the plethora of ghost-written autobiographies from reality stars and sports-folk with nothing to say and no really poignant memories to call upon, then "Flashback" is the antidote you've been looking for."

 

"Barry tells so many theatre anecdotes with a glint in the eye that it's quite hard to put the book down."

 

To buy Flashback from Authorsonline click on 'here' or buy from Amazon: here Amazon or to buy the book as en e-book on Kindle click on the link below.

David's latest book, published by Robert Hale Ltd, is a historical novel, set in Melbourne in 1855, and it

follows the adventures of arguably Dickens's best-loved character as he is once again on his uppers, but confident that something is 'bound to turn up' in this brash new world. 

 

Published in hardback at £18.99, it can be purchased at a reduced price on Amazon for only £13.36 with free delivery. Click on the link below to purchase a copy

 

 

  

The Wrecking Bar is the latest Harry Lambert mystery and will be published in April 2012 in his own name.

 

This is a follow-on from Each Man Kills, which was published by Gomer in 2002 under the name of David Barry.

 

The Wrecking Bar will be published by Robert Hale Books in hardback, price £18.99

 

To read the book's blurb, please go to the 'News' page

 

And "Willie the Actor" is available for hire at many libraries.

 

Synopsis:

New York City in the prohibition era, and Bll Sutton's wife thinks he earns an honest crust as a rent collector. Instead, he leads an extraordinary double-life as 'Willie the Actor', a notorious bank robber.

 

Based on a true story, the novel's protagonist is a gentle gunman who never fires a shot. But it was believed he was jinxed and almost everyone he works with meets with a violent end.

 

The book is also published as a Kindle ebook by Andrews UK.To buy an e-book copy click on the link below.

 

 

 

When they visit their Uncle Vince, little do Bridget and her younger brother

Robert know that today will be a day like no other as they join him in hair-raising escapades, travelling across infinite space and thousands of years, accompanied by Leonardo, their uncle's Irish wolfhound, the coolest dog in the universe! During this adventure of a lifetime they soon discover how dangerous life can be in other centuries, and when they become separated from their time machine, the time travellers wonder if they will ever find their way back to the 21st Century and home.

The book is now available in many UK libraries. Or buy it as a Kindle on Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com published by Andrews UK

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