Acting credits
40
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
T. Roy Barnes
Acting
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Movies: 40Series: 0
TMDB ID: 99377
IMDb ID: nm0055797
Known for: Acting
Born: August 11, 1880
Died: March 30, 1937
Age: 56
Place of birth: Lincolnshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1920 - 1935
Years active: 16
Average TMDB rating: 6.37
Wikidata: Q23618819
Also known as
Thomas Roy Barnes
Biography
Barnes appeared in over 50 films between 1920 and 1935, primarily in comedies. Barnes started his show career in vaudeville later turning to stage and film acting. During the 1920s, he often played "brash young go-getters" in supporting and leading roles. He’s best known for his roles as Buster Keaton's business partner Billy Meekin in Seven Chances (1925) and in W. C. Fields' comedy It's a Gift (1934), portraying an inquisitive Insurance Salesman. He retired from movies in 1935 and died two years later.
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Movie credits linked with T. Roy Barnes.
7.0
Doubting Thomas
as LaMaze
1935 Movie
4.5
Village Tale
as Goggy Smith
1935 Movie
The Four Star Boarder
as Felix
1935 Movie
Life Begins at Forty
as Simonds, the Salesman
1935 Movie
Carnival
as Salesman
1935 Movie
6.3
It's a Gift
as Insurance Salesman
1934 Movie
4.3
Kansas City Princess
as Alderman James 'Jim' Cameron
1934 Movie
2.3
Women of All Nations
as Captain of the Marines
1931 Movie
Aloha
as Johnny Marvin
1931 Movie
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
as T. Roy Barnes
1930 Movie
How's My Baby?
1930 Movie
5.0
Wide Open
as Bob Wyeth
1930 Movie
6.7
Sally
as Otis Hooper
1930 Movie
6.0
Dangerous Curves
as Pa Spinelli
1929 Movie
5.1
A Blonde for a Night
as George
1928 Movie
5.5
Chicago
as Reporter
1927 Movie
Body and Soul
as The Postman
1927 Movie
4.0
A Regular Scout
as Steve Baxter
1926 Movie
The Unknown Cavalier
as Clout Pettingill
1926 Movie
7.0
Ladies of Leisure
as Eric Van Norden
1926 Movie
The Crowded Hour
as Matt Wilde
1925 Movie
7.5
Seven Chances
as Billy Meekin
1925 Movie
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
as Harry Green
1925 Movie
Butterfly
as Cy Dwyer
1924 Movie