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Oliver Barbour
Born October 23, 1904 — died April 11, 1968 · Rochester, New York, USA
Producer, actor, director and advertising representative for, and
vice-president of Benton & Bowles. In the 1930s, he acted in the
Broadway plays "John Brown", "Ethan Frome", "The Body Beautiful" and
some others. For summer-stock productions he directed Ethel Barrymore in
"Constant Wife", Edward Everett Horton in "Springtime for Henry", Laurette Taylor in
"Candida", and Eddie Dowling in "Our Town". He later became a freelance daytime radio producer, presenting many episodes of "Life Can Be
Beautiful", "The Parker Family" and "Light of the World". While living
in California, he was a vi… Producer, actor, director and advertising representative for, and
vice-president of Benton & Bowles. In the 1930s, he acted in the
Broadway plays "John Brown", "Ethan Frome", "The Body Beautiful" and
some others. For summer-stock productions he directed Ethel Barrymore in
"Constant Wife", Edward Everett Horton in "Springtime for Henry", Laurette Taylor in
"Candida", and Eddie Dowling in "Our Town". He later became a freelance daytime radio producer, presenting many episodes of "Life Can Be
Beautiful", "The Parker Family" and "Light of the World". While living
in California, he was a vice-president for the Beverly Hills office of
the Ogilvy & Mather agency. In 1967 he moved to New York, where he lived at 15 Maizeland Road in Red Hook.More
