Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander) — Tunes of Glory Character Profile

About Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)

New battalion commander arriving to replace Sinclair. An Oxford-educated aristocrat and former prisoner of war, he enforces strict peacetime discipline and proper etiquette. Overwhelmed by the officers' resistance and isolation, he retreats to the washroom and takes his own life.

Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander) — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

John Mills

Appears in

Tunes of Glory (1960)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander) — Professional Successor — Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M. (Alec Guinness)

  Barrow officially succeeds Sinclair in the command role.

• Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander) — Professional Executive Officer — Maj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott, M.C. (Battalion Executive Officer) (Dennis Price)

  Scott holds the second-in-command position under Barrow.

• Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander) — Conflict Court-Martial Target — Cpl. Piper Ian Fraser (John Fraser)

  Barrow attempts to use military justice against Fraser.

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• Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M. (Alec Guinness)
• Maj. Charles 'Charlie' Scott, M.C. (Battalion Executive Officer) (Dennis Price)
• Mary Titterington (Kay Walsh)
• Major Dusty Miller (Paul Whitsun-Jones)
• Morag Sinclair (Susannah York)
• Captain Alec Rattray (Richard Leech)
• Landlord (Eric Woodburn)
• Major Hugo Macmillan (Gerald Harper)
• 2nd Lt. David Mackinnon (Peter McEnery)
• Lance Corporal Campbell (Andrew Keir)
• Cpl. Piper Ian Fraser (John Fraser)
• Orderly Room Clerk (Angus Lennie)