Editing Lex Barker (section)

==Early life==
Barker was born in [[Rye, New York]], the second child of Alexander Crichlow Barker Sr., a wealthy Canadian-born building contractor and stockbroker,<ref name=boller>{{cite book|author=Reiner Boller, Christina Böhme|title=Lex Barker – Die Biografie|publisher=Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Germany|year=2003|isbn=3-89602-444-2}}</ref> and his American wife, the former Marion Thornton Beals.<ref>"Miss Beals's Wedding", ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 20, 1913.</ref> He had an elder sister, Frederica Amelia "Freddie" Barlow (1917–1980). Of [[England|English]] and [[Spain|Spanish]] ancestry, Barker was a direct descendant of the founder of [[Rhode Island]], [[Roger Williams]], and of Sir William Henry Crichlow, historical [[Governor-General of Barbados|governor-general of Barbados]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Lex Barker - Der unvergessene Tarzan und Old Shatterhand |url=https://www.lex-barker.eu/index.php?med=print&lang=de&menu=bio |work=lex-barker.eu |date=January 1, 2008 |access-date=October 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lex Barker - Biography |url=https://www.tribute-to-lex-barker.net/index.php?med=scr&spr=eng&menu=bio |work=tribute-to-lex-barker.net |date=June 14, 2005 |access-date=October 1, 2023}}</ref>

Raised in New York City and [[Port Chester, New York]], he attended the [[Fessenden School]] and graduated from [[Phillips Exeter Academy]], where he played football and the oboe. He attended [[Princeton University]], but dropped out to join a theatrical stock company, much to his family's chagrin.<ref>{{cite news |title=LEX BARKER DIES; TARZAN OF MOVIES |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/05/12/archives/lex-barker-dies-tarzan-of-movies-was-10th-to-play-the-role.html |work=The New York Times |date=May 12, 1973 |access-date=September 14, 2007}}</ref>