Vince Barnett
Age: 75 | From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1902-07-04 19:13:04
Death: 1977-08-10 19:13:04
Aliases: Vincent Lysle Barnett , Vincent L. Barnett , Vincent Barnett
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Movie Involvements: 90
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
Biography
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. Among his more sizable screen roles was the moronic, illiterate gangster "secretary" in Scarface. 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.
Most Famous Work
Perry Mason
(1957) Noonan
Scarface
(1932) Angelo
All Quiet on the Western Front
(1930) Assistant Cook (uncredited)
The Killers
(1946) Charleston
On Dangerous Ground
(1951) George (uncredited)
Brute Force
(1947) Muggsy
The Mask of Dimitrios
(1944) Card Game Kibitzer (uncredited)
Knock on Any Door
(1949) Carl Swanson - Bartender (uncredited)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Bartender | |
| Homer | ||
| 1974 | Principal Adams | |
| 1968 | N/A | |
| 1967 | N/A | |
| Man at Telephone Booth (uncredited) | ||
| 'Scissors' | ||
| 1965 | Janitor | |
| N/A | ||
| Automobile Owner at Gas Station | ||
| Man in Manhole | ||
| 1963 | Vince (Small Duck Hunter) | |
| N/A | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| 1959 | Pentagon janitor | |
| 1958 | Janitor | |
| 1957 | Noonan | |
| Gamler | ||
| 1955 | Ed - Stan's Partner in Drive-In (uncredited) | |
| 1953 | Grimes | |
| Berg | ||
| Bartender | ||
| Herman | ||
| 1952 | Cook (uncredited) | |
| Henry | ||
| 1951 | George (uncredited) | |
| Burlesk Comedian (uncredited) | ||
| Mugsy | ||
| 1950 | Joe (uncredited) | |
| Comedian | ||
| Pokey | ||
| Joe - Barber | ||
| Cooky | ||
| 1949 | Hotel Clerk | |
| Carl Swanson - Bartender (uncredited) | ||
| 1948 | Sam Gardner | |
| Bernard, the Bartender | ||
| Louie Snead | ||
| 1947 | Henry Cronner | |
| Louie Snead | ||
| Russell | ||
| Muggsy | ||
| Bartender | ||
| Mack Truck | ||
| Steve | ||
| Charlie Gill | ||
| Louis Murkil | ||
| Schuyler (uncredited) | ||
| 1946 | Charleston | |
| Street Cleaner | ||
| Singing Waiter (uncredited) | ||
| Baldy | ||
| Goldie Locke | ||
| Ben | ||
| 1945 | Agent | |
| Organ Grinder | ||
| Oscar | ||
| Short Bald Man at Dance | ||
| Voice Student | ||
| 1944 | Barney Baker | |
| Card Game Kibitzer (uncredited) | ||
| Curley (archive footage / uncredited) | ||
| Clipper - 3rd Robber | ||
| 1943 | Benny | |
| Alvin | ||
| Stogie | ||
| Curly | ||
| Klinkhammer | ||
| Henchman 'Gimp' | ||
| 1942 | Schultz | |
| Waiter at Diner | ||
| Charley | ||
| Silly Drunk at Bar | ||
| Lefty Lewis | ||
| N/A | ||
| Kay's 2nd Taxi Driver | ||
| Baldy | ||
| Haskins | ||
| Sandy, photographer | ||
| The King | ||
| Alaska | ||
| Dimitri | ||
| 1941 | Husband #2 (uncredited) | |
| Curly | ||
| Drunk | ||
| Buckthorn 'Buck' the Guide | ||
| Ephriam | ||
| Broken Teapot Man | ||
| Scribbler, a Petty Forger | ||
| Coroner's Messenger | ||
| Political Speaker / Singer | ||
| 1940 | Night Watchman | |
| Bartender | ||
| Simp | ||
| Whisper | ||
| 1939 | Porchy | |
| Deputy Constable | ||
| Dan Haggerty | ||
| Mike - the cook | ||
| 1938 | Barney | |
| Vince Bergson | ||
| Kewpie | ||
| 1937 | Acey Ducey- Sidekick | |
| Clarence "Bulb" Callahan | ||
| Mathieu | ||
| 1936 | Spike Conover | |
| Burp | ||
| Speedy 'Bulbs' Callahan | ||
| Puss McGaffey, the Bus Driver | ||
| N/A | ||
| Hector | ||
| Willoughby | ||
| Vince | ||
| Lew | ||
| 1935 | Performer | |
| Clerk | ||
| Vincent Smart | ||
| Mr. Jones | ||
| Chuck aka 'Brains' | ||
| Kubanda | ||
| Fingers | ||
| 1934 | Drunk in Diner | |
| Ace McGurk | ||
| The Courier | ||
| Bullet | ||
| Sammy | ||
| N/A | ||
| Quincy - Dynamite's Henchman | ||
| Baldy Schultz | ||
| Ascanio | ||
| Tony | ||
| Peppo | ||
| Count Nicholeus | ||
| Jerry | ||
| Peter | ||
| William Jones | ||
| 1933 | Comic Photographer | |
| Bugsie | ||
| Little | ||
| Otto Hoffer | ||
| Windy | ||
| Soupmeat | ||
| Spike | ||
| N/A | ||
| Undetermined Secondary Role | ||
| 1932 | Waiter | |
| Officer Gulliver | ||
| 'Dutch' | ||
| Sidney Goldblatt | ||
| Windy | ||
| Fishbone, a Crewman | ||
| Speakeasy Patron (uncredited) | ||
| Louis Mossbaum, Tailor | ||
| Angelo | ||
| 1931 | N/A | |
| The Great Santini | ||
| Barrett, Convict Reporter | ||
| 1930 | N/A | |
| Waiter (uncredited) | ||
| Assistant Cook (uncredited) | ||
| Dvorak | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |