His costume is equipped with a microphone and the actor bites a bar connected to the jaw and bobbing his head.
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barny the dinosaur is a puppet whos show got cancled because he tripped and said a word that 3 year olds shouldn't hear.
They use a system which was created by Jim Hensen (of Muppet fame) where the mouth can be operated by remote control from off camera OR it can use a system created by Gerry Anderson creator of Thunderbirds where the sound is amplified to create a powerful signal which then opens and closes a solenoid (magnet effect) in the head of the puppet. Most animtronics use either or both these systems depending on the construction of the moving part concerned
We're not told exactly when Barney leaves but the last regular episode he appeared in before moving to Raleigh was "Opie Flunks Arithmetic' which aired on 4/19/65
Carey Stinson wears the Barney costume and Dean Wendt does the voice of Barney as of 2001.
Barney signed his name Barney Fife MD but MD stands for Mayberry Deputy not DR.
The guy in the costume! He was Barney...but not the voice!