Barry Livingston

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Barry Livingston
Livingston circa 2020
Born
Barry Gordon Livingston[1]

(1953-12-17) December 17, 1953 (age 70)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
SpouseKaren Huntsman (1983-present)
Children2

Barry Gordon Livingston (born December 17, 1953) is an American television and film actor, known for his role as Ernie Douglas on the television series My Three Sons (1963–72). He is the younger brother of actor/director Stanley Livingston, who played Ernie's older brother "Chip" on the show.

Life and career

Livingston in 1963

Livingston was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Lillian Rochelle Palyash and Hilliard Livingston.[2][3][4]

He began his career as a child actor in the late 1950s. He considers his film debut a role he won as one of the sons of Paul Newman in the film Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) with his older brother Stanley who, by this time, was already working as a child actor. He was let go from the film when he was told that he needed to get glasses to successfully correct his astigmatism. His first professional onscreen appearance was in a small, uncredited role in the 1961 film The Errand Boy, followed by roles as Barry, a neighborhood kid, in The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet; on The Dick Van Dyke Show; and as "Arnold Mooney", son of banker Theodore J. Mooney portrayed by Gale Gordon, on The Lucy Show.[5] In 1962, he appeared as one of the six children adopted by Debbie Reynolds in the film My Six Loves. In 1963, he joined the cast of the ABC sitcom My Three Sons as next door neighbor Ernie Thompson.[6]

His older brother, Stanley Livingston, was already a series regular as Chip Douglas. After Tim Considine left the series two years later, Livingston joined the cast permanently (his character was adopted into the family, keeping the show's title intact) and remained with the series until its end in 1972. In 1964, at the age of ten, he appeared in the ABC medical drama about psychiatry, Breaking Point in the episode titled "A Land More Cruel".[6]

After My Three Sons ended in 1972, Livingston landed roles in Room 222 and The Streets of San Francisco. He appeared on the stage as Linus in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, which he reprised when the musical was adapted for television in 1973. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he continued to work steadily in films, made-for-TV movies and episodic television including Police Woman, Sidewinder 1, Simon & Simon, and 1st & Ten. He also appeared throughout the country in stage plays, including Broadway and off-Broadway. In 1974 he appeared in Sons and Daughters, a short-lived CBS series.[6]

In 2007, he appeared in Zodiac. He had a major role in the Hallmark Channel movie Final Approach. He has also appeared in You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008), The Social Network (2010), Horrible Bosses (2011), and War Dogs (2016).[6]

In October 2011, Barry Livingston released his anecdote-filled autobiography, The Importance of Being Ernie -- detailing his career from My Three Sons to Mad Men and beyond.[7] He most recently appeared on television in episodes of Mad Men, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Two and a Half Men, and Anger Management. Barry Livingston is the only cast member of My Three Sons to still have an active Screen Actors Guild Card.[6]

Select filmography

Film

Year Title Role
1962 My Six Loves Sherman Smith
1972 Peege Damion
1977 Sidewinder 1 Willie Holt
1987 Masters of the Universe Charlie
1989 Easy Wheels Reporter
1992 The Nutt House Williams
1993 Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence Asst. Coroner
1997 Invisible Mom Professor Karl Griffin
2000 Little Man on Campus Barry
2001 Tremors 3: Back to Perfection Dr. Andrew Merliss
2004 First Daughter Press Secretary
2007 Zodiac Copy Editor #3
2008 You Don't Mess with the Zohan Gray Kleibolt
2009 Porky's Pimpin' Pee Wee Uncle Howard
2010 The Social Network Mr. Cox
2011 Hostel: Part III Doctor
2012 Argo David Marmor, CIA official
2014 Jersey Boys Accountant
2016 War Dogs Army Bureaucrat

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1962 The Dick Van Dyke Show 1 episode
1960-62 The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet Barry 8 episodes
1963 Sam Benedict 1 episode
1964 Breaking Point 1 episode
1963-64 The Lucy Show Arnold Mooney 2 episodes
1966 Vacation Playhouse 1 episode
1969 Dragnet Horace Thornton 1 episode; credited as "Michael Tanner"
1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. Bobby 1 episode; credited as "Michael Tanner"
1963-72 My Three Sons Ernie Thompson/Douglas Recurring roles
1973 Room 222 1 episode
1973 Ironside 1 episode
1973 You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
1973 Thicker Than Water 1 episode
1973 The Streets of San Francisco 1 episode
1974 The Elevator
1974 Sons and Daughters
1974 Police Woman 1 episode
1975 Lucas Tanner 1 episode
1983 High School U.S.A.
1984 Simon & Simon 1 episode
1984 Hart to Hart 1 episode
1985 1st & Ten 1 episode
1990-92 Doogie Howser, M.D. 2 episodes
1994-95 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 3 episodes
1996 Boston Common 1 episode
1997 The Nanny 1 episode
1997 Sliders 1 episode
1998 Ally McBeal 1 episode
1998 USA High 1 episode
1998 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction 1 episode
1999 Soldier of Fortune, Inc. 1 episode
1999 The Hughleys 1 episode
2000 Judging Amy 1 episode
2000 Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane 1 episode
2000 The Huntress 1 episode
2000 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch 1 episode
2001 Boston Public 1 episode
2001 The West Wing 1 episode
2001 All About Us 1 episode
2002 Will & Grace Episode: "Fagel Attraction"
2002 Maybe It's Me 1 episode
2002 Roswell 1 episode
2002 Son of the Beach 1 episode
2002 American Dreams 1 episode
2003 The Guardian 1 episode
2004 She Spies 1 episode
2004 The Drew Carey Show 1 episode
2004 Wedding Daze
2004 Strong Medicine 1 episode
2006 Crossing Jordan 1 episode
2006 Hallmark movies & mysteries/ Mystery Woman:Wild West 1 episode
2006 Rodney 1 episode
2007 Pandemic
2007 Final Approach
2007 Mad Men 1 episode
2008 Eli Stone 1 episode
2008 The New Adventures of Old Christine 1 episode
2008 Two and a Half Men 1 episode
2009 Everybody Hates Chris 1 episode
2009 Monk 1 episode
2009 NCIS 1 episode
2012 CSI: Miami 1 episode
2012 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 1 episode
2014 Anger Management 3 episodes
2017 The Middle 1 episode
2017 Angie Tribeca 1 episode
2017 The Orville 1 episode
2018 Bosch 3 episodes
2022 Bosch: Legacy 1 episode

References

  1. ^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Searchable here
  2. ^ Alvarez, Rafael (October 21, 1992). "A Chip off the old Block Ex-child star returns for a day". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "Barry Gordon Livingston". Our Family Genealogy Pages. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  4. ^ "Diania Rose Palyash Granati". Beaver County Times. February 1, 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
  5. ^ "Lucy Gets Locked in the Vault". IMDb. October 21, 1963.
  6. ^ a b c d e Barry Livingston at IMDb
  7. ^ Livingston, Barry (October 25, 2011). The Importance of Being Ernie. Kensington Publisheing. ISBN 978-0806535258.

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