Barnett Parker
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Barnett Parker acts on screen in British productions, and beyond the credits there is little on file. Screen work stretches over 111 years of his life. One film credit is 'The Reluctant Dragon', as Dragon (segment "The Reluctant Dragon"). One more title on file is 'At the Circus'. Comedy is the genre he has worked in most.
Barnett Parker
43 Movies
Barnett Parker acts on screen in British productions, and beyond the credits there is little on file. Screen work stretches over 111 years of his life. One film credit is 'The Reluctant Dragon', as Dragon (segment "The Reluctant Dragon"). One more title on file is 'At the Circus'. Comedy is the genre he has worked in most.
Movies
Plays Dragon (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice)
The Reluctant Dragon
1941
Plays Prince de Rohan
Marie Antoinette
1938
Plays Whitcomb
At the Circus
1939
Plays William
Babes in Arms
1939
Plays Floorwalker
Born to Dance
1936
Plays Hugo
The Girl Downstairs
1938
Plays Mr. Flint, Margit's Bookkeeper
Double Wedding
1937
Plays Foster
Wake Up and Live
1937
Plays Graves
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
Plays Albert, Stephan's Butler
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
Plays George
A Man Betrayed
1941
Plays Hammond
La Conga Nights
1940
Plays Jerry Jason
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
Plays Oscar
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938
Plays Huggins
He Married His Wife
1940
Plays Alfredo
Live, Love and Learn
1937
Plays Maurice
Hold That Kiss
1938
Plays Hotchkiss, Carlotta's Butler
Love Is a Headache
1938
Plays Purser
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937
Plays Quentin
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941
Plays Waiter
Ready, Willing and Able
1937
Plays Abercrombie
Listen, Darling
1938
Plays John Barkley
We Who Are About to Die
1937
Plays Arthur Trevelyan
Personal Property
1937
Plays George - Fred's Chauffeur
Love Thy Neighbor
1940
Plays Waters
Roaming Lady
1936
Plays Minehardi
Dangerous Number
1937
Plays Phillips
Kisses for Breakfast
1941
Plays The Duke
New Wine
1941
Plays Roger
The President's Mystery
1936
Plays Bill Cordell
Espionage
1937
Plays The Duke
The Flight of the Duchess
1916
Plays Primrose
A Girl's Best Years
1936
Plays Bekins, the Butler
She Married a Cop
1939
Plays Tweed
Married Before Breakfast
1937
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The Reluctant Dragon
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New Wine
The Duke
1941
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Kisses for Breakfast
Phillips
1941
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The Reluctant Dragon
Dragon (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice)
1941
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A Man Betrayed
George
1941
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Tall, Dark and Handsome
Quentin
1941
Film
Love Thy Neighbor
George - Fred's Chauffeur
1940
Film
One Night in the Tropics
Thompson, Steve's Butler (uncredited)
1940
Film
Hullabaloo
Samuel Stephens
1940
Film
La Conga Nights
Hammond
1940
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Barnett Parker still alive?
Barnett Parker passed away on August 5, 1941 at age 54.
What are the most famous roles of Barnett Parker?
Barnett Parker is best known for roles in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, The Reluctant Dragon, Libeled Lady.
How many movies has Barnett Parker been in?
Over a 26-year career (since 1915), Barnett Parker has appeared in 43 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Barnett Parker's first movie?
The career of Barnett Parker began with Bill Bunks the Bandit (1915).
What is Barnett Parker's most recent movie or series?
Barnett Parker's most recent release is New Wine, which premiered on September 10, 1941.
Barnett Parker
1886-09-10 · Batley, Yorkshire, England, UK
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.