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Barry Primus

Barry Primus
Barry Primus
Born: Feb 16, 1938 in New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director,
Active: '70s-'90s
Major Genres: Drama, Crime
Career Highlights: Heartland, The Rose, Mistress
First Major Screen Credit: Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970)
14 Videos for Barry Primus
Righteous Kill (2008) The Desperate Hours (1990) Absence of Malice (1981)
When Will I Be Loved (2004) Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989) Heartland (1980)
Night and the City (1992) Torn Apart (1989) New York, New York (1977)
Denial (1991) Spacecamp (1986) Boxcar Bertha (1972)
Guilty by Suspicion (1991) The River (1984)
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Biography:

New Yorker Barry Primus is primarily an actor, but has also doubled and tripled as writer and director. Primus worked on stage for the first decade of his career, then made his screen bow in the Manhattan-filmed The Brotherhood (1968). Additional films include Boxcar Bertha (1972), Heartland (1979) Night Games (1980) and Guilty by Suspicion (1991).

Primus also had a continuing role on the TV series Cagney and Lacey (1982-88) as Cagney's(Sharon Gless) erstwhile boyfriend Sgt. Dory McKenna, whose drug problem compromised his value as a cop. After working as director Mark Rydell's assistant on The Rose (1981) Barry Primus has increased his behind-the-camera activities; in 1992, Primus directed his first theatrical feature, the inside Hollywood comedy/drama Mistress.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.