Vince Barnett
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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.
Known for
Perry Mason
Noonan
The Andy Griffith Show
Elmo
Here's Lucy
Cabbie #1
Green Acres
The Life Of Riley
Herman
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Scissors
Mayberry R.F.D.
Elmo
Deputy Marshal
Hotel Clerk
Cimarron Strip
MGM Parade
Self
All Quiet on the Western Front
Assistant Cook (uncredited)
Foreign Agent
Silly Drunk at Bar
Letter to Loretta
Grimes
How to Hold Your Husband - BACK
Husband #2 (uncredited)
Girls' Town
Dimitri
The Rookie
Pentagon janitor
Scarface
Angelo
Mule Train
Joe - Barber
The Mask of Dimitrios
Card Game Kibitzer (uncredited)
Crazy Mama
Homer
Exile Express
Kentville Deputy Constable
Stardust on the Sage
Haskins
Dancing Feet
Willoughby
Blonde Comet
Curly
Scandal Sheet
Barrett, Convict Reporter
Two Sisters from Boston
Singing Waiter (uncredited)
Fast Workers
Spike
Hunt the Man Down
Joe (uncredited)
Big Town After Dark
Louie Snead
Shoot to Kill
Charlie Gill
We're in the Legion Now
Spike Conover
Gangs Inc.
Scribbler, a Petty Forger
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
High Powered
Short Bald Man at Dance
Brute Force
Muggsy
Bowery at Midnight
Charley
Horse Feathers
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
Glynis
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Fairground Fortune Teller
The Phantom Plainsmen
The Sound of Laughter
Vince (Small Duck Hunter)
Carson City
Henry
Gallant Lady
Baldy
The Virginian
Baldy
The Family Jewels
Automobile Owner at Gas Station
The Killers
Charleston
Loaded Pistols
Sam Gardner
After the Thin Man
Wrester's Manager (uncredited)
Sixpack Annie
Bartender
Ride 'em, Cowgirl
Dan Haggerty
Charade
Berg
Made on Broadway
Snitz Lepedis
On Dangerous Ground
George (uncredited)
Knock on Any Door
Carl Swanson - Bartender (uncredited)
The Big Mouth
Man at Telephone Booth (uncredited)
Springfield Rifle
Cook (uncredited)
Sunset Pass
Windy
Seven Sinners
Bartender
Gas House Kids Go West
Steve
The Spy in the Green Hat
'Scissors'
The Night Mayor
Louis Mossbaum, Tailor
Black Fury
Kubanda
Tiger Shark
Fishbone
The Jazz Singer
Bartender
The Grass Is Always Greener
Cooky
Petticoat Larceny
Stogie
Sunset Murder Case
Barney
Kentucky Jubilee
Mugsy
Wide Open
Dvorak
I'll See You in My Dreams
Burlesk Comedian (uncredited)
Tornado
Alvin
The Death Kiss
Officer Gulliver
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Undetermined Secondary Role
Queen of Broadway
Schultz
East Side Kids
Whisper
Jungle Woman
Curley (archive footage / uncredited)
Sensation Hunters
Agent
Streamline Express
Mr. Jones
High Wall
Henry Cronner
The Quiet Gun
Undertaker
Don't Bet on Blondes
Chuck aka 'Brains'
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
Janitor
Overland Mail
Porchy
The Trial of Vince Barnett
The Crooked Web
Ed - Stan's Partner in Drive-In (uncredited)
Thrill of a Romance
Oscar
Flesh
Waiter
No Leave, No Love
Ben
Riffraff
Lew
Klondike Fury
Alaska
I Live My Life
Clerk
Captain Calamity
Burp
Man of the Forest
Little
The Girl in 419
Otto Hoffer
Little Miss Broadway
Mack Truck
My Favorite Spy
Kay's 2nd Taxi Driver
Kid Dynamite
Klinkhammer
Border Treasure
Pokey
No Ransom
Bullet
River Gang
Organ Grinder
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
Clipper - 3rd Robber
Captive Wild Woman
Curly
The Affairs of Cellini
Ascanio
Super Stupid
Bank Alarm
Clarence "Bulb" Callahan
Rackety Rax
'Dutch'
Big Town Scandal
Louie Snead
Madame Spy
Peter
Thirty Day Princess
Count Nicholeus
I Cover Chinatown
Puss McGaffey, the Bus Driver
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Bugsie
The Big Cage
Soupmeat
A Dangerous Game
Ephriam
The Trespasser
Bartender
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Russell
Now I'll Tell
Peppo
The Woman I Love
Mathieu
Zebra in the Kitchen
Man in Manhole
My Brother Talks to Horses
Schuyler (uncredited)
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
Henchman 'Gimp'
The Falcon's Alibi
Goldie Locke
I Killed That Man
Drunk
The 9th Guest
William Jones
Bowery Bombshell
Street Cleaner
The Secret Bride
Drunk in Diner
Air Maniacs
Comic Photographer
Jungle Man
Buckthorn 'Buck' the Guide
Take the Stand
Tony
She Loves Me Not
Baldy Schultz
Heritage of the Desert
Windy
X Marks the Spot
Waiter at Diner
The Lady or the Tiger?
The King
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Performer
Down to the Sea
Hector
Side Show
The Great Santini
Princess O'Hara
Fingers
The Corpse Vanishes
Sandy
Crimson Romance
The Courier
Mr. District Attorney
Coroner's Messenger
The Big Show-Off
Voice Student
Registered Nurse
Jerry
Boots of Destiny
Acey Ducey- Sidekick
Thunder in the Pines
Bernard, the Bartender
Water Rustlers
Mike - the cook
Outlaw Queen
Gamler
I Cover Big Town
Louis Murkil
Summer School Teachers
Principal Adams
Boys of the City
Simp
Girl on the Run
Janitor
Puddin' Head
Broken Teapot Man
Young and Beautiful
Sammy
Just Another Murder
Vincent Smart
Hell in the Heavens
Ace McGurk
Yellow Cargo
Speedy 'Bulbs' Callahan
Heroes of the Saddle
Night Watchman
Leave It to the Irish
Barney Baker
The Headleys at Home
Vince Bergson
Baby Face Morgan
Lefty Lewis
Kansas City Princess
Quincy - Dynamite's Henchman
Ma's Pride and Joy
Sidney Goldblatt
The Singing Cowgirl
Kewpie
Danger! Women at Work
Benny
The Brain Busters
Vince
Champagne for Breakfast
Bennie
International Burlesque
Comedian
Yankee Doodle Home
Song Writer
A Royal Flush
What the Country Needs
Political Speaker / Singer