Barnett Parker
Barnett Parker
A busy supporting actor of the 1930s who was often cast as the quintessential English manservant, tall, dapper-looking Barnett Parker had appeared with such British stage stars as George Alexander and Fred Terry prior to making his Broadway debut opposite Billie Burke in Mind the Paint Girl. The year was 1912 and the busy Parker immediately established himself as the typical "silly ass" British comic, "silly ass" being a description favored by the actor himself. Parker, who went on to appear opposite such legendary stage stars as Lew Fields and Lou Tellegen, moonlighted in movies from 1915 to 1920, chiefly for the New Rochelle-based Thanhouser company, where he scored quite a hit playing Astorbilt, the millionaire hero of the comedy Prudence the Pirate (1916). Parker spent the next decade or so on the boards but returned to films in 1936 to play a seemingly endless series of butlers, servants, and waiters. His death was attributed to a heart attack. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Barnett Parker:
- Marie Antoinette with Norma Shearer , Tyrone Power , John Barrymore , Robert Morley , Anita Louise , Gladys George , Joseph Schildkraut , Henry Stephenson , Cora Witherspoon , Henry Daniell , Leonard Penn , Alma Kruger , Joseph Calleia , George Meeker , Scotty Beckett , Erville Alderson , Richard Alexander , Trevor Bardette , Robert H. Barrat , Thomas Braidon , Al Bridge , John Burton , Mae Busch , John Butler , Frank Campeau , Lane R. Chandler , Dorothy Christy , Wade Crosby , Cecil Cunningham , Denis D'Auburn , Guy D'Ennery , Harry Davenport , Nigel DeBrulier , Albert Dekker , Frank Elliott , Billy Engle , Barry Fitzgerald , Reginald Gardiner , Lawrence Grant , Ben Hall , Ben Jr. Hendricks , Holmes E. Herbert , Ramsay Hill , George Houston , Esther Howard , Mary Howard , Hugh Huntley , Ruth Hussey , Olaf Hytten , Frank Jaquet , Edward Keane , Victor Kilian , Claude King , George Kirby , Marilyn Knowlden , Henry Kolker , Howard Lang , Duke R. Lee , Jacques Lory , Horace McMahon , Frank Jr. McGlynn , Helene Millard , Bea Nigro , Moroni Olsen , Rafaela Ottiano , Inez Palange , Guy Bates Post , Alonzo Price , Herbert Rawlinson , Buddy Roosevelt , Lionel Royce , Tom Rutherford , Kathryn Sheldon , Ivan Simpson , William Steele , Harry Stubbs , Zeffie Tilbury , Theodore vonEltz , Gustav vonSeyffertitz , Walter Walker , Anthony Warde , Lyons Wickland , Ian Wolfe , George Zucco , Peter Bull , Harold Entwistle , Jack George , Corbet Morris , Brent Sargent , Frank Swales
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town with Gary Cooper , Jean Arthur , George Bancroft , Lionel Stander , Douglas Dumbrille , Raymond Walburn , H.B. Warner , Margaret Matzenauer , Warren B. Hymer , Muriel Evans , Ruth Donnelly , Spencer Charters , Emma Dunn , Wyrley Birch , Arthur Hoyt , Jameson Thomas , Walter Catlett , Margaret Seddon , Stanley Andrews , Irving Bacon , Billy Bevan , Beatrice Blinn , Harry C. Bradley , Cecil Cunningham , Beatrice Curtis , Ann Doran , Jay Eaton , Bess Flowers , Edward Gargan , Frank Hammond , George "Gabby" Hayes , Russell Hicks , Harry Holden , Paul C. Hurst , Eddie Kane , Edward Keane , Edward J. LeSaint , Edwin Maxwell , Margaret McWade , George Meeker , James Millican , Gene Morgan , Jack Mower , Vesey O'Davoren , Franklin Pangborn , Paul Porcasi , Christian Rub , Lee Shumway , Charles Sullivan , Dale vanSickel , Gustav vonSeyffertitz , Pierre Watkin , Charles Wilson , George Cooper , Charles Lane , Dennis O'Keefe , Lillian Ross , John Picorri , Florence Wix , Mary Lou Dix , John Wray
- Libeled Lady with Jean Harlow , William Powell , Myrna Loy , Spencer Tracy , Walter Connolly , Charles Grapewin , Cora Witherspoon , E.E. Clive , Otto Yamaoka , Charles Trowbridge , Spencer Charters , George Chandler , Greta Meyer , William Benedict , Hal K. Dawson , Norman Ainsley , Harry C. Bradley , Ralph Brooks , Jay Eaton , Fred Graham , Sherry Hall , Hattie R. McDaniel , Howard C. Hickman , Olaf Hytten , Charles Irwin , Selmer Jackson , Eric Lonsdale , James T. Mack , Wally Maher , Myra Marsh , Alphonse Martell , Jack Mulhall , William 'Billy' Newell , Inez Palange , Thomas Pogue , Eddie Shubert , William Stack , Edwin Stanley , Libby Taylor , Nick Thompson , Richard Tucker , Pat West , Eric Wilton , Duke York , Charles King , Tom Mahoney , Dennis O'Keefe , Pat Somerset , Bunny Beatty , Harry Lash , George Davis
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