Donations may be made in Nelson’s name to the Actors’ Fund of America, 729 7th Ave., 10th floor, New York, N.Y., 10019. Advertisement dennis.mclellan@latimes.com ...

Barry Nelson, a Broadway leading man who launched his career at MGM in the 1940s and earned a niche in show-business history as the first actor to play British secret agent James Bond — as an ...