**Barry Nelson (1917-2007) was an American actor with a long film career that began in the 1940s.** He was known for roles as authoritative, professional, and composed characters, often embodying figures of trust or authority.

Among his most notable films are *Airport* (1970), where he played an airline executive caught in a crisis, and especially Stanley Kubrick's *The Shining* (1980), in the role of the affable but unsettling Overlook Hotel manager, Stuart Ullman. Nelson was a reliable character actor whose presence often lent an aura of competence and controlled calm to his characters. He is also historically known for being the first actor to portray James Bond, albeit in a television production (*Casino Royale*, 1954).