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Barry Allen Sadler (November 1, 1940 – November 5, 1989) was an American soldier, singer-songwriter and author. Sadler served as a Green Beret medic, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant. He served in the Vietnam War from late December 1964 to late May 1965.
Barry Sandler (born February 23, 1947, in Buffalo, New York) is an American screenwriter and film producer. His career has spanned several decades, with the 1980s being his most prolific. The openly gay Sandler is perhaps best known for writing the 1982 film Making Love , the first mainstream Hollywood film to deal seriously with ...
Barry Sandler was born on 23 February 1947 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Crimes of Passion (1984), Knock 'em Dead (2014) and Making Love (1982).
- Writer, Producer
- February 23, 1947
- Barry Sandler
May 9, 2024 · Barry Sadler (born November 1, 1940, Carlsbad, New Mexico, U.S.—died November 5, 1989, Murfreesboro, Tennessee) was an American soldier, singer, songwriter, and pulp-fiction author who is principally remembered for his best-selling song “ The Ballad of the Green Berets.”
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Nov 6, 1989 · Barry Sadler, who co-wrote and sang the hit Vietnam War-era ``Ballad of the Green Berets,'' died 14 months after being shot in Guatemala, where he reportedly was trainng anti-communist Contra fighters. He was 49.
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During our far-too-brief chat, Barry told us about the experience of making Crimes, working with its director Ken Russell, and how Anthony Perkins almost shared the movie with a simian co-star. Well, sort of …
Barry Sandler is an American screenwriter and film producer. His career has spanned several decades, with the 1980s being his most prolific. The openly gay Sandler is perhaps best known for writing the 1982 film Making Love, the first mainstream Hollywood film to deal seriously with issues of homosexuality and coming out.
