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 | | John Barron (Filed: 07/07/2004) John Barron, the character actor who died on Saturday aged 83, was best known for his portrayal of CJ, the maniacal head of Sunshine Desserts in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. |
 | | Barron, who towered over 6ft tall, was by now typecast as an upstanding citizen in authority roles and subsequently acted Assistant Chief Constable Gilbert in Softly Softly (1966-67), the Z Cars spin-off. |
 | | Born in London in 1920, the son of a naval officer and an actress, and a descendant of the actress Sarah Siddons, John Barron was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School and trained as an actor at Rada. |
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