death_place death_date birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name
woodland hills , california , u.s. 12 december 2006 merthyr tydfil , south wales 12 april 1919 1949-1995 ivor barry
 ivor barry
ivor barry

ivor barry -lrb- 12 april 1919 -- 12 december 2006 -rrb- was a welsh film and television actor .
born in south wales , barry served with the british royal artillery during world war ii and completed his university studies prior to beginning his acting career .
after beginning his film career in bit parts in england , he moved to canada in the early 1950s where he also wrote and adapted scripts for radio as well acting in television .
he eventually moved to hollywood in the 1960s , where he would make many television and film appearances during the next 25 years .
many younger movie fans may remember him as wyatt -lrb- ilan mitchell-smith -rrb- and chet -lrb- bill paxton -rrb- donnelly 's grandfather in the 1985 film `` weird science '' .
barry 's television appearances included `` bonanza '' , `` daniel boone '' , `` bewitched '' , `` hawaii five-o '' , '' '' , `` the six million dollar man '' , `` fantasy island '' , and `` highway to heaven '' .
he died of heart failure in woodland hills , california on 12 december 2006 .
