page_title: Barnes, London
section_title: Actors
hierarchical_section_title: Barnes, London / Notable residents / Historical figures / Actors
caption_attribution_description: English: Peter Mayhew at the 2015 Florida SuperCon
context_page_description: Barnes is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It takes up the extreme northeast of the borough, and as such is the closest part of the borough to central London. It is centred 5.8 miles west south-west of Charing Cross in a bend of the River Thames.
  Its built environment includes a wide variety of convenience and arts shopping on its high street and a high proportion of 18th- and 19th-century buildings in the streets near Barnes Pond. Together they make up the Barnes Village conservation area where, along with its west riverside, pictured, most of the mid-19th-century properties are concentrated. On the east riverside is the WWT London Wetland Centre adjoining Barn Elms playing fields. Barnes has retained woodland on the "Barnes Trail" which is a short circular walk taking in the riverside, commercial streets and conservation area, marked by silver discs set in the ground and with QR coded information on distinctive oar signs. The Thames Path National Trail provides a public promenade along the entire bend of the river which is on the Championship Course in rowing. Barnes has two railway stations and is served by bus routes towards central London and Richmond.
context_section_description: Rosemary Ackland (1951–2002), actress, lived in Barnes.
  Phyllis Calvert (1915–2002), actress, lived in Barnes.
  Jimmy Edwards (1920–1988), comedy actor and writer, was born in Barnes.
  Rik Mayall (1958–2014), actor, writer and comedian, lived and died in Barnes.
  Peter Mayhew (1944–2019), who played Chewbacca in the Star Wars films, was born and brought up in Barnes.
  John Moody (c. 1727–1812), actor, lived at 11 The Terrace, Barnes, from about 1780 until his death. He is buried at St Mary's Church, Barnes with his two wives.
  Jimmy Perry (1923–2016), actor and scriptwriter, co-creator of the TV series Dad's Army and Hi-de-Hi, was born in Barnes.
  Jon Pertwee (1919–1996), Doctor Who actor, had a family house in Barnes.
  Terry-Thomas (1911–1990), actor, lived in Barnes.
  Frank Thornton (1921–2013), actor (Captain Peacock in the BBC comedy Are You Being Served?), lived and died in Barnes.
caption: Peter Mayhew
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