| Barry Clark | |||||||||||
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| EastEnders character | |||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Gary Hailes | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1986–1989, 2022 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 183 18 November 1986 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | Episode 6608 13 December 2022 | ||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||
| Introduced by | Julia Smith (1986) Chris Clenshaw (2022) | ||||||||||
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Barry Clark is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Gary Hailes from 18 November 1986 to July 1988, returning for one episode on 23 February 1989. Hailes reprised the role in December 2022 for the funeral of Dot Cotton (June Brown).
Barry is a cockney barrow-boy, and an unlikely partner for the gay, middle classed yuppie, Colin Russell (Michael Cashman). He is much younger than his middle-aged boyfriend and as such Colin's role is almost paternal. Barry is open about his sexuality to everyone except his volatile father — and when he is finally told he takes the news so badly that Barry tries to unsuccessfully suppress his homosexuality just to appease him.