Barton MacLane

Oyuncu Doğum: 1902-12-25 • Columbia, South Carolina, USA

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Barton MacLane graduated from Wesleyan University, where he displayed a notable aptitude for sports, in particular football and basketball. Not surprisingly, his physical prowess led to an early role in The Quarterback (1926) with Richard Dix. MacLane once commented that, as an actor, he needed to have the physical strength to tear the bad guys "from limb to limb", if necessary. Ironically, it was usually Barton himself who was destined to be at the end of a hiding (when not getting shot, instead), typically as snarling henchmen, outlaws and other assorted dubious or abrasive types throughout most of his 40-year acting career. In fact, Barton became so typecast that his name was for a time used proverbially, to generally describe a shouting, hard-nosed ruffian. After training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, MacLane joined a stock company in Brooklyn. In 1927 he had his first part on Broadway, a brief moment as an assistant district attorney, in the melodrama "The Trial of Mary Dugan". He then played a small featured role as a police officer in "Subway Express" (1929-30), a drama enacted in the interior of a subway car. In mid-1932 MacLane tried his hand at writing his own starring vehicle for the stage, entitled "Rendezvous". While the play closed after just 21 performances, it led to a contract with Warner Brothers. Barton had already appeared in bit roles for Paramount at their Astoria Studios, including The Marx Brothers' debut film The Cocoanuts (1929). He portrayed mobster Brad Collins in 'G' Men (1935) (with James Cagney), which set the tone for most of his future assignments. Brawny, with squinty eyes and a rasping voice, MacLane was the ideal surly tough guy, particularly suitable for westerns and the type of films noir Warner Brothers excelled at. He was often cast as cops, be they bent or honest. Some of his most representative performances include gangster Al Kruger in Bullets or Ballots (1936), which won him some of the best critical notices of his career; outlaw Jack Slade in Western Union (1941); crooked construction boss Pat McCormick, who gets beaten up by Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt over past-due wages in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); hard-nosed cops Detective Dundy in The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Lt. Reece in Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950). MacLane, on loan to Universal, also had a starring role in Prison Break (1938) as an innocent tuna fisherman who is framed for murder. He was prominent as a tough but sympathetic cop, foil to sleuthing girl reporter Glenda Farrell in the "Torchy Blaine" series of the mid- to late 1930s. In the 1960s Barton began to cultivate a good-guy image as Marshal Frank Caine in the NBC western series Outlaws (1960) as well as showing up in a small recurring role as Air Force Gen. Martin Peterson in I Dream of Jeannie (1965). Barton was married to the actress Charlotte Wynters, who appeared with him in six of his films. When not on the set, the couple spent time on their 2000-acre cattle ranch in Madera County, California. For his work in television, Barton has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Barton MacLane

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Filmografi (Rol Aldığı Yapımlar)

The Secret Seven

Girl in the Woods

Naughty-Cal

Wire Service

The Underdog

The Last Round-up

Let's Dance

Conflict

Sierra Madre Hazineleri

The Munsters

The Wonderful World of Disney

Barnacle Bill

I Dream of Jeannie

Malta Şahini

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Jaguar

Last of the Desperados

It's Showtime

Rookie Fireman

Studio 57

Tillie and Gus

Naked In The Sun

Pocketful of Miracles

Highways by Night

I Found Stella Parish

Draegerman Courage

Go Into Your Dance

77 Sunset Strip

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Yüksek Zirve

You Only Live Once

The Glenn Miller Story

Frisco Kid

Girl on the Run

The Half-Breed

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Cheyenne

Jack Slade

Gold Is Where You Find It

Santa Fe Uprising

Man of Iron

Hit the Road

All of Me

Big Town Czar

The Storm

Sea of Lost Ships

Big Executive

Hondo

Come Live with Me

Prens ve Yoksul

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Marine Raiders

Town Tamer

Frontier Gun

Tightrope

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse

Foxfire

All Through the Night

San Quentin

Men Without Souls

Page Miss Glory

Jail Busters

Jailbreak

Gunsmoke

Outlaws

Lux Video Theatre

Gunsmoke

Lux Video Theatre

Mermiler veya Oy Pusulaları

You and Me

Secret Command

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

Dr. Socrates