Barnett Parker
- Recitazione
- 10 settembre 1886 · Batley, Yorkshire, England, UK
- 5 agosto 1941
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- Le Fiabe Disney Vol. 6 - Topolino e il Fagiolo Magico / Il Drago Riluttante · Dragon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- The Big Parade of Comedy · Arthur Trevelyan in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
- New Wine · The Duke
- Kisses for Breakfast · Phillips
- Il drago recalcitrante · Dragon (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (Voce)
- Il club del diavolo · George
- Tall, Dark and Handsome · Quentin
- Love Thy Neighbor · George - Fred's Chauffeur
- One Night in the Tropics · Thompson, Steve's Butler (uncredited)
- Hullabaloo · Samuel Stephens
- La Conga Nights · Hammond
- He Married His Wife · Huggins
- Tre pazzi a zonzo · Whitcomb
- Piccoli attori · William
- Hotel for Women · Photographer
- She Married a Cop · Bekins, the Butler
- The Girl Downstairs · Hugo
- Listen, Darling · Abercrombie
- Maria Antonietta · Prince de Rohan
- Hold That Kiss · Maurice
- Sally, Irene and Mary · Oscar
- Love Is a Headache · Hotchkiss, Carlotta's Butler
- La vita a vent'anni · Graves
- Live, Love and Learn · Alfredo
- Sposiamoci in quattro · Mr. Flint, Margit's Bookkeeper
- Wake Up and Live · Foster
- Follie di Broadway 1938 · Jerry Jason
- The Emperor's Candlesticks · Albert, Stephan's Butler
- Married Before Breakfast · Tweed
- Proprietà riservata · Arthur Trevelyan
- Ready, Willing and Able · Waiter
- Espionage · Bill Cordell
- La fine della signora Cheyney · Purser
- Dangerous Number · Minehardi
- We Who Are About to Die · John Barkley
- A Girl's Best Years · Primrose
- Nata per danzare · Floorwalker
- Il generale morì all'alba · Dining Car Man (uncredited)
- La donna del giorno · Butler (uncredited)
- The President's Mystery · Roger
- Roaming Lady · Waters
- È arrivata la felicità · 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