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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.
Movies
Scarface
Angelo
High Wall
Henry Cronner
Brute Force
Muggsy
Seven Sinners
Bartender
The Killers
Charleston
Kid Dynamite
Klinkhammer
Bowery at Midnight
Charley
The Falcon's Alibi
Goldie Locke
Gangs Inc.
Scribbler, a Petty Forger
Shoot to Kill
Charlie Gill
Don't Bet on Blondes
Chuck aka 'Brains'
Black Fury
Kubanda
Captive Wild Woman
Curly
Summer School Teachers
Principal Adams
Tiger Shark
Fishbone
Flesh
Waiter
The Affairs of Cellini
Ascanio
Sunset Murder Case
Barney
Heritage of the Desert
Windy
Now I'll Tell
Peppo
Stardust on the Sage
Haskins
I Cover Big Town
Louis Murkil
Girl on the Run
Janitor
Big Town After Dark
Louie Snead
Big Town Scandal
Louie Snead
Just Another Murder
Vincent Smart
Super Stupid
The Brain Busters
Vince
Bank Alarm
Clarence "Bulb" Callahan
The Rookie
Pentagon janitor
Wide Open
Dvorak
Tornado
Alvin
The 9th Guest
William Jones
The Big Show-Off
Voice Student
Yellow Cargo
Speedy 'Bulbs' Callahan
Captain Calamity
Burp
We're in the Legion Now
Spike Conover
Down to the Sea
Hector
Side Show
The Great Santini
Ride 'em, Cowgirl
Dan Haggerty
The Singing Cowgirl
Kewpie
Blonde Comet
Curly
Leave It to the Irish
Barney Baker
Deputy Marshal
Hotel Clerk
Crimson Romance
The Courier
Thirty Day Princess
Count Nicholeus
Kansas City Princess
Quincy - Dynamite's Henchman
Fast Workers
Spike
Exile Express
Deputy Constable
The Woman I Love
Mathieu
Sunset Pass
Windy
Kentucky Jubilee
Mugsy
I Cover Chinatown
Puss McGaffey, the Bus Driver
Petticoat Larceny
Stogie
Boots of Destiny
Acey Ducey- Sidekick
Princess O'Hara
Fingers
Girls' Town
Dimitri
Danger! Women at Work
Benny
X Marks the Spot
Waiter at Diner
The Family Jewels
Automobile Owner at Gas Station
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Bugsie
Water Rustlers
Mike - the cook
Registered Nurse
Jerry
Young and Beautiful
Sammy
Scandal Sheet
Barrett, Convict Reporter
Dancing Feet
Willoughby
Streamline Express
Mr. Jones
She Loves Me Not
Baldy Schultz
Overland Mail
Porchy
High Powered
Short Bald Man at Dance
Air Maniacs
Comic Photographer
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Undetermined Secondary Role
Sensation Hunters
Agent
The Virginian
Baldy
East Side Kids
Whisper
Horse Feathers
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
Boys of the City
Simp
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
Henchman 'Gimp'
No Leave, No Love
Ben
The Secret Bride
Drunk in Diner
Take the Stand
Tony
Jungle Man
Buckthorn 'Buck' the Guide
The Big Cage
Soupmeat
The Lady or the Tiger?
The King
Carson City
Henry
Gas House Kids Go West
Steve
The Trespasser
Bartender
Madame Spy
Peter
No Ransom
Bullet
Klondike Fury
Alaska
Thunder in the Pines
Bernard, the Bartender
I Live My Life
Clerk
Border Treasure
Pokey
The Girl in 419
Otto Hoffer
The Jazz Singer
Bartender
Mule Train
Joe - Barber
What the Country Needs
Political Speaker / Singer
Queen of Broadway
Schultz
Foreign Agent
Silly Drunk at Bar
The Death Kiss
Officer Gulliver
Loaded Pistols
Sam Gardner
Outlaw Queen
Gamler
Little Miss Broadway
Mack Truck
A Dangerous Game
Ephriam
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Performer
Mr. District Attorney
Coroner's Messenger
My Favorite Spy
Kay's 2nd Taxi Driver
Thrill of a Romance
Oscar
Rackety Rax
'Dutch'
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
Clipper - 3rd Robber
Man of the Forest
Little
How to Hold Your Husband - BACK
Husband #2 (uncredited)
The Trial of Vince Barnett
Ma's Pride and Joy
Sidney Goldblatt
Gallant Lady
Baldy
River Gang
Organ Grinder
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
All Quiet on the Western Front
Assistant Cook (uncredited)
Hunt the Man Down
Joe (uncredited)
Puddin' Head
Broken Teapot Man
The Grass Is Always Greener
Cooky
Two Sisters from Boston
Singing Waiter (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Russell
Jungle Woman
Curley (archive footage / uncredited)
The Corpse Vanishes
Sandy, photographer
Zebra in the Kitchen
Man in Manhole
Baby Face Morgan
Lefty Lewis
Sixpack Annie
Bartender
Riffraff
Lew
Crazy Mama
Homer
The Headleys at Home
Vince Bergson
International Burlesque
Comedian
Hell in the Heavens
Ace McGurk
The Spy in the Green Hat
'Scissors'
I'll See You in My Dreams
Burlesk Comedian (uncredited)
The Mask of Dimitrios
Card Game Kibitzer (uncredited)
The Night Mayor
Louis Mossbaum, Tailor
Bowery Bombshell
Street Cleaner
Knock on Any Door
Carl Swanson - Bartender (uncredited)
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
Janitor
On Dangerous Ground
George (uncredited)
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
Heroes of the Saddle
Night Watchman
The Big Mouth
Man at Telephone Booth (uncredited)
A Royal Flush
I Killed That Man
Drunk
The Crooked Web
Ed - Stan's Partner in Drive-In (uncredited)
The Sound of Laughter
Vince (Small Duck Hunter)
Charade
Berg
The Phantom Plainsmen
Springfield Rifle
Cook (uncredited)
My Brother Talks to Horses
Schuyler (uncredited)
Shows
Here's Lucy
Cabbie #1
Perry Mason
Noonan
The Andy Griffith Show
Elmo
Green Acres
Glynis
Cimarron Strip
Letter to Loretta
Grimes
The Life Of Riley
Herman
Mayberry R.F.D.
Elmo