Eric Barclay was born on 17 November 1894 in Lilla Malma, Södermanlands län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Charlotte Löwensköld (1930), Le berceau de dieu (1926) and Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage (1926). He died on 14 January 1938 in Bälinge, Uppland, Sweden.