Vince Barnett
Actor
Biography
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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.
Filmography
Scarface
as Angelo 1932
The Killers
as Charleston 1946
Horse Feathers
as Speakeasy Patron (uncredited) 1932
Brute Force
as Muggsy 1947
After the Thin Man
as Wrester's Manager (uncredited) 1936
On Dangerous Ground
as George (uncredited) 1951
The Corpse Vanishes
as Sandy 1942
The Family Jewels
as Automobile Owner at Gas Station 1965
Knock on Any Door
as Carl Swanson - Bartender (uncredited) 1949
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
as Janitor 1965
The Mask of Dimitrios
as Card Game Kibitzer (uncredited) 1944
Springfield Rifle
as Cook (uncredited) 1952
Captive Wild Woman
as Curly 1943
The Death Kiss
as Officer Gulliver 1932
Seven Sinners
as Bartender 1940
Bowery at Midnight
as Charley 1942