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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Canadian actor
Gender:
Male
Work field:
Birth:
16 September 1922(New York City, New York, U.S.A.)
Death:
15 January 2004(Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
The details
Biography
Alex Paul Barris, CM (September 16, 1922 – January 15, 2004) was an American-born Canadian television actor and writer. He was a writer and panelist for the game show Front Page Challenge. He was born in New York City and moved to Canada, residing in Agincourt, Ontario.
Barris was 81 when he died due to complications from a stroke he suffered a year earlier in Toronto.
His son, Ted, is a journalism professor and author of several books. In 1998, Alex Barris was made a Member of the Order of Canada.