David Barry, reprising his role in the much loved Please Sir Character Frankie Abbott, In "A Day in the Life of Frankie Abbott". The play, which he wrote, and stared in, was premiered at the Phoenix Artist Club on and was promoted and produced by Stuart Morriss of the Misty Moon Film Society
David Barry (born 30 April 1943) is a Welsh actor. He is best known for his role as Frankie Abbott, (the gum-chewing mother's boy who was convinced he was extremely tough), in the LWT sitcom Please Sir! and the spin-off series The Fenn Street Gang, He also appeared in two TV spin-off movies - Please Sir! (1971) and George and Mildred (1980). His first broadcast script was written for The Fenn Street Gang and he wrote many episodes of Thames TV's Keep it in the Family. In 2016, Barry is reprising the role of Frankie Abbott in his own play A Day in the Lives of Frankie Abbott. Barry is also a novelist. His police thriller Each man kills, set in Swansea, was published in 2002, to be followed by Willie the Actor in 2008. His autobiography was entitled Flashback. He has also written a children's book, The Ice Cream Time Machine. He currently lives in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Please Sir! is a London Weekend Television situation comedy, created by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey and featuring actors John Alderton, Deryck Guyler, Joan Sanderson, Noel Howlett, Erik Chitty and Richard Davies. The series ran for 55 episodes between 1968 and 1972. Liz Gebhardt as Maureen Bullock The Pupils of 5C were Peter Cleall as Eric Duffy, David Barry as Frankie Abbott, Peter Denyer as Dennis Dunstable, Penny Spencer as Sharon Eversleigh (1968-1970), Carol Hawkins as Sharon Eversleigh (1971) and Malcolm McFee as Peter Craven (1968-1970). The programme was set in the fictional Fenn Street School, and starred John Alderton as Bernard Hedges, a young teacher fresh out of training college. The supporting cast included Deryck Guyler, Joan Sanderson and Richard Davies. Character actors and actresses formed the supporting cast, including Mollie Sugden as a parent of a student, Barbara Mitchell as Frankie Abbott's mother, Ann Lancaster as Mrs Rhubarb in a 1968 episode. Bernard Hedges and the 5C pupils were replaced by a new teacher and pupils for the final series in 1971–72.
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Location: Phoenix Artist Club, 1 Phoenix Street, London, WC2H 8BU
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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