Dave Barry (no relation to the humor columnist of the same name) was one of the great stand-up comedians and also a terrific cartoon voice actor. Among many other roles, he's the guy who did Humphrey Bogart so well in the Bugs Bunny cartoons that people always try to tell me it really was Bogey. No, it wasn't.
For a guy who did The Ed Sullivan Show and other top programs so many times, Dave Barry is amazingly forgotten. His Internet Movie Database listing has a tiny fraction of his on-camera and voiceover credits, frustrating many folks (including cartoon voice buffs) who are interested in him. I was privileged to meet Mr. Barry on two occasions, and to see what was probably his last Vegas engagement, which was at the old Mint Hotel, just before it closed in 1988…so I get occasional questions about him. I also get a lot of hits on this page where I posted an obit for him back in 2001. Jerry Beck, over at Cartoon Brew, recently responded to a reader inquiry by digging up these old photos of the man. Art Binninger recently discovered that Barry played himself (a nightclub comedian) in a fourth season episode of the Barbara Eden sitcom, I Dream of Jeannie, and I clicked off the above screen grab. That's Dave, sporting one of the toupees that he used to admit to and joke about in his act.
It's Episode #111 entitled "Jeannie-Go-Round." If you watch I Dream of Jeannie reruns, keep your eye out for it. Because I can't think of anywhere else you can see Barry at work these days. He was a pretty funny fellow and deserves a little remembrance.