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Barnett Parker
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Barnett Parker
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1886-09-10,Batley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

6.5

Double Wedding
1937-10-15

The Reluctant Dragon

6.6

The Reluctant Dragon
1941-06-19

6.3

At the Circus
1939-10-20

Broadway Melody of 1938

6.2

Broadway Melody of 1938
1937-08-20

Personal Property

6.9

Personal Property
1937-03-19

6.1

Born to Dance
1936-11-27

The Emperor's Candlesticks

5.2

The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937-07-02

Listen, Darling

6.3

Listen, Darling
1938-10-21

Tall, Dark and Handsome

5.4

Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941-01-24

The Flight of the Duchess

0

The Flight of the Duchess
1916-03-11

The Traffic Cop

0

The Traffic Cop
1916-04-08

The Misleading Lady

0

The Misleading Lady
1920-12-20

The President's Mystery

5.3

The President's Mystery
1936-09-28

Married Before Breakfast

5

Married Before Breakfast
1937-06-18

The Girl Downstairs

4.5

The Girl Downstairs
1938-12-23

He Married His Wife

5.1

He Married His Wife
1940-01-19

Love Is a Headache

5.7

Love Is a Headache
1938-01-14

Wake Up and Live

5.3

Wake Up and Live
1937-08-23

6.5

Hold That Kiss
1938-05-13

Sally, Irene and Mary

6

Sally, Irene and Mary
1938-03-04

Live, Love and Learn

5.8

Live, Love and Learn
1937-10-29

We Who Are About to Die

6.8

We Who Are About to Die
1937-01-08

Ready, Willing and Able

5.2

Ready, Willing and Able
1937-03-06

Navy Blue and Gold

5.9

Navy Blue and Gold
1937-11-19

6.4

Babes in Arms
1939-10-10

6.5

Espionage
1937-02-26

7.3

Libeled Lady
1936-10-09

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

7.5

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936-04-09

She Married a Cop

5

She Married a Cop
1939-07-11

Hotel for Women

6

Hotel for Women
1939-08-03

A Girl's Best Years

5

A Girl's Best Years
1936-12-25

One Night in the Tropics

5.6

One Night in the Tropics
1940-11-15

4

Hullabaloo
1940-10-25

Love Thy Neighbor

6.5

Love Thy Neighbor
1940-12-27

La Conga Nights

7.5

La Conga Nights
1940-05-31

Dangerous Number

5

Dangerous Number
1937-01-22

0

New Wine
1941-09-10

Marie Antoinette

6.5

Marie Antoinette
1938-08-26

5

Roaming Lady
1936-05-02

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

8.8

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004-05-31

The Big Parade of Comedy

6.3

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02

5.409

A Man Betrayed
1941-03-07

Prudence the Pirate

0

Prudence the Pirate
1916-10-21

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

6.025

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937-02-19

The General Died at Dawn

6.2

The General Died at Dawn
1936-11-17

Kisses for Breakfast

5.5

Kisses for Breakfast
1941-07-05

Bill Bunks the Bandit

0

Bill Bunks the Bandit
1915-12-16