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person_profile-Barnett Parker

Barnett Parker Died at age: 54

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Sep 11, 1886

Country of birth:

Died:

Aug 05, 1941

Biography of

Barnett Parker

    Within the British colony of expatriate actors in Hollywood during the 1930's, Barnett Parker, born 11 September 1886, in Batley, Yorkshire, England, was among the most stereotypical. Harrowgate College-educated, straight-backed, balding and well-intoned, Parker caricatured a multitude of unctuous, stiff-upper-lip butlers, man-servants or waiters, though his performances could, at times, verge on the brink of being camp. When driven to frustration his characters commonly resorted to incoherent twitter or wild gesticulation.

    Parker was trained under Marie Tempest and George Alexander in England. He first acted on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre as Wilfred Tavish in Arthur Wing Pinero's "The "Mind the Paint" Girl" in 1912. He was well served with further roles in hit plays like "Hobson's Choice" (1915), "Artists and Models" (1924) and "The Red Robe" (1928). He was at first prone to reject film offers, professing to favor acting on stage. Nonetheless, the celluloid medium eventually beckoned, enticing him to sign with the East Coast-based studio Thanhouser in 1915. He worked in films during the daytime (while treading the boards at night) and quickly landed a plum role as a weak socialite, rescuing Gladys Hulette in Prudence, the Pirate (1916). He was seldom thereafter afforded the opportunity for heroic acts. During the 1930's, he was primarily in demand for small roles as dandified or 'silly ass' Britishers, giving value for money in films like Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Personal Property (1937), Live, Love and Learn (1937) and Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937). Looking rather older than his years, Barnett Parker died at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles after multiple heart attacks on August 5, 1941.

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Barnett Parker

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Filmography of

Barnett Parker

Found 42 Movies in total

The Big Parade of Comedy

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1964

New Wine

The Duke ( Actor )

... 1941

Kisses for Breakfast

Phillips ( Actor )

... 1941

The Reluctant Dragon

Dragon (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice) ( Actor )

... 1941

A Man Betrayed

George ( Actor )

... 1941

Tall, Dark and Handsome

Quentin ( Actor )

... 1941

Love Thy Neighbor

George - Fred's Chauffeur ( Actor )

... 1940

One Night in the Tropics

Thompson, Steve's Butler (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Hullabaloo

Samuel Stephens ( Actor )

... 1940

La Conga Nights

Hammond ( Actor )

... 1940

He Married His Wife

Huggins ( Actor )

... 1940

At the Circus

Whitcomb ( Actor )

... 1939

Babes in Arms

William ( Actor )

... 1939

Hotel for Women

Photographer ( Actor )

... 1939

She Married a Cop

Bekins, the Butler ( Actor )

... 1939

The Girl Downstairs

Hugo ( Actor )

... 1938

Listen, Darling

Abercrombie ( Actor )

... 1938

Marie Antoinette

Prince de Rohan ( Actor )

... 1938

Hold That Kiss

Maurice ( Actor )

... 1938

Sally, Irene and Mary

Oscar ( Actor )

... 1938

Love Is a Headache

Hotchkiss, Carlotta's Butler ( Actor )

... 1938

Navy Blue and Gold

Graves ( Actor )

... 1937

Live, Love and Learn

Alfredo ( Actor )

... 1937

Double Wedding

Mr. Flint, Margit's Bookkeeper ( Actor )

... 1937

Wake Up and Live

Foster ( Actor )

... 1937

Broadway Melody of 1938

Jerry Jason ( Actor )

... 1937

The Emperor's Candlesticks

Albert, Stephan's Butler ( Actor )

... 1937

... 1937

Personal Property

Arthur Trevelyan ( Actor )

... 1937

Ready, Willing and Able

Waiter ( Actor )

... 1937

Espionage

Bill Cordell ( Actor )

... 1937

... 1937

Dangerous Number

Minehardi ( Actor )

... 1937

We Who Are About to Die

John Barkley ( Actor )

... 1937

Born to Dance

Floorwalker ( Actor )

... 1936

The General Died at Dawn

Dining Car Man (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Libeled Lady

Butler (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

... 1936

Roaming Lady

Waters ( Actor )

... 1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Butler (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Prudence the Pirate

John Astorbilt ( Actor )

... 1916

The Flight of the Duchess

The Duke ( Actor )

... 1916