Barry Lee Pearl (born March 29, 1950 in Lancaster,

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) is an American actor. Pearl is best known for his role as "Doody", one of the three supporting T-Birds, in the 1978 film version of '' Grease''. He also had a cameo as Mr. Weaver in the '' Grease: Live'' television special on FOX in 2016. He played "Professor Tinkerputt" in the primetime special '' Barney's Imagination Island'' and the US tour of '' Barney's Big Surprise'', a stage production based on the popular TV show as well as a video of the same name. He also starred in an episode of Disney Channel's ''

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''. He began his career in 1961 replacing Johnny Borden as “Randolph MaAfee” in Broadway's ''

Bye Bye Birdie ''Bye Bye Birdie'' is a stage musical with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams, based upon a book by Michael Stewart. Originally titled ''Let's Go Steady'', ''Bye Bye Birdie'' is set in 1958. The short story "Dream Man", authored ...

''. Other Broadway credits include '' Oliver!'' in 1962, '' A Teaspoon Every Four Hours'' in 1969, '' The Producers'' in 2005, '' Lenny's Back'' in 2008 and ''

Baby It's You! ''Baby It's You!'' is a jukebox musical written by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott, featuring pop and rock hits of the 1960s, with a special emphasis on songs by the Shirelles and other acts signed to Scepter Records. The show "tells the story of ...

'' in 2011. In 2012 he starred in the

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release ''

The Newest Pledge ''The Newest Pledge'' is a 2012 comedy film written and directed by Jason Michael Brescia. The film is about the hard-partying Omega fraternity and their struggles to raise a baby that they find on their doorstep. The film was released in North Ame ...

''. He also starred as "Arnold" in the national tour of '' Happy Days - A New Musical''. In 2014, he was part of the series ''Summer with

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''. During the summers he teaches film arts all across the US to the special needs community with Joey Travolta's Inclusion Film Company.

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* * 1950 births Actors from Lancaster, Pennsylvania Living people Male actors from Pennsylvania American male musical theatre actors American male film actors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors {{US-screen-actor-stub