
Barnabe was born in St Giles, London on 3 April 1905 to Tina (née Bendi) and Louis Vincent Barnabe. He married Avice Landone, who died in 1976. He trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where he studied mime under Theodore Komisarjevsky. Barnabe served with the British Armed Forces from 1942 through 1946. He died in June 1998. Barnabe appeared in films as early as 1927 and appeared on television as early as 1937. He appeared on numerous television shows throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including Maigret, Danger Island, The Troubleshooters and Jesus of Nazareth. Films in which Barnabe acted include Man in the Shadow (1957), Pit of Darkness (1961), The Mummy's Shroud (1967), and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977). He also appeared in a television adaptation of King Richard the Second in 1978.

The Message
1976 · as Umaya

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
1977 · as Balsora

Beloved Impostor
1936 · as Policeman

Landslide
1937 · as Bert White

Arrivederci, Baby!
1966 · as Head Waiter

The Mummy's Shroud
1967 · as Pharaoh

Richard II
1978 · as Abbot of Westminster

Portrait of Alison
1955 · as Italian Detective

Five Golden Hours
1961 · as Cesare

Pit of Darkness
1961 · as Bruno

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959 · as Maître d'

Doctor Kabil
1959 · as Dr. Gerard

Ball at Savoy
1936 · as Train Conductor

The Tamer Tamed
1956 · as Christopher Sly

The Last Supper
1949 · as Leonardo da Vinci

This Body Is Mine
1971 · as Harvey

King's Rhapsody
1957 · as Chief Revolutionary