Barnett Parker
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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Films (47)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004 · Dragon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Arthur Trevelyan in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
New Wine
1941 · The Duke
Kisses for Breakfast
1941 · Phillips
The Reluctant Dragon
1941 · Dragon (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice)
A Man Betrayed
1941 · George
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941 · Quentin
Love Thy Neighbor
1940 · George - Fred's Chauffeur
One Night in the Tropics
1940 · Thompson, Steve's Butler (uncredited)
Hullabaloo
1940 · Samuel Stephens
La Conga Nights
1940 · Hammond
He Married His Wife
1940 · Huggins
At the Circus
1939 · Whitcomb
Babes in Arms
1939 · William
Hotel for Women
1939 · Photographer
She Married a Cop
1939 · Bekins, the Butler
The Girl Downstairs
1938 · Hugo
Listen, Darling
1938 · Abercrombie
Marie Antoinette
1938 · Prince de Rohan
Hold That Kiss
1938 · Maurice
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938 · Oscar
Love Is a Headache
1938 · Hotchkiss, Carlotta's Butler
Navy Blue and Gold
1937 · Graves
Live, Love and Learn
1937 · Alfredo
Double Wedding
1937 · Mr. Flint, Margit's Bookkeeper
Wake Up and Live
1937 · Foster
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937 · Jerry Jason
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937 · Albert, Stephan's Butler
Married Before Breakfast
1937 · Tweed
Personal Property
1937 · Arthur Trevelyan
Ready, Willing and Able
1937 · Waiter
Espionage
1937 · Bill Cordell
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937 · Purser
Dangerous Number
1937 · Minehardi
We Who Are About to Die
1937 · John Barkley
A Girl's Best Years
1936 · Primrose
Born to Dance
1936 · Floorwalker
The General Died at Dawn
1936 · Dining Car Man (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
1936 · Butler (uncredited)
The President's Mystery
1936 · Roger
Roaming Lady
1936 · Waters
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 · Butler (uncredited)
The Misleading Lady
1920 · Steve
Prudence the Pirate
1916 · John Astorbilt
The Traffic Cop
1916 · Book Agent
The Flight of the Duchess
1916 · The Duke
Bill Bunks the Bandit
1915 · Bill - a Gentleman from the East
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