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Barnett Parker
Data de nascimento:
10/09/1886
Local de nascimento:
Batley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Data de falecimento:
05/08/1941
Biografia
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.
Filmes em que atuou
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Fábulas da Disney 06 (2004)- 8.80 ★The Dragon (voice) (archive sound)
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The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)- 6.30 ★Arthur Trevelyan in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
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O Dragão Relutante (1941)- 6.60 ★Dragon (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice)
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Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941)- 5.40 ★Quentin
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New Wine (1941)- 0.00 ★The Duke
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O Traído (1941)- 5.50 ★George
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Kisses for Breakfast (1941)- 5.50 ★Phillips
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He Married His Wife (1940)- 5.06 ★Huggins
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Love Thy Neighbor (1940)- 6.50 ★George - Fred's Chauffeur
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One Night in the Tropics (1940)- 5.60 ★Thompson, Steve's Butler (uncredited)
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Hullabaloo (1940)- 4.00 ★Samuel Stephens
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La Conga Nights (1940)- 7.50 ★Hammond
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Os Irmãos Marx no Circo (1939)- 6.30 ★Whitcomb
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Sangue de Artista (1939)- 6.40 ★William
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She Married a Cop (1939)- 5.00 ★Bekins, the Butler
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Hotel for Women (1939)- 6.00 ★Photographer
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Um Marido para Mamãe (1938)- 6.50 ★Abercrombie
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The Girl Downstairs (1938)- 4.50 ★Hugo
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Namoro Mascarado (1938)- 6.50 ★Maurice
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Sally, Irene and Mary (1938)- 6.00 ★Oscar
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O Amor é uma Dor de Cabeça (1938)- 5.70 ★Hotchkiss, Carlotta's Butler
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Maria Antonieta (1938)- 6.22 ★Prince de Rohan
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Double Wedding (1937)- 6.50 ★Mr. Flint, Margit's Bookkeeper
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Seu Criado, Obrigado (1937)- 6.90 ★Arthur Trevelyan
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Melodia da Broadway de 1938 (1937)- 6.30 ★Jerry Jason
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The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)- 5.20 ★Albert, Stephan's Butler
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Married Before Breakfast (1937)- 5.00 ★Tweed
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Wake Up and Live (1937)- 5.30 ★Foster
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Vive, Ama e Aprende (1937)- 5.80 ★Alfredo
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We Who Are About to Die (1937)- 6.80 ★John Barkley
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Ready, Willing and Able (1937)- 5.00 ★Waiter
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Navy Blue and Gold (1937)- 5.90 ★Graves
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Espionage (1937)- 6.50 ★Bill Cordell
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Dangerous Number (1937)- 5.00 ★Minehardi
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)- 6.00 ★Purser
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Born to Dance (1936)- 6.00 ★Floorwalker
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The President's Mystery (1936)- 5.30 ★Roger
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O Galante Mr. Deeds (1936)- 7.50 ★Butler (uncredited)
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Libeled Lady (1936)- 7.30 ★Butler (uncredited)
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A Girl's Best Years (1936)- 5.00 ★Primrose
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Roaming Lady (1936)- 5.00 ★Waters
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O General Morreu ao Amanhecer (1936)- 6.20 ★Dining Car Man (uncredited)
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The Misleading Lady (1920)- 0.00 ★Steve
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Prudence the Pirate (1916)- 0.00 ★John Astorbilt
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The Flight of the Duchess (1916)- 0.00 ★The Duke