Byron Barr nació el 18 de agosto de 1917 en Iowa, Estados Unidos. Fue un actor, conocido por Perdición (1944), Tokyo Rose (1946) y Tarnished (1950). Murió el 3 de noviembre de 1966 en California, Estados Unidos.
(December 9 to 20, 1941) He acted in DeWitt Bodeen's play, "Escape to Autumn," at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California with Harry Lewis, Mabel Albertson and Rita Lynn in the cast. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. George Phelps was director. Barbara Vajda was also director.
Actor Gig Young's real name was Byron Barr. He even used it professionally in his earliest movies which occasionally caused confusion with name recognition between the two actors.