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Vince Barnett
Pittsburgh, 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 initia…
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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.
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1975
Sixpack Annie
Movie Bartender
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1975
Crazy Mama
Movie Homer
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1974
Summer School Teachers
Movie Principal Adams
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1968
Here's Lucy
TV show Cabbie #1
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1968
Mayberry R.F.D.
TV show Elmo
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1967
Cimarron Strip
TV show
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1967
The Big Mouth
Movie Man at Telephone Booth (uncredited)
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1967
The Spy in the Green Hat
Movie 'Scissors'
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1965
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
Movie Janitor
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1965
Green Acres
TV show
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1965
The Family Jewels
Movie Automobile Owner at Gas Station
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1965
Zebra in the Kitchen
Movie Man in Manhole
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1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV show Scissors
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1963
The Sound of Laughter
Movie Vince (Small Duck Hunter)
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1963
Glynis
TV show
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1960
The Andy Griffith Show
TV show Elmo
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1959
The Rookie
Movie Pentagon janitor
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1958
Girl on the Run
Movie Janitor
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1957
Perry Mason
TV show Noonan
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1957
The Quiet Gun
Movie Undertaker
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1957
Outlaw Queen
Movie Gamler
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1955
The Crooked Web
Movie Ed - Stan's Partner in Drive-In (uncredited)
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1955
MGM Parade
TV show Self
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1953
Letter to Loretta
TV show Grimes
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1953
Charade
Movie Berg
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1953
The Jazz Singer
Movie Bartender
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1953
The Life Of Riley
TV show Herman
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1952
Springfield Rifle
Movie Cook (uncredited)
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1952
Carson City
Movie Henry
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1951
On Dangerous Ground
Movie George (uncredited)
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1951
I'll See You in My Dreams
Movie Burlesk Comedian (uncredited)
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1951
Kentucky Jubilee
Movie Mugsy
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1950
Hunt the Man Down
Movie Joe (uncredited)
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1950
International Burlesque
Movie Comedian
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1950
Border Treasure
Movie Pokey
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1950
Mule Train
Movie Joe - Barber
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1950
The Grass Is Always Greener
Movie Cooky
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1949
Deputy Marshal
Movie Hotel Clerk
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1949
Knock on Any Door
Movie Carl Swanson - Bartender (uncredited)
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1948
Loaded Pistols
Movie Sam Gardner
