Barnabe was born in St Giles, London on 3 April 1905 to Tina (née Bendi) and Louis Vincent Barnabe. He married Avice Landone, who died in 1976. He trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where he studied mime under Theodore Komisarjevsky. Barnabe served with the British Armed Forces from 1942 through 1946. He died in June 1998. Barnabe appeared in films as early as 1927 and appeared on television as early as 1937. He appeared on numerous television shows throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including Maigret, Danger Island, The Troubleshooters and Jesus of Nazareth. Films in which Barnabe acted include Man in the Shadow (1957), Pit of Darkness (1961), The Mummy's Shroud (1967), and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977). He also appeared in a television adaptation of King Richard the Second in 1978.
1979
as Mario
1978
as Abbot of Westminster
1977
as Balsora
1977
as Ezra
1976
as Umaya
1974
1972
1972
1971
as Maitre de
1967
as Pharaoh
1966
as Head Waiter
1962
as Inspector Manteolli
1962
1961
as Bruno
1961
as Cesare
1961
as Farrar
1960
1959
as Jacotinski
1959
as The Policeman
1959
1959
as Capt. Dekker
1959
as Maître d'
1958
as Rinaldo
1957
as Brigadier Peter Kleber
1956
as Capt. Gomez
1956
1956
as Christopher Sly
1955
as Italian Detective
1937
as Bert White
1936
as Policeman
1936
as Train Conductor