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Barry Pearl

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Barry Pearl
Pearl in 2017
Born (1950-03-29) March 29, 1950 (age 74)
OccupationActor
Years active1961–present

Barry Lee Pearl (born March 29, 1950, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American actor.[1] He is best known for his role as "Doody", one of the three supporting T-Birds, in the 1978 film version of Grease.[2] He also had a cameo as Mr. Weaver in the Grease: Live television special on FOX in 2016.

Early life

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Pearl was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to an Orthodox Jewish family. Despite growing up Orthodox Jewish, he celebrated both Hanukkah and Christmas as a child as 2 of his aunts were married to Christians.[3]

Career

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He played "Professor Tinkerputt" in the primetime special Barney's Imagination Island and the US tour of Barney's Big Surprise, a stage production based on the popular TV show as well as a video of the same name.

He also starred in an episode of Disney Channel's Even Stevens. He began his career in 1961 replacing Johnny Borden as “Randolph MaAfee” in Broadway's Bye Bye Birdie. Other Broadway credits include Oliver! in 1962, A Teaspoon Every Four Hours in 1969, The Producers in 2005, Lenny's Back in 2008 and Baby It's You! in 2011. In 2012 he starred in the Lionsgate release The Newest Pledge. He also starred as "Arnold" in the national tour of Happy Days - A New Musical.[citation needed] In 2014, he was part of the series Summer with Cimorelli.

During the summers he teaches film arts all across the US to the special needs community with Joey Travolta's Inclusion Film Company.

Filmography

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Year TV/Film Credit Role Notes
1976-1977 C.P.O. Sharkey Recruit Mignone 14 episodes
1977 Best Friends Gypsy TV pilot episode
Have I Got a Christmas for You Barry Silver TV special
1978 Grease Doody Feature film
1979 Barney Miller Mario Pellegrini Episode: "Voice Analyzer"
1981 The Munsters' Revenge Warren Thurston TV film
Eight Is Enough Bruce Episode: "The Idolbreaker: Part 2"
1982 Benson Jerry Ziegler Episode: "Katie's Romance"
Hill Street Blues Weapons Salesman Episode: "The Shooter"
1983 Making of a Male Model Clarence TV film
1985 Alice Cop #4 Episode: "Vera's Anniversary Blues"
Avenging Angel Johnny Glitter Feature flm
Scarecrow and Mrs. King Leon Sacks Episode: "A Little Sex, a Little Scandal"
HeartBeat Choreographer TV pilot episode
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Assistant DA Episode: "Wake Me When I'm Dead"
Falcon Crest Music Video Director Episode: "False Hope"
1986 Growing Pains Unknown Episode: "Be a Man"
Annihilator Eddie TV film
Dutch Treat Unknown Feature film
1987 Flicks Red Feature film
Throb Oily Guy Episode: "Moonlighting"
The Tracey Ullman Show Club Manager Episode #1.5
Max Headroom Paul Waites Episode: "Academy"
Murder, She Wrote P.R. Staffer Episode: "Steal Me a Story"
1990 Major Dad Mike Eagleton Episode: "Face the Music... and Dance: Part 2"
1991 They Came from Outer Space Bill Rabkin Episode: "High Five"
Beverly Hills, 90210 Norman Episode: "Chuckie's Back"
1993 Sisters Stan Smigel Episode: "Things Are Tough All Over"
1994 Bedtime with Barney: Imagination Island Professor Erasmus Q. Tinkerputt TV special
Tryst Doctor Feature film
1995 ER Dr. Noble Episode: "Long Day's Journey"
1995-1996 Night Stand Buddy / Menachem 2 episodes
1996 Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible Rumpelstiltskin (voice) 4 episodes
Baywatch Nights Paul Whitset Episode: "Backup"
Where Truth Lies Stan Horowitz Feature film
1998 Port Charles Dr. Aikman 2 episodes
1999 My Favorite Martian News Director Feature film
Baywatch Lyle Forsman Episode: "Father of the Groom"
2000 Malibu, CA J.J. Episode: "The House Guest"
Even Stevens Mr. Chaney Episode: "Easy Way"
2003 Miss Match Morty Episode: "The Love Bandit"
2008 Criminal Minds Man Episode: "Lo-Fi"
2009 Special Delivery Dr. Shabin Short film
House Dr. Paulson Episode: "Epic Fail"
2011 Outside the Box Captain Keller Episode: "The Miracle Worker"
2012 Far from the Tree Barry Episode: "Poker Night"
The Newest Pledge Mr. Motes Feature film
2014 Summer with Cimorelli Barry Ortega Episode: "Welcome to Show Business"
2016 Grease: Live Mr. Stan Weaver TV special

References

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  1. ^ "Barry Pearl". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11.
  2. ^ Canby, Vincent (June 16, 1978). "Grease (1978) Screen: A Slick Version of 'Grease':Fantasy of the 50s". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "They'll be home for Christmas". 22 December 2012.
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