Barry Coe played Clay Stafford in First Born as Little Joe's half brother by their mother.
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Barry S. Coe (born November 26, 1934) is an American actor who appeared in film and on television from 1956-1978. Many of his motion pictures parts were minor, but he co-starred in one series, Follow the Sun, which aired on ABC during the 1961-1962 season, and also played the recognizable "Mr. Goodwrench" on TV commercials in the 70s and 80s.
In 1961 Coe and Brett Halsey played magazine writers Paul Templin and Ben Gregory, respectively, with Gary Lockwood as their researcher, Eric Jason. The program was set in Honolulu, Hawaii, and the writers often ventured into private detective work. Despite some memorable episodes, Follow the Sun was cancelled after twenty-nine segments.
Jayne Mansfield and Barry Coe in Follow the Sun.
Coe's first film appearance was as Mr. Davis in Elvis Presley's Love Me Tender in 1956. While at the 20Th Century Fox studios he went on a date with actress Barbara Eden. The next year he played the lustful Rodney Harrington in the original Peyton Place film, based on the Grace Metalious novel. In 1958, he appeared in The Bravados, and in 1959, he was cast in But Not for Me.
Barry Coe and Terry Moore in Peyton Place (1957)
From the late 1970s into the early 1980s, Coe was "Mr. Goodwrench" in television advertising for a chain of national auto parts stores.
Coe is married to the former Jorunn Kristiansen, who was a Norwegian beauty queen in the 1950s and now a painter (born 1940).
It is listed that he has a son William Shea Coe born in 1966. Then it mentions he has a daughter but no name or DOB.
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Barry S. Coe (born November 26, 1934) is an American actor who appeared in film and on television from 1956-1978. Many of his motion pictures parts were minor, but he co-starred in one series, Follow the Sun, which aired on ABC during the 1961-1962 season, and also played the recognizable "Mr. Goodwrench" on TV commercials in the 70s and 80s.
In 1961 Coe and Brett Halsey played magazine writers Paul Templin and Ben Gregory, respectively, with Gary Lockwood as their researcher, Eric Jason. The program was set in Honolulu, Hawaii, and the writers often ventured into private detective work. Despite some memorable episodes, Follow the Sun was cancelled after twenty-nine segments.
Jayne Mansfield and Barry Coe in Follow the Sun.
Coe's first film appearance was as Mr. Davis in Elvis Presley's Love Me Tender in 1956. While at the 20Th Century Fox studios he went on a date with actress Barbara Eden. The next year he played the lustful Rodney Harrington in the original Peyton Place film, based on the Grace Metalious novel. In 1958, he appeared in The Bravados, and in 1959, he was cast in But Not for Me.
Barry Coe and Terry Moore in Peyton Place (1957)
From the late 1970s into the early 1980s, Coe was "Mr. Goodwrench" in television advertising for a chain of national auto parts stores.
Coe is married to the former Jorunn Kristiansen, who was a Norwegian beauty queen in the 1950s and now a painter (born 1940).
It is listed that he has a son William Shea Coe born in 1966. Then it mentions he has a daughter but no name or DOB.