Bobby Barber

Acting • Born 1894-12-17 – Died 1976-05-24

Acting1New York City, New York, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bobby Barber (December 18, 1894 – May 24, 1976) was an American actor who appeared in over 100 films. Barber is notable for his work as a foil for Abbott and Costello on and off screen. Barber was often used by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as a form of "court jester" on the set of their films. It was his job to keep the energy level up with pranks and practical jokes. Sometimes, he even suddenly appeared on camera during a take to break up the cast and crew. In Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), Costello answers a knock at the door expecting to see large actor Lon Chaney Jr. Instead, the very short Barber walks in wearing a funny hat with a feather. In another outtake from that film, Bela Lugosi, in full Dracula regalia, is solemnly descending a staircase to meet Abbott and Costello when all of a sudden the actors and crew burst out laughing. Lugosi, annoyed, turns around to see Barber following right behind him, mimicking his steps. Barber also appeared in bit parts, such as a delivery boy, waiter, bellhop, or man on the street, often uncredited in movies, and in many of Abbott and Costello's films and about half their television shows. Sometimes his likeness was in a picture on a wall or a "wanted" poster in a post office. His final film appearance was in Lou Costello's last movie, The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959). His film career included bit parts in over 100 (known) feature films.

Filmography

134 credits

The Lady Eve

Movie • 1941

Ship's Waiter with Toupee (uncredited)

You Can't Ration Love

Movie • 1944

Barber

Dodsworth

Movie • 1936

Italian Taxi Driver (uncredited)

History Is Made at Night

Movie • 1937

Paul - Waiter at Victor's (uncredited)

Hit the Ice

Movie • 1943

Candy Butcher (uncredited)

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Movie • 1947

Birthday Cake Waiter (uncredited)

Soup to Nuts

Movie • 1930

Revolutionary (uncredited)

Carefree

Movie • 1938

(uncredited)

Having Wonderful Time

Movie • 1938

Bartender (uncredited)

Alimony Aches

Movie • 1935

Undertaker's Assistant

The Monster and the Girl

Movie • 1941

Juryman (uncredited)

And Now Tomorrow

Movie • 1944

Mill Worker

The Midnight Story

Movie • 1957

Party Guest (uncredited)

Fight for Your Lady

Movie • 1937

Hotel Porter (uncredited)

Super-Sleuth

Movie • 1937

Photographer

Lady on a Train

Movie • 1945

Vivacious Lady

Movie • 1938

Italian Waiter at Nightclub (uncredited)

I Love a Soldier

Movie • 1944

Funhouse Attendant

Rainbow Island

Movie • 1944

Native Banana Man

Across the Wide Missouri

Movie • 1951

Gardipe (uncredited)

Topper Takes a Trip

Movie • 1938

Hotel Staffer Moving Bed (uncredited)

Let's Dance

Movie • 1950

George - Bartender (uncredited)

Spring Parade

Movie • 1940

Waiter Who Spills Tray (uncredited)

The Sky's the Limit

Movie • 1943

Canteen Waiter (uncredited)

Anchors Aweigh

Movie • 1945

Salad Cook on Olvera Street (uncredited)

Breakfast for Two

Movie • 1937

Window Washer (uncredited)

I Don't Remember

Movie • 1935

Dentist Patient

The Leather Pushers

Movie • 1940

Matri-Phony

Movie • 1942

Snake Charmer (uncredited)

Vigilantes of Boomtown

Movie • 1947

Corbett's second

The Wheeler Dealers

Movie • 1963

Workman in Night Club (uncredited)

Calcutta

Movie • 1946

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Pot o' Gold

Movie • 1941

Prisoner (uncredited)

I'm No Angel

Movie • 1933

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

We're Only Human

Movie • 1935

Counterman

Walking on Air

Movie • 1936

Silent Waiter at Beach Club (uncredited)

Everybody's Doing It

Movie • 1938

Short Slap Happy Henchman

The Villain Still Pursued Her

Movie • 1940

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Movie • 1949

Dry Cleaning Man (uncredited)

Africa Screams

Movie • 1949

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Professor Beware

Movie • 1938

Handshaker - Paint-Brush Gag

Practically Yours

Movie • 1944

Man on Subway (uncredited)

Pest from the West

Movie • 1939

Musician (uncredited)

To Kill a Mockingbird

Movie • 1962

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

The Preview Murder Mystery

Movie • 1936

Prop Man (Uncredited)

