Bobby Barber
Acting
Born 1894-12-17
Died 1976-05-24
New York City, New York, USA
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Bobby Barber (December 18, 1894 – May 24, 1976) was an American actor who appeared in over 100 films. Barber is notable for his work as a foil for Abbott and Costello on and off screen.
Barber was often used by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as a form of "court jester" on the set of their films. It was his job to keep the energy level up with pranks and practical jokes. Sometimes, he even suddenly appeared on camera during a take to break up the cast and crew. In Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), Costello answers a knock at the door expecting to see large actor Lon Chaney Jr. Instead, the very short Barber walks in wearing a funny hat with a feather. In another outtake from that film, Bela Lugosi, in full Dracula regalia, is solemnly descending a staircase to meet Abbott and Costello when all of a sudden the actors and crew burst out laughing. Lugosi, annoyed, turns around to see Barber following right behind him, mimicking his steps.
Barber also appeared in bit parts, such as a delivery boy, waiter, bellhop, or man on the street, often uncredited in movies, and in many of Abbott and Costello's films and about half their television shows. Sometimes his likeness was in a picture on a wall or a "wanted" poster in a post office. His final film appearance was in Lou Costello's last movie, The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959). His film career included bit parts in over 100 (known) feature films.
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Acting
57 credits
Wagon Train
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Adventures of Superman
Modern Times
The Abbott and Costello Show
To Kill a Mockingbird
Laura
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Anchors Aweigh
Vivacious Lady
I Walk Alone
The Lady Eve
Hold That Ghost
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Living It Up
Road to Singapore
Who Done It?
Man of a Thousand Faces
Pardners
Horse Feathers
Roxie Hart
I'm No Angel
Riff-Raff
Road to Utopia
Swing Fever
Passage to Marseille
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Second Chorus
The Joker is Wild
The Gay Falcon
Across the Wide Missouri
Africa Screams
On an Island with You
Hit the Ice
Two Sisters from Boston
Pot o' Gold
In the Navy
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Broadway Melody of 1940
Dodsworth
Carefree
The Wheeler Dealers
The Midnight Story
Dangerous to Know
The Monster and the Girl
Calcutta
The Sky's the Limit
Let's Dance
Follow the Boys
Stranger on the Third Floor
History Is Made at Night
Super-Sleuth
Primrose Path
Crazy House
A Date with the Falcon
Presenting Lily Mars
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