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Birth name Donn Van Tassel BarclayNationality USABirth 26 december 1892 at Ashland (
USA)
Death 16 october 1975 (at 82 years) at Palm Springs (
USA)
Don Barclay (December 26, 1892 – October 16, 1975) was an American actor whose many roles stretched the period from the Keystone Cops in 1915 to Mary Poppins in 1964. In addition to being a talented comic/character actor and dialectician, he was also a cartoonist, caricaturist and painter.
He portrayed Admiral Boom's first mate, Mr. Binnacle in Disney's family film Mary Poppins. His character was a former naval officer and next door neighbour to the Banks family.
Two examples of his paintings featuring Bob Hope, "Old Four Eyes" and "Bob Hope and Elf", are featured on the official Library of Congress website devoted to Bob Hope (Old Four Eyes is mislabeled in attribution as "Dan Barclay" - "Bob Hope and Elf" is correctly attributed at the bottom of the
LOC page). Actress/Director Diane Keaton purchased a clown painting by Barclay which led to her collecting clown paintings and the publication of the book by the actress called "Clown Paintings".
During the time preceding World War II Barclay spent time with Gen Claire Lee Chennault's 14th AAF famous Flying Tigers unit (then known as the "China Blitzers") where he illustrated every person in the group.
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