Barry Lyndon voice-over (by actor Michael Hordern), the comments expressed are not Barry's, but those of an omniscient narrator. Kubrick felt that using a first-person narrative would not be useful in a film adaptation: Kubrick made several changes to the plot, including the addition of the final duel. Barry Lyndon Barry Lyndon is a 1975 British-American period drama film by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1844 novel "The Luck of Barry Lyndon" by William Makepeace Thackeray. It stars Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Leonard Rossiter and Hardy Krüger. The film recounts the early exploits and later unraveling of a fictional 18th-century
Barry Jackson (actor) Barry Jackson (actor) Barry Jackson (29 March 1938 – 5 December 2013) was an English film and television actor. His film career included roles in "Ryan's Daughter", "Barry Lyndon", "Aces High", "The Raging Moon", "Mr. Love", and "Wimbledon". His television credits included: "A for Andromeda", "The Mask of Janus", "Adam Adamant Lives!", "Doctor Who", "Z-Cars", "Dixon of Dock Green", "The Troubleshooters", "Doomwatch", "Poldark", "Oil Strike North", "The New Avengers", "Secret Army", "Blake's 7", "The Professionals", "Coronation Street", "Enemy at the Door", "All Creatures Great and Small", "Minder", "Bergerac", "Lovejoy", "Casualty", "Peak Practice", "Silent Witness", "Kavanagh QC", "The Bill", "A Touch