Vince Barnett
Acting
Born 1902-07-04
Died 1977-08-10
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
56 credits
Perry Mason
The Andy Griffith Show
Here's Lucy
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Mayberry R.F.D.
The Life Of Riley
MGM Parade
All Quiet on the Western Front
Scarface
Brute Force
Letter to Loretta
The Killers
Knock on Any Door
Seven Sinners
On Dangerous Ground
International Burlesque
After the Thin Man
The Mask of Dimitrios
Carson City
The 9th Guest
Crazy Mama
The Virginian
The Big Mouth
Horse Feathers
Jungle Man
Springfield Rifle
The Family Jewels
Sixpack Annie
High Wall
Bowery at Midnight
Two Sisters from Boston
Gallant Lady
Black Fury
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
The Spy in the Green Hat
Exile Express
Stranger on the Third Floor
Thirty Day Princess
Thrill of a Romance
Jungle Woman
Heritage of the Desert
Petticoat Larceny
I Live My Life
The Quiet Gun
The Death Kiss
Don't Bet on Blondes
Summer School Teachers
Man of the Forest
I'll See You in My Dreams
Fast Workers
The Girl in 419
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Made on Broadway
Zebra in the Kitchen
Hell in the Heavens
Big Town After Dark
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Writing
1 credit
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