Barnett Parker
- Interpretación
- 10 de septiembre de 1886 · Batley, Yorkshire, England, UK
- 5 de agosto de 1941
Biografía
Within the British colony of expatriate actors in Hollywood during the 1930's, Barnett Parker, born 11 September 1886, in Batley, Yorkshire, England, was among the most stereotypical. Harrowgate College-educated, straight-backed, balding and well-intoned, Parker caricatured a multitude of unctuous, stiff-upper-lip butlers, man-servants or waiters, though his performances could, at times, verge on the brink of being camp. When driven to frustration his characters commonly resorted to incoherent twitter or wild gesticulation. Parker was trained under Marie Tempest and George Alexander in England. He first acted on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre as Wilfred Tavish in Arthur Wing Pinero's "The "Mind the Paint" Girl" in 1912. He was well served with further roles in hit plays like "Hobson's Choice" (1915), "Artists and Models" (1924) and "The Red Robe" (1928). He was at first prone to reject film offers, professing to favor acting on stage. Nonetheless, the celluloid medium eventually beckoned, enticing him to sign with the East Coast-based studio Thanhouser in 1915. He worked in films during the daytime (while treading the boards at night) and quickly landed a plum role as a weak socialite, rescuing Gladys Hulette in Prudence, the Pirate (1916). He was seldom thereafter afforded the opportunity for heroic acts. During the 1930's, he was primarily in demand for small roles as dandified or 'silly ass' Britishers, giving value for money in films like Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Personal Property (1937), Live, Love and Learn (1937) and Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937). Looking rather older than his years, Barnett Parker died at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles after multiple heart attacks on August 5, 1941.
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Filmografía
- Fábulas Disney - Vol.6 · Dragon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- El gran desfile de la comedia · Arthur Trevelyan in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
- New Wine · The Duke
- Kisses for Breakfast · Phillips
- El dragón chiflado · Dragon (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (Voz)
- La rueda de la fortuna · George
- Tall, Dark and Handsome · Quentin
- Love Thy Neighbor · George - Fred's Chauffeur
- Noche en el trópico · Thompson, Steve's Butler (uncredited)
- Hullabaloo · Samuel Stephens
- La Conga Nights · Hammond
- He Married His Wife · Huggins
- Una tarde en el circo · Whitcomb
- Los hijos de la farándula · William
- Hotel for Women · Photographer
- She Married a Cop · Bekins, the Butler
- The Girl Downstairs · Hugo
- Escucha, cariño · Abercrombie
- Maria Antonieta · Prince de Rohan
- Hold That Kiss · Maurice
- Sally, Irene and Mary · Oscar
- Love Is a Headache · Hotchkiss, Carlotta's Butler
- Cadetes del mar · Graves
- Live, Love and Learn · Alfredo
- Doble boda · Mr. Flint, Margit's Bookkeeper
- Wake Up and Live · Foster
- Melodías de Broadway 1938 · Jerry Jason
- El secreto del candelabro · Albert, Stephan's Butler
- Married Before Breakfast · Tweed
- Jugando a la misma carta · Arthur Trevelyan
- Ready, Willing and Able · Waiter
- Espionage · Bill Cordell
- El último adiós a la señora Cheyney · Purser
- Dangerous Number · Minehardi
- We Who Are About to Die · John Barkley
- A Girl's Best Years · Primrose
- Nacida para la danza · Floorwalker
- El general murió al amanecer · Dining Car Man (uncredited)
- Una mujer difamada · Butler (uncredited)
- The President's Mystery · Roger
- Roaming Lady · Waters
- El secreto de vivir · Butler (uncredited)
- The Misleading Lady · Steve
- Prudence the Pirate · John Astorbilt
- The Traffic Cop · Book Agent
- The Flight of the Duchess · The Duke
- Bill Bunks the Bandit · Bill - a Gentleman from the East