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Known for:	Dances with Wolves, Goldfinger, Madagascar
Birth name:	John Barry Prendergast
Birthday:	3 November 1933, York, England, UK

Has scored eleven of the James Bond films and his influence was very much heard in the first, Dr. No, via his work on 'The James Bond Theme'. On Tuesday June 25, 2002, he was confirmed as an Honorary Freeman of the City of York in a special ceremony at the city's Assembly Rooms. He received his award from City of York Council at a special luncheon at the Assembly Rooms where he once used to play trumpet in a jazz band on Saturday nights in the 1950s. On Friday June 28, 2002, at The James Bond Celebrity Golf Classic and Gala Dinner, held at the prestigious Stoke Poges, Stoke Park Club, Barry received the prestigious GoldenEye award, for his contribution to the music of James Bond. The award was courtesy of The Ian Fleming Foundation. He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the order of the British Empire) in 1999. Children: Susan (with Barbara Pickard), Sian (with Ulla), Kate Barry (with Jane Birkin) and JonPatrick (with Laurie Barry). Was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship at the Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square, London, February 12, 2005, becoming the first composer to receive the honour. His "We Have All the Time in the World", sung by Louis Armstrong, from the soundtrack of the Bond film OHMSS (1969) - in which 007 weds - was found in 2005 to be the third most popular choice for UK just-married couples' first dance (after Bryan Adams and the Carpenters). Presented with the Music Industry Trusts' Award in 1999 for his outstanding contribution to the British music industry.

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