Vince Barnett

Known for ActingBorn 1902-07-04Died 1977-08-10Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vince Barnett (July 4, 1902 – August 10, 1977) was an American film and television actor. He appeared on stage originally. Barnett's initial involvement with Hollywood was as a screenwriter, writing screenplays for the two-reeler movies of the late 1920s. He began appearing in films in 1930, playing hundreds of comedy bits and supporting parts. One of his more sizable screen roles was the moronic, illiterate gangster "secretary" in Scarface (1932). Among his best-regarded early roles, apart from Scarface, were The Big Cage (1933), Thirty Day Princess (1934) and Princess O'Hara (1935). In later years, Barnett played straight character parts, often as careworn little men, undertakers, janitors, bartenders and drunks in pictures ranging from films noir (The Killers, 1946) to westerns (Springfield Rifle, 1952). He was a welcome presence in "B" comedies and mysteries: as Runyonesque gangsters in Petticoat Larceny (1943), Little Miss Broadway (1947), and Gas House Kids Go West (1947), and notably as Tom Conway's enthusiastic sidekick in The Falcon's Alibi (1946). After World War II, with the Hollywood studios making fewer films, Barnett became a familiar face on television.Read more

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Glynis

The Rookie

Girls' Town

The Headleys at Home

Champagne for Breakfast

Scandal Sheet

MGM Parade

River Gang

Heroes of the Saddle

Yankee Doodle Home

Boots of Destiny

The Brain Busters

I Cover Big Town

Little Miss Broadway

Joe Palooka in the Knockout

The Phantom Plainsmen

Just Another Murder

Princess O'Hara

No Ransom

Sunset Pass

The Big Cage

A Royal Flush

Perry Mason

The Andy Griffith Show

All Quiet on the Western Front

My Brother Talks to Horses

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

Ride 'em, Cowgirl

The Singing Cowgirl

The Killers

Green Acres

Madame Spy

Brute Force

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Scarface

After the Thin Man

Girl on the Run

The Mask of Dimitrios

Petticoat Larceny

Kid Dynamite

The Lady or the Tiger?

Foreign Agent

A Dangerous Game

How to Hold Your Husband - BACK

Exile Express

Here's Lucy

The Woman I Love

I Cover Chinatown