T. Roy Barnes
Acting • Born 1880-08-11 – Died 1937-03-30
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.
Filmography
41 credits
Seven Chances
Movie • 1925
Billy Meekin
Hollywood
Movie • 1923
T. Roy Barnes
It's a Gift
Movie • 1934
Insurance Salesman
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Movie • 1930
T. Roy Barnes
How's My Baby?
Movie • 1930
Sally
Movie • 1930
Otis Hooper
A Blonde for a Night
Movie • 1928
George
Wide Open
Movie • 1930
Bob Wyeth
Village Tale
Movie • 1935
Goggy Smith
Kansas City Princess
Movie • 1934
Alderman James 'Jim' Cameron
A Trip to Paramountown
Movie • 1922
Self
The Unknown Cavalier
Movie • 1926
Clout Pettingill
Chicago
Movie • 1927
Reporter
Souls for Sale
Movie • 1923
Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary
Adam and Eva
Movie • 1923
The Salesman-Hero
Body and Soul
Movie • 1927
The Postman
Aloha
Movie • 1931
Johnny Marvin
Women of All Nations
Movie • 1931
Captain of the Marines
Dangerous Curves
Movie • 1929
Pa Spinelli
The Four Star Boarder
Movie • 1935
Felix
Life Begins at Forty
Movie • 1935
Simonds, the Salesman
Doubting Thomas
Movie • 1935
LaMaze
Carnival
Movie • 1935
Salesman
The Crowded Hour
Movie • 1925
Matt Wilde
The Great White Way
Movie • 1924
Jack Murray
So Long Letty
Movie • 1920
Harry Miller
Reckless Romance
Movie • 1924
Jerry Warner
Young Ideas
Movie • 1924
Pritchett Spence
The Old Homestead
Movie • 1922
Happy Jack
Ladies of Leisure
Movie • 1926
Eric Van Norden
A Regular Scout
Movie • 1926
Steve Baxter
Butterfly
Movie • 1924
Cy Dwyer
The Go-Getter
Movie • 1923
Bill Peck
A Kiss in Time
Movie • 1921
Brian Moore
Her Face Value
Movie • 1921
Jimmy Parsons
Too Much Wife
Movie • 1922
Jack Morgan
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
Movie • 1925
Harry Green
Don't Get Personal
Movie • 1922
John Wainwright
See My Lawyer
Movie • 1921
Robert Gardner
Exit the Vamp
Movie • 1921
John Shipley
Is Matrimony a Failure?
Movie • 1922
Arthur Haviland