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Barnett Parker‌

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Birthday

calendar1886-09-10

Popularity

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Barnett Parker

Batley, Yorkshire, England, UK

Barnett Parker

Batley, Yorkshire, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1886-09-10

Popularity

star2.6

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.

Movie Credits

Double Wedding

Double Wedding‌
star6.5
calendar 1937

The Reluctant Dragon

The Reluctant Dragon‌
star6.6
calendar 1941

At the Circus

At the Circus‌
star6.3
calendar 1939

Broadway Melody of 1938

Broadway Melody of 1938‌
star6.3
calendar 1937

Personal Property

Personal Property‌
star6.9
calendar 1937

Born to Dance

Born to Dance‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

The Emperor's Candlesticks

The Emperor's Candlesticks‌
star5.2
calendar 1937

Listen, Darling

Listen, Darling‌
star6.5
calendar 1938

Tall, Dark and Handsome

Tall, Dark and Handsome‌
star5.4
calendar 1941

The Flight of the Duchess

The Flight of the Duchess‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

The Traffic Cop

The Traffic Cop‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

The Misleading Lady

The Misleading Lady‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

The President's Mystery

The President's Mystery‌
star5.3
calendar 1936

Married Before Breakfast

Married Before Breakfast‌
star5.0
calendar 1937

The Girl Downstairs

The Girl Downstairs‌
star4.5
calendar 1938

He Married His Wife

He Married His Wife‌
star5.1
calendar 1940

Love Is a Headache

Love Is a Headache‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

Hold That Kiss

Hold That Kiss‌
star6.5
calendar 1938

Wake Up and Live

Wake Up and Live‌
star5.3
calendar 1937

Sally, Irene and Mary

Sally, Irene and Mary‌
star6.0
calendar 1938

Live, Love and Learn

Live, Love and Learn‌
star5.8
calendar 1937

We Who Are About to Die

We Who Are About to Die‌
star6.8
calendar 1937

Ready, Willing and Able

Ready, Willing and Able‌
star5.0
calendar 1937

Navy Blue and Gold

Navy Blue and Gold‌
star5.9
calendar 1937

Babes in Arms

Babes in Arms‌
star6.4
calendar 1939

Espionage

Espionage‌
star6.5
calendar 1937

Libeled Lady

Libeled Lady‌
star7.3
calendar 1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town‌
star7.5
calendar 1936

She Married a Cop

She Married a Cop‌
star5.0
calendar 1939

Hotel for Women

Hotel for Women‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

A Girl's Best Years

A Girl's Best Years‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

One Night in the Tropics

One Night in the Tropics‌
star5.6
calendar 1940

Hullabaloo

Hullabaloo‌
star4.0
calendar 1940

Love Thy Neighbor

Love Thy Neighbor‌
star6.5
calendar 1940

La Conga Nights

La Conga Nights‌
star7.5
calendar 1940

Dangerous Number

Dangerous Number‌
star5.0
calendar 1937

New Wine

New Wine‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette‌
star6.2
calendar 1938

Roaming Lady

Roaming Lady‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6‌
star8.8
calendar 2004

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy‌
star6.3
calendar 1964

A Man Betrayed

A Man Betrayed‌
star5.5
calendar 1941

Prudence the Pirate

Prudence the Pirate‌
star0.0
calendar 1916

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

The General Died at Dawn

The General Died at Dawn‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Kisses for Breakfast

Kisses for Breakfast‌
star5.5
calendar 1941

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