Curry Barker
Place of Birth: Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 22, 1999
Ethnicity: English, Irish, Scottish, German, Cajun French, more distant Welsh, Swiss, Dutch, and French Huguenot
Curry Barker is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, and YouTuber. He has directed and written the films Milk & Serial and Obsession (2025), as well as many shorts. He is one half of sketch comedy duo “that’s a bad idea,” alongside Cooper Tomlinson. He also starred in Milk & Serial; and on the That’s a Bad Idea web series, as well as on Roommates, which he also directed and wrote for; and Privately Investigated, which he co-created. Cooper starred with him on all three web series.
His father is a psychiatric nurse and screenwriter. His mother is a graphic designer.
Curry’s paternal grandfather is the son of Milton Barker and Bernice Marie Stuart. He was born in Texas. Milton was born in Texas, the son of William J. Barker and Mittie Jane Baker. Bernice was born in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Kern Conrad Stuart and Ollie Estella “Stella” Covey. Through Curry’s great-great-grandfather Kern, he is the great-great-great-nephew of former death row inmate Eligha Stuart, whose sentence was commuted in 1935.
Curry’s paternal grandmother was Myrtle Ruth “Ruthie” Tyler (the daughter of Simon Voyt Tyler and Gladys Marie Cole). Myrtle was born in Louisiana. Simon was born in Vick, Avoyelles, Louisiana, the son of Martin VanBuren Tyler and Odelia Wiley, whose mother was of part Cajun French decent. Curry’s great-grandmother Gladys was born in Louisiana, the daughter of Valentine Cole and Myrtle George.
Curry’s maternal grandfather was Walter Otis “Mickey” Evans, Jr. (the son of Walter Otis Evans, Sr. and Delores/Dolores Jewel Dowers). He was born in Jefferson County, Texas. Walter was born in Pennsylvania, the son of Chester Ellsworth Evans and Maude Elizabeth Gurd, whose paternal grandfather was English. Curry’s great-grandmother Delores was born in Westlake, Calcasieu, Louisiana, the daughter of George Rupert Dowers and Florence Jewell Scott, whose paternal grandmother was from Kent, England.
Curry’s maternal grandmother was Sharla Kae Hollifield (the daughter of John Arthur Hollifield and Aletha Charlene Hunter). Sharla was born in Houston, Harris, Texas. John was born in Louisiana, the son of John Dewey Hollifield and Vera Mae Addison. Curry’s great-grandmother Aletha was born in Harris, Texas, the daughter of Charles Hunter and Elizabeth Ida “Beth” Eaves.
Sources: Marriage announcement of Curry’s paternal grandparents – https://www.newspapers.com
Genealogy of Curry’s paternal great-grandmother, Bernice Marie (Stuart) Barker Trammell – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Curry’s paternal grandmother, Myrtle Ruth “Ruthie” (Tyler) Barker – https://www.ascensionfuneralgroup.com
Obituary of Curry’s paternal great-grandfather, Simon Voyt Tyler – https://www.newspapers.com
Marriage announcement of Curry’s maternal grandparents, Walter Otis “Mickey” Evans, Jr. and Sharla Kae Hollifield) – https://www.newspapers.com
Obituary of Curry’s maternal great-grandmother, Delores/Dolores Jewel (Dowers) Evans – https://www.memorialofvidor.com
Obituary of Curry’s maternal grandmother, Sharla Kae (Hollifield) Evans – https://www.claybarfuneralhome.com
Surprisingly he has no Scandinavian
Curry’s paternal grandfather is the son of Milton Barker and Bernice Marie Stuart. He was born in Texas. Milton was born in Texas, the son of William J Barker and Mittie Jane Baker, who was English. Bernice was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Kern Conrad Stuart, who was English, Irish, Scottish, and distantly German, and Ollie Estella Covey, who was English, Irish, and distantly Scottish and German.
Curry’s paternal grandmother was Myrtle Ruth Tyler (the daughter of Simon Voyt Tyler and Gladys Marie Cole). Myrtle was born in Louisiana. Simon was born in Vick, Louisiana, the son of Martin VanBuren Tyler, who was English and likely distant French, and Odelia Wiley, whose mother was entirely French Cajun, and whose father was primarily English. Gladys was born in Louisiana, the daughter of Valentine Cole, who was English and French Cajun, and Myrtle George, who was German and English.
Through Curry’s great-great-grandfather, Kern Conrad Stuart, he is the great-great-grandnephew of former death row inmate Eligha Stuart.
Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-liberty-vindicator-marriage-of-tyler/199605931/ — paternal grandparents marriage record
— paternal grandfather family pedigree
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/269753717/bernice-marie-trammell — paternal grandfather’s mother’s obituary
https://www.ascensionfuneralgroup.com/obituaries/Ruthie-Barker?obId=1244823 — paternal grandmother’s obituary
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-liberty-vindicator-obituary-for-simo/199606090/ — paternal grandmother’s father’s obituary
— paternal grandmother’s family pedigree
Curry’s maternal grandfather was Walter Otis Evans, Jr. (the son of Walter Otis Evans, Sr. and Dolores Jewel Dowers). He was born in Jefferson County, Texas. Walter was born in Pennsylvania, the son of Chester Ellsworth Evans, who was English, Welsh, German, Irish, Swiss, and Dutch, and Maude Elizabeth Gurd, who was German, English, and Scottish. Dolores was born in Westland, Louisiana, the daughter of George Rupert Dowers, who was English, Irish, and Scottish, and Florence Jewell Scott, who was English, Irish, German, and Scottish.
Curry’s maternal grandmother was Sharla Kae Hollifield (the daughter of John Arthur Hollifield and Aletha Charlene Hunter). Sharla was born in Houston, Texas. John was born in Louisiana, the son of John Dewey Hollifield, who was English and distantly German and Scottish, and Vera Mae Addison, who was English, French Huguenot, Swiss, and Scottish. Aletha was born in Harris County, Texas, the daughter of Charles Hunter, who was English, Scottish, German, and Welsh, and Elizabeth Ida Eaves, who was English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, and supposedly distantly French Huguenot.
Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-beaumont-enterprise-barker-evans/199786463/ — parents marriage announcement
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-beaumont-enterprise-evans-hollifie/199786080/ — maternal grandparents marriage announcement
— mother family pedigree
https://www.memorialofvidor.com/obituaries/Delores-Jewel-Evans?obId=47383124 — maternal grandfather’s mother’s obituary
https://www.claybarfuneralhome.com/obituaries/sharla-evans-ekinia/ — maternal grandmother obituary
Unique-looking individual.
https://images.mubicdn.net/images/cast_member/1095425/cache-906752-1694985064/image-w856.jpg?size=800x
At first I thought he might have some albinism, but he’s just very, very light?