Barry Paine was born on October 20, 1937 in Wanstead, Essex, England as Barry Ernest Paine. He was a writer and producer, known for Tom Tom (1965), The Children of the New Forest (1964) and Polecats: Masked Raiders (2011). He was married to Jill Cheadle. He died on October 10, 2011 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.