The post The Man Behind Barney: David Joyner’s Story of Soul, Struggle, and Love appeared first on Consequence. David Joyner just wants to make people feel good. Best known for portraying Barney on ...

David Joyner looked back on some of the hate he received as the benevolent Barney, recalling the time he learned that the Ku Klux Klan had banned their children from watching the program after ...

“I said, ‘Well actually, when I read it, I laughed.’ And he says, ‘What do you mean?'” Joyner continued. “I said, ‘Well, it’s the Klan and I can’t change their opinion.’ I said, ‘Plus what we’re ...

DECATUR - Before Decatur native David Joyner took on the television role of streetwise children's performer Hip Hop Harry, he was known for being the first to wear the costume of another famous TV ...

David Joyner might not be the most recognizable name to television fans, but his work as the actor inside the suit of Barney certainly is. Joyner played the benevolent purple dinosaur on “Barney & ...