Vince Barnett
Acting • Born 1902-07-04 – Died 1977-08-10
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
169 credits
Scarface
Movie • 1932
Angelo
I Killed That Man
Movie • 1941
Drunk
The Crooked Web
Movie • 1955
Ed - Stan's Partner in Drive-In (uncredited)
The Sound of Laughter
Movie • 1963
Vince (Small Duck Hunter)
Charade
Movie • 1953
Berg
High Wall
Movie • 1947
Henry Cronner
Brute Force
Movie • 1947
Muggsy
Seven Sinners
Movie • 1940
Bartender
I'll See You in My Dreams
Movie • 1951
Burlesk Comedian (uncredited)
The Killers
Movie • 1946
Charleston
The Mask of Dimitrios
Movie • 1944
Card Game Kibitzer (uncredited)
Bowery at Midnight
Movie • 1942
Charley
The Night Mayor
Movie • 1932
Louis Mossbaum, Tailor
Bowery Bombshell
Movie • 1946
Street Cleaner
The Falcon's Alibi
Movie • 1946
Goldie Locke
Gangs Inc.
Movie • 1941
Scribbler, a Petty Forger
The Phantom Plainsmen
Movie • 1942
Shoot to Kill
Movie • 1947
Charlie Gill
Carson City
Movie • 1952
Henry
Don't Bet on Blondes
Movie • 1935
Chuck aka 'Brains'
Black Fury
Movie • 1935
Kubanda
Captive Wild Woman
Movie • 1943
Curly
Summer School Teachers
Movie • 1974
Principal Adams
Springfield Rifle
Movie • 1952
Cook (uncredited)
My Brother Talks to Horses
Movie • 1947
Schuyler (uncredited)
Tiger Shark
Movie • 1932
Fishbone
Flesh
Movie • 1932
Waiter
The Affairs of Cellini
Movie • 1934
Ascanio
Knock on Any Door
Movie • 1949
Carl Swanson - Bartender (uncredited)
Sunset Murder Case
Movie • 1938
Barney
Heritage of the Desert
Movie • 1932
Windy
Now I'll Tell
Movie • 1934
Peppo
Stardust on the Sage
Movie • 1942
Haskins
I Cover Big Town
Movie • 1947
Louis Murkil
Girl on the Run
Movie • 1958
Janitor
Big Town After Dark
Movie • 1947
Louie Snead
Big Town Scandal
Movie • 1948
Louie Snead
Just Another Murder
Movie • 1935
Vincent Smart
Super Stupid
Movie • 1934
The Brain Busters
Movie • 1936
Vince
Bank Alarm
Movie • 1937
Clarence "Bulb" Callahan
The Rookie
Movie • 1959
Pentagon janitor
Wide Open
Movie • 1930
Dvorak
Tornado
Movie • 1943
Alvin
Yellow Cargo
Movie • 1936
Speedy 'Bulbs' Callahan
Captain Calamity
Movie • 1936
Burp
We're in the Legion Now
Movie • 1936
Spike Conover
The 9th Guest
Movie • 1934
William Jones
Down to the Sea
Movie • 1936
Hector
The Big Show-Off
Movie • 1945
Voice Student
Side Show
Movie • 1931
The Great Santini
Ride 'em, Cowgirl
Movie • 1939
Dan Haggerty
Deputy Marshal
Movie • 1949
Hotel Clerk
The Singing Cowgirl
Movie • 1938
Kewpie
Blonde Comet
Movie • 1941
Curly
Crimson Romance
Movie • 1934
The Courier
Leave It to the Irish
Movie • 1944
Barney Baker
Thirty Day Princess
Movie • 1934
Count Nicholeus
Kansas City Princess
Movie • 1934
Quincy - Dynamite's Henchman
Fast Workers
Movie • 1933
Spike
Exile Express
Movie • 1939
Kentville Deputy Constable
The Woman I Love
Movie • 1937
Mathieu
Sunset Pass
Movie • 1933
Windy
Boots of Destiny
Movie • 1937
Acey Ducey- Sidekick
Kentucky Jubilee
Movie • 1951
Mugsy
I Cover Chinatown
Movie • 1936
Puss McGaffey, the Bus Driver
Petticoat Larceny
Movie • 1943
Stogie
Princess O'Hara
Movie • 1935
Fingers
Girls' Town
Movie • 1942
Dimitri
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
Movie • 1965
Janitor
Danger! Women at Work
Movie • 1943
Benny
X Marks the Spot
Movie • 1942
Waiter at Diner
The Family Jewels
Movie • 1965
Automobile Owner at Gas Station
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Movie • 1933
Bugsie
Water Rustlers
Movie • 1939
Mike - the cook
Young and Beautiful
Movie • 1934
Sammy
Registered Nurse
Movie • 1934
Jerry
Dancing Feet
Movie • 1936
Willoughby
Scandal Sheet
Movie • 1931
Barrett, Convict Reporter
Overland Mail
Movie • 1939
Porchy
Streamline Express
Movie • 1935
Mr. Jones
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
Movie • 1931
On Dangerous Ground
Movie • 1951
George (uncredited)
She Loves Me Not
Movie • 1934
Baldy Schultz
Air Maniacs
Movie • 1933
Comic Photographer
Take the Stand
Movie • 1934
Tony
High Powered
Movie • 1945
Short Bald Man at Dance
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Movie • 1933
Undetermined Secondary Role
Sensation Hunters
Movie • 1945
Agent
The Virginian
Movie • 1946
Baldy
The Big Mouth
Movie • 1967
Man at Telephone Booth (uncredited)
Heroes of the Saddle
Movie • 1940
Night Watchman
A Royal Flush
Movie • 1930
Boys of the City
Movie • 1940
Simp
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
Movie • 1943
Henchman 'Gimp'
East Side Kids
Movie • 1940
Whisper
Horse Feathers
Movie • 1932
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
No Leave, No Love
Movie • 1946
Ben
The Secret Bride
Movie • 1934
Drunk in Diner
The Big Cage
Movie • 1933
Soupmeat
Jungle Man
Movie • 1941
Buckthorn 'Buck' the Guide
The Lady or the Tiger?
