Meurig Jones

David Barry, well known actor, writes here as Meurig Jones. An actor for more than 40 years having started as a child actor touring Europe with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. He played Frankie Abbott in the 70s sitcom Please, Sir! and has appeared in countless theatre and TV productions. His first broadcast TV script was for Fenn Street Gang and in the 80s he wrote for Keep It In The Family for Thames TV. His other novels include, Each Man Kills, (Gomer Press) published in 2002 and his...See more

David Barry, well known actor, writes here as Meurig Jones. An actor for more than 40 years having started as a child actor touring Europe with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. He played Frankie Abbott in the 70s sitcom Please, Sir! and has appeared in countless theatre and TV productions. His first broadcast TV script was for Fenn Street Gang and in the 80s he wrote for Keep It In The Family for Thames TV. His other novels include, Each Man Kills, (Gomer Press) published in 2002 and his autobiography, Flashback (Authorsonline), published in 2006, followed by Willie the Actor (Libros International), in 2008. He lives in Turnbridge Wells and has two grown up children. Mr Micawber Down Under, published in 2011, was his first novel with Robert Hale. See less