Patrick Barber, known by the stage name Paul Barber (born 18 March
1951), is an English actor from Liverpool. In a career spanning more
than 45 years, he is best known for playing Denzil in Only Fools and
Horses and Horse in The Full Monty.Barber was taken into care at the
age of seven, following the death of his mother from tuberculosis. His
mother was from Middlesbrough. His father, originally from Sierra
Leone, died when Paul (or Paddy as he was then known) and his brothers
Brian, Paul, Mike and sisters Claudette and Lorraine were very young.
Whilst he was in care, he was abused both physically and mentally. He
notes that he has suffered like others, but channeled his emotions
into acting.Barber began on the stage in the musical Hair. His first
major TV role was as Sam "Lucky" Ubootu in the 1974 ITV Playhouse
production Lucky, set in Liverpool and made by Granada TV. He then
played the flamboyant but vicious gang boss Malleson in the off-beat
BBC Birmingham-based series Gangsters from 1975 to 1978. He played
Louis St John in 4 episodes of I Didn't Know You Cared from 1976 to
1978. A later starring role was alongside Philip Whitchurch in the
mid-1980s ITV comedy series The Brothers McGregor. Paul Barber (actor) Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter