Vince Barnett
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 Appearances)
Sixpack Annie
Crazy Mama
Summer School Teachers
Mayberry R.F.D.
Here's Lucy
Cimarron Strip
The Big Mouth
The Spy in the Green Hat
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
Green Acres
The Family Jewels
Zebra in the Kitchen
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Sound of Laughter
Glynis
The Andy Griffith Show
The Rookie
Girl on the Run
Perry Mason
The Quiet Gun
Outlaw Queen
The Crooked Web
MGM Parade
Letter to Loretta
Charade
The Jazz Singer
The Life Of Riley
Springfield Rifle
Carson City
On Dangerous Ground
I'll See You in My Dreams
Kentucky Jubilee
Hunt the Man Down
International Burlesque
Border Treasure
Mule Train
The Grass Is Always Greener
Deputy Marshal
Knock on Any Door
Loaded Pistols
Thunder in the Pines
Big Town Scandal
High Wall
Big Town After Dark
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Brute Force
The Trespasser
Little Miss Broadway
Gas House Kids Go West
Shoot to Kill
I Cover Big Town
My Brother Talks to Horses
The Killers
Bowery Bombshell
Two Sisters from Boston
The Virginian
The Falcon's Alibi
No Leave, No Love
Sensation Hunters
River Gang
Thrill of a Romance
High Powered
The Big Show-Off
Leave It to the Irish
The Mask of Dimitrios
Jungle Woman
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
Danger! Women at Work
Tornado
Petticoat Larceny
Captive Wild Woman
Kid Dynamite
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
Queen of Broadway
X Marks the Spot
Bowery at Midnight
Foreign Agent
Baby Face Morgan
The Phantom Plainsmen
My Favorite Spy
Gallant Lady
Stardust on the Sage
The Corpse Vanishes
The Lady or the Tiger?
Klondike Fury
Girls' Town
How to Hold Your Husband - BACK
Blonde Comet
I Killed That Man
Jungle Man
A Dangerous Game
Puddin' Head
Gangs Inc.
Mr. District Attorney
What the Country Needs
Heroes of the Saddle
Seven Sinners
Boys of the City
East Side Kids
Overland Mail
Yankee Doodle Home
Exile Express
Ride 'em, Cowgirl
Water Rustlers
Sunset Murder Case
The Headleys at Home
The Singing Cowgirl
Boots of Destiny
Bank Alarm
The Woman I Love
After the Thin Man
We're in the Legion Now
Captain Calamity
Yellow Cargo
I Cover Chinatown
Down to the Sea
Dancing Feet
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
The Brain Busters
Riffraff
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
I Live My Life
Just Another Murder
Streamline Express
Champagne for Breakfast
Don't Bet on Blondes
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Black Fury
Princess O'Hara
The Secret Bride
Hell in the Heavens
Crimson Romance
No Ransom
Young and Beautiful
Kansas City Princess
Super Stupid
She Loves Me Not
The Affairs of Cellini
Take the Stand
Now I'll Tell
Thirty Day Princess
Registered Nurse
Madame Spy
The 9th Guest
Air Maniacs
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Man of the Forest
The Girl in 419
Sunset Pass
Made on Broadway
The Big Cage
Fast Workers
The Trial of Vince Barnett
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Flesh
The Death Kiss
Rackety Rax
Ma's Pride and Joy
Heritage of the Desert
Tiger Shark
Horse Feathers
The Night Mayor
Scarface
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
Side Show
Scandal Sheet
A Royal Flush
All Quiet on the Western Front
Wide Open