The Life of the Party

Movie • 1930

Waiter

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Movie • 1948

Waiter

Nothing But Pleasure

Movie • 1940

Snacking Bus Rider

Sensation Hunters

Movie • 1945

Waiter (uncredited)

Hollywood Boulevard

Movie • 1936

Man with Gong (uncredited)

The Joker is Wild

Movie • 1957

Waiter (uncredited)

Smartest Girl in Town

Movie • 1936

Hotel Porter

Modern Times

Movie • 1936

Worker (uncredited)

Beyond the Blue Horizon

Movie • 1942

Member of La'oa's Gang (uncredited)

Broadway Melody of 1940

Movie • 1940

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Here Comes Mr. Zerk

Movie • 1943

Bellhop

Primrose Path

Movie • 1940

Benny (uncredited)

Horse Feathers

Movie • 1932

Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Movie • 1951

Sneaky (uncredited)

Laura

Movie • 1944

Newsboy (uncredited)

All by Myself

Movie • 1943

Waiter

King of the Texas Rangers

Movie • 1941

Eduardo

Stranger on the Third Floor

Movie • 1940

Giuseppe, the Italian Grocer (uncredited)

They Knew What They Wanted

Movie • 1940

Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)

Road to Singapore

Movie • 1940

Man Hit with Soap Suds (uncredited)

Second Chorus

Movie • 1941

Room Service Waiter (uncredited)

Undertow

Movie • 1949

Earl Carroll Vanities

Movie • 1945

Cab Driver

Reveille with Beverly

Movie • 1943

Collins (uncredited)

Cracked Nuts

Movie • 1941

Waiter

Dizzy Pilots

Movie • 1943

Private (uncredited)

A Lady Takes a Chance

Movie • 1943

Gambler

The Night of June 13

Movie • 1932

Jury Foreman (uncredited)

Powder Town

Movie • 1942

Waiter (uncredited)

Cipher Bureau

Movie • 1938

A Date with the Falcon

Movie • 1942

Spectator (uncredited)

My Favorite Spy

Movie • 1942

Man in Park in Front of Kay

Crazy House

Movie • 1943

Bald Man / Director

Hi Diddle Diddle

Movie • 1943

Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

Presenting Lily Mars

Movie • 1943

Busboy

The Gay Falcon

Movie • 1941

Angelo (uncredited)

From This Day Forward

Movie • 1946

Ice Man

Roxie Hart

Movie • 1942

Bald Juror (uncredited)

Road to Utopia

Movie • 1946

Bartender (uncredited)

Man of a Thousand Faces

Movie • 1957

The Miracle Man Extra (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

Movie • 1950

Arab on Jeep's Hood (uncredited)

Doughboys

Movie • 1930

Doughboy (uncredited)

In the Navy

Movie • 1941

Sailor in Finale (uncredited)

Hold That Ghost

Movie • 1941

Waiter (uncredited)

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

Movie • 1947

Waiter (uncredited)

Who Done It?

Movie • 1942

Test Technician in Booth (uncredited)

Two Sisters from Boston

Movie • 1946

Stagehand (uncredited)

Swing Fever

Movie • 1943

Soft Drink Vendor (uncredited)

Great Guy

Movie • 1936

Grocery Clerk (Uncredited)

I Walk Alone

Movie • 1947

Newsboy (uncredited)

Riff-Raff

Movie • 1947

Customs Inspector (uncredited)

All in Fun

Movie • 1928

Pep Up

Movie • 1929

clothing salesman on street

The Buster Keaton Story

Movie • 1957

Soda Fountain Customer (uncredited)

Pardners

Movie • 1956

Townsman (uncredited)

Las Vegas Nights

Movie • 1941

Waiter Who Gets Slapped

Dangerous to Know

Movie • 1938

Waiter (uncredited)

Give Me a Sailor

Movie • 1938

Sailor (uncredited)

Flesh and Fury

Movie • 1952

Living It Up

Movie • 1954

Bellboy (uncredited)

One Sunday Afternoon

Movie • 1933

Man in Greased Pig Contest (uncredited)

Follow the Boys

Movie • 1944

Soldier - W.C. Fields Routine (uncredited)

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV • 1957

Adventures of Superman

TV • 1952

Tony the Masseur

The Abbott and Costello Show

TV • 1952

TV • 1952

Painter

The Abbott and Costello Show

TV • 1952

Delivery Man with Box

Wagon Train

TV • 1957

Wagon Train Member (uncredited)