- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 10, 1886
- Place of Birth
- Batley, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Died
- August 5, 1941
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…
Filmography
movieWalt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004 · Dragon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
movieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Arthur Trevelyan in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
movieNew Wine
1941 · The Duke
movieKisses for Breakfast
1941 · Phillips
movieThe Reluctant Dragon
1941 · Dragon (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice)
movieA Man Betrayed
1941 · George
movieTall, Dark and Handsome
1941 · Quentin
movieLove Thy Neighbor
1940 · George - Fred's Chauffeur
movieOne Night in the Tropics
1940 · Thompson, Steve's Butler (uncredited)
movieHullabaloo
1940 · Samuel Stephens
movieLa Conga Nights
1940 · Hammond
movieHe Married His Wife
1940 · Huggins
movieAt the Circus
1939 · Whitcomb
movieBabes in Arms
1939 · William
movieHotel for Women
1939 · Photographer
movieShe Married a Cop
1939 · Bekins, the Butler
movieThe Girl Downstairs
1938 · Hugo
movieListen, Darling
1938 · Abercrombie
movieMarie Antoinette
1938 · Prince de Rohan
movieHold That Kiss
1938 · Maurice
movieSally, Irene and Mary
1938 · Oscar
movieLove Is a Headache
1938 · Hotchkiss, Carlotta's Butler
movieNavy Blue and Gold
1937 · Graves
movieLive, Love and Learn
1937 · Alfredo
movieDouble Wedding
1937 · Mr. Flint, Margit's Bookkeeper
movieWake Up and Live
1937 · Foster
movieBroadway Melody of 1938
1937 · Jerry Jason
movieThe Emperor's Candlesticks
1937 · Albert, Stephan's Butler
movieMarried Before Breakfast
1937 · Tweed
moviePersonal Property
1937 · Arthur Trevelyan
movieReady, Willing and Able
1937 · Waiter
movieEspionage
1937 · Bill Cordell
movieThe Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937 · Purser
movieDangerous Number
1937 · Minehardi
movieWe Who Are About to Die
1937 · John Barkley
movieA Girl's Best Years
1936 · Primrose
movieBorn to Dance
1936 · Floorwalker
movieThe General Died at Dawn
1936 · Dining Car Man (uncredited)
movieLibeled Lady
1936 · Butler (uncredited)
movieThe President's Mystery
1936 · Roger
movieRoaming Lady
1936 · Waters
movieMr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 · Butler (uncredited)
movieThe Misleading Lady
1920 · Steve
moviePrudence the Pirate
1916 · John Astorbilt
The Traffic Cop
movieThe Traffic Cop
1916 · Book Agent
movieThe Flight of the Duchess
1916 · The Duke
Bill Bunks the Bandit
movieBill Bunks the Bandit
1915 · Bill - a Gentleman from the East