Barry Langford

He directed many television programmes for the BBC in the 1960s and 1970s, and also worked as manager for musical artists including David Bowie[1][2][3] and Tom Jones.

He was the older brother of Lawrence Langford (1927–2020),[5] who created one of the world's largest collections of marine antiques and model ships.

Prior to his career in television, Langford served in the British army in World War II when he became 18 years old.

Barry's father, Louis Langford (whose surname was originally Lelyveld, being a native of the Netherlands), had run the family silver business during the war years.

While producing in the music industry, he discovered David Bowie and helped launch Tom Jones' career, managing them both for a time.

After leaving the silver business, the family travelled together, moving back and forth twice between Australia and the United Kingdom in 1965, 1967, and 1969, before finally settling in Israel in 1972.

[22] After being released from military service after World War II, Barry Langford became one of the early members of the 43 group, along with Vidal Sassoon.

Activities ranged from protests, breaking up far-right meetings, infiltrating different fascist parties and groups, to street fighting.