Edgar Barrier

Edgar Barrier (March 4, 1907 – June 20, 1964) was an American actor who appeared on radio, stage, and screen.

In the 1930s he was a member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre[1] and was one of several actors who played Simon Templar on The Saint radio show.

Barrier also appeared in the 1938 Welles-directed short, Too Much Johnson, which was long believed lost but was rediscovered in 2013.

[3] He was a guest star on a few episodes of Disney's Zorro as Don Cornelio Esperon.

[citation needed] Barrier was born in New York City and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.

Joseph Cotten and Edgar Barrier shooting film sequences for the stage production Too Much Johnson (1938)