EastEnders and theatre actor Frank Barrie dies aged 88

Theatre star and former EastEnders actor Frank Barrie has died aged 88.The Scarborough-born performer handed away peacefully at house surrounded by household, his company Scott Marshall Companions mentioned.Barrie, who grew up in York, performed Dot Cotton’s love curiosity Edward Bishop in EastEnders from 2010 to 2011.He was additionally identified for his quite a few Shakespearean roles on stage and was a member of Sir Laurence Olivier’s Nationwide Theatre Firm on the Previous Vic.The assertion from his company learn: “It’s with nice disappointment that we announce the dying of our beloved shopper, Frank Barrie, on the age of 88.”He died peacefully at house, along with his spouse Mary and daughter Julia.”Barrie attended Archbishop Holgate’s Faculty in York, earlier than going to the College of Hull the place he met his spouse. He made his appearing debut at York Theatre Royal in 1959, in a manufacturing of Henry IV Half 2. The actor went on to star in The Lady In Black and Lunch With Marlene, and his one-man present Macready! performed in 65 nations.Barrie additionally made greater than 150 display screen appearances, together with in exhibits akin to Emergency Ward 10, No Hiding Place, Softly, Softly, Particular Department, On Big’s Shoulders and Queen Of Swords.In 1983, he performed Eglamour within the BBC TV adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Two Gents Of Verona.He additionally discovered success as a director on productions of Shylock, JM Barrie and The Life And Loves Of Edith Wharton, all of which toured internationally.