Gary Barker was was a filmmaker and actor who appeared on Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge.
Biography[]
Before he was an actor, Barker worked as a "mobile office equipment maintenance engineer" for three years, when he was awarded Mobile Office Maintenance Engineer of the Month. He would later fix a broken photocopier live on Knowing Me, Knowing You.
Gary was once called the "Wild Man of Hollywood"; he was known for sawing the head off Warren Beaty's Oscar, driving a Harley-Davidson motorcycle into Bruce Willis' patio doors, punching Jessica Tandy, and throwing a kettle at Whoopi Goldberg's cat. According to him, the latter two incidents were related.
His then wife, Tania Beaumont, requested for her and Barker to appear on Knowing Me, Knowing You in an attempt to dispell rumours about the state of their marriage (with Pear Tree Productions paying for their stay at The Savoy Hotel in London). However, the pair got into an argument when Gary made an off-hand comment about their sex life. Later in the show, Tania revealed that he was sexually impotent, and Alan Partridge conviced them to end their marriage.
Filmography[]
In 1991, Barker produced an action film starring Bill Seger.
Appearance[]
He won a pair of sunglasses worn by James Dean at an auction at the price of $15,000. According to his wife, he wore them to look cool. Tania broke the glasses later on.