Movie • 1942
The King
Gas House Kids Go West
Movie • 1947
Steve
Madame Spy
Movie • 1934
Peter
No Ransom
Movie • 1934
Bullet
Kid Dynamite
Movie • 1943
Klinkhammer
Klondike Fury
Movie • 1942
Alaska
The Trespasser
Movie • 1947
Bartender
Thunder in the Pines
Movie • 1948
Bernard, the Bartender
I Live My Life
Movie • 1935
Clerk
Border Treasure
Movie • 1950
Pokey
The Girl in 419
Movie • 1933
Otto Hoffer
The Jazz Singer
Movie • 1953
Bartender
Mule Train
Movie • 1950
Joe - Barber
What the Country Needs
Movie • 1941
Political Speaker / Singer
Loaded Pistols
Movie • 1948
Sam Gardner
Queen of Broadway
Movie • 1942
Schultz
Foreign Agent
Movie • 1942
Silly Drunk at Bar
The Death Kiss
Movie • 1932
Officer Gulliver
Outlaw Queen
Movie • 1957
Gamler
Little Miss Broadway
Movie • 1947
Mack Truck
A Dangerous Game
Movie • 1941
Ephriam
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Movie • 1935
Performer
Mr. District Attorney
Movie • 1941
Coroner's Messenger
Thrill of a Romance
Movie • 1945
Oscar
My Favorite Spy
Movie • 1942
Kay's 2nd Taxi Driver
Rackety Rax
Movie • 1932
'Dutch'
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
Movie • 1944
Clipper - 3rd Robber
How to Hold Your Husband - BACK
Movie • 1941
Husband #2 (uncredited)
Man of the Forest
Movie • 1933
Little
The Trial of Vince Barnett
Movie • 1933
Gallant Lady
Movie • 1942
Baldy
Ma's Pride and Joy
Movie • 1932
Sidney Goldblatt
River Gang
Movie • 1945
Organ Grinder
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Movie • 1936
All Quiet on the Western Front
Movie • 1930
Assistant Cook (uncredited)
Hunt the Man Down
Movie • 1950
Joe (uncredited)
Puddin' Head
Movie • 1941
Broken Teapot Man
The Grass Is Always Greener
Movie • 1950
Cooky
Two Sisters from Boston
Movie • 1946
Singing Waiter (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Movie • 1947
Russell
Jungle Woman
Movie • 1944
Curley (archive footage / uncredited)
The Corpse Vanishes
Movie • 1942
Sandy
Baby Face Morgan
Movie • 1942
Lefty Lewis
Zebra in the Kitchen
Movie • 1965
Man in Manhole
Sixpack Annie
Movie • 1975
Bartender
Riffraff
Movie • 1936
Lew
Crazy Mama
Movie • 1975
Homer
The Headleys at Home
Movie • 1938
Vince Bergson
International Burlesque
Movie • 1950
Comedian
Hell in the Heavens
Movie • 1934
Ace McGurk
The Spy in the Green Hat
Movie • 1967
'Scissors'
The Quiet Gun
Movie • 1957
Undertaker
Yankee Doodle Home
Movie • 1939
Song Writer
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Movie • 1935
Fairground Fortune Teller
Made on Broadway
Movie • 1933
Snitz Lepedis
After the Thin Man
Movie • 1936
Wrester's Manager (uncredited)
Champagne for Breakfast
Movie • 1935
Bennie
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Elmo
Green Acres
TV • 1965
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Cabbie #1
The Life Of Riley
TV • 1953
Herman
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Noonan
Glynis
TV • 1963
Cimarron Strip
TV • 1967
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Grimes
Mayberry R.F.D.
TV • 1968
Elmo
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Scissors
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
Self