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T. Roy Barnes

Born 1880-08-11
Died 1937-03-30
📍 Lincolnshire, England, UK

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.

Filmography 40

Doubting Thomas
as LaMaze
1935
Village Tale
as Goggy Smith
1935
The Four Star Boarder
as Felix
1935
Life Begins at Forty
as Simonds, the Salesman
1935
Carnival
as Salesman
1935
It's a Gift
as Insurance Salesman
1934
Kansas City Princess
as Alderman James 'Jim' Cameron
1934
Women of All Nations
as Captain of the Marines
1931
Aloha
as Johnny Marvin
1931
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
as T. Roy Barnes
1930
How's My Baby?
1930
Wide Open
as Bob Wyeth
1930
Sally
as Otis Hooper
1930
Dangerous Curves
as Pa Spinelli
1929
A Blonde for a Night
as George
1928
Chicago
as Reporter
1927
Body and Soul
as The Postman
1927
A Regular Scout
as Steve Baxter
1926
The Unknown Cavalier
as Clout Pettingill
1926
Ladies of Leisure
as Eric Van Norden
1926
The Crowded Hour
as Matt Wilde
1925
Seven Chances
as Billy Meekin
1925
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
as Harry Green
1925
Butterfly
as Cy Dwyer
1924
Young Ideas
as Pritchett Spence
1924
The Great White Way
as Jack Murray
1924
Hollywood
as T. Roy Barnes
1923
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary
1923
The Go-Getter
as Bill Peck
1923
Adam and Eva
as The Salesman-Hero
1923
The Old Homestead
as Happy Jack
1922
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
1922
Is Matrimony a Failure?
as Arthur Haviland
1922
Don't Get Personal
as John Wainwright
1922
Too Much Wife
as Jack Morgan
1922
Exit the Vamp
as John Shipley
1921
Her Face Value
as Jimmy Parsons
1921
A Kiss in Time
as Brian Moore
1921
See My Lawyer
as Robert Gardner
1921
So Long Letty
as Harry Miller
1920