Barry Primus

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BIRTHDAY

February 16, 1939

New York City, New York, United States

RECENT CREDITS

Righteous Kill (FILM) Sep. 12, 2008

Boston Legal (TV) Nov. 6, 2007

When Will I Be Loved? (FILM) Sep. 10, 2004

Absence of Malice (FILM) Jan. 1, 2003

Break a Leg (FILM) Jan. 1, 2003

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BIOGRAPHY

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Veteran character actor turned director who has worked extensively on stage, TV, and in over 25 feature films. Among Primus' many film acting credits are Martin Ritt's "The Brotherhood" (1968), Jerry Schatzberg's "Puzzle of a Downfall Child" (1970), Sydney Pollack's "Absence of Malice" (1981) and Martin Scorsese's "Boxcar Bertha" (1979) and "New York, New York" (1977). He also acted opposite Bette Midler in three films: "The Rose" (1979), "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (1986), and "Big Business" (1988). On TV, Primus appeared in "Washington Behind Closed Doors", "Paper Dolls", "The Equalizer", "Murder, She Wrote", and in a recurring role on "Cagney and Lacey".

An associate of director Mark Rydell, Primus assisted him on three films and directed the second unit on "The Rose". He made his feature screenwriting and directing debut with "Mistress" (1992), a black comedy about Hollywood filmmaking that was one of the first productions of Robert De Niro's TriBeCa Films.

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