{{Short description|American-Canadian actor and writer (1922–2004)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Alex Barris | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|09|16}} | birth_place = New York City, US | death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|01|15|1922|09|16}} | death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = | known_for = Work on ''Front Page Challenge'' | notable_works = }}
'''Alex Paul Barris''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (September 16, 1922 – January 15, 2004) was an American-born Canadian television actor and writer. Member of ACTRA, he was a writer and panellist for the game show ''Front Page Challenge''.<ref name="gg.ca">[https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-5448 Alex Barris, C.M. Member of the Order of Canada] - The Governor General of Canada</ref>
Barris was born in New York City, and moved to Canada, residing in Scarborough, Ontario. Barris was 81 when he died due to complications from a stroke he suffered a year earlier in Toronto, Ontario.
His daughter, Kate Barris, is a celebrated children's television writer. His son, Ted, is a retired journalism professor and author of several books. In 1998, Alex Barris was made a Member of the Order of Canada.<ref name="gg.ca" />
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0057564|name=Alex Barris}}
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