Barry James

Barry James is an English theatre actor and singer.

Seymour in the first West End production of at the Comedy Theatre in 1983

Little Shop of Horrors

Mendel in the European Premiere of at the Library Theatre Manchester in 1987

March Of The Falsettos

as Otto Kringelein in "" at the Dominion Theatre' 1992

Grand Hotel

Beadle Bamford in the 1994 National Theatre production of Sondheim's (Nominated for an Olivier Award)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Cogsworth in the first West End production of Disney's at the Dominion Theatre (a role he reprised in the UK Tour of the show)

Beauty and the Beast

Mr. Bumble in the London Palladium production of Lionel Bart's

Oliver!

Ladislav Sipos in "" at the Savoy Theatre London in 1994/95

She Loves Me

Monsieur Thénardier in the London production of at the Palace Theatre and Queen's Theatre

Les Misérables

King Herod in in concert at Ferneham Hall in 2004

Jesus Christ Superstar

Mr. Mushnik in the 2006 London revival of Little Shop of Horrors at the Menier Chocolate Factory and the 2007 revival at the

Ambassadors Theatre

Herr Schultz in 2007 and 2008 in the West End revival of at Lyric Theatre, London

Cabaret

Monsieur Richard Firmin in at Her Majesty's Theatre, London (2008-13) and the 25th Anniversary Performances at the Royal Albert Hall (2011) opposite Gareth Snook as Andre for the entirety of his runs in both productions.

The Phantom of the Opera

Grandpa Joe in at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

He trained at the Guildford School of Acting.^[1]

His stage roles include:

James can be heard on cast recordings of Beauty and the Beast, My Fair Lady, "She Loves Me" and two Bernard J. Taylor musicals - Nosferatu the Vampire (in which he created the role of "Renfeld"), Much Ado in which he created the role of Leonato, and Monsieur Firmin in The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary Concert. He is also Thénardier in the 1988 symphonic cast recording of Les Misérables.

Larkin, Colin; John Martland (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Stage and Film Musicals, London: Virgin in association with Muze UK Ltd. 0-7535-0375-1.