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Barry Joseph Evans (18 June 1943 – 9 February 1997) was an English actor and television performer best known for his appearances in British sitcoms such as Doctor in the House and Mind Your Language. Born in Guildford, Surrey and abandoned as a baby, Evans was educated at the orphanage boarding schools run by the Shaftesbury Homes, first at Fortescue House School in Twickenham and then at Bisley Boys' School in Bisley, Surrey. His acting ability was recognised at an early age and he often played the leading roles in school plays. Evans attended the Italia Conti Academy and later won a... MORE

Barry Joseph Evans (18 June 1943 – 9 February 1997) was an English actor and television performer best known for his appearances in British sitcoms such as Doctor in the House and Mind Your Language. Born in Guildford, Surrey and abandoned as a baby, Evans was educated at the orphanage boarding schools run by the Shaftesbury Homes, first at Fortescue House School in Twickenham and then at Bisley Boys' School in Bisley, Surrey. His acting ability was recognised at an early age and he often played the leading roles in school plays. Evans attended the Italia Conti Academy and later won a John Gielgud Scholarship to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama. One of Evans' first television credits was in the soap opera Crossroads in 1964. He then played the lead role in the film Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1967), where he was cast as a sex-starved boy who finds it difficult to lose his virginity. His first major television role was in the sitcom Doctor in the House (1969–70), based on Richard Gordon's series of novels already turned in to a feature film series. Evans starred as the earnest but gullible Michael Upton. Following the show's success, he starred in the sequel LESS