- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 2, 1862
- Place of Birth
- Little Falls, New York, USA
- Died
- February 6, 1946
Justus D. Barnes
Justus D. Barnes (October 2, 1862 – February 6, 1946), named George Barnes in some sources, was an American stage and film actor. He is best known for his role in the 1903 silent short The Great Train Robbery, which the American Film Institute and many film historians and critics recognize as the production that first established the Western genre, setting a new "narrative standard" in the motion picture industry. Barnes was born in Little Falls, New York. He was a veteran stage actor before he made his screen debut in 1903 in The Great Train Robbery. In that film's memorable ending, Barnes points his pistol at the camera and slowly fires all six shots at the viewer. The Great Train Robbery became one of the most successful and best known commercial films of the early silent era. In July 1908, Barnes was hired as an actor in the stock company of the Edison Manufacturing Company, the fi…
Filmography
movieCy Whittaker's Ward
1917 · Simmons
movieIt Happened to Adele
1917 · Vincent's Uncle
The Candy Girl
movieThe Candy Girl
1917 · Officer Quinn
Her Life and His
movieHer Life and His
1917 · Political Boss
movieMr. Meeson's Will
1915 · Mr. Meeson
Weary Walker's Woes
movieWeary Walker's Woes
1915 · Lawyer
movieFrom the River's Depths
1915 · William Hewins - Dorothy's Father
movieThe Marvelous Marathoner
1915 · Ewing Webster
His Two Patients
movieHis Two Patients
1915 · The Blacksmith
movieOld Jane of the Gaiety
1915
The Country Girl
movieThe Country Girl
1915 · The Squire, her Guardian
God's Witness
movieGod's Witness
1915 · Judge
The Heart of the Princess Marsari
movieThe Heart of the Princess Marsari
1915 · Paul's Wealthy Uncle
Love and Money
movieLove and Money
1915 · American Suitor's Father
A Dog of Flanders
movieA Dog of Flanders
1914 · The Rich Miller
A Debut in the Secret Service
movieA Debut in the Secret Service
1914 · Abdul
Their Best Friend
movieTheir Best Friend
1914 · Jack's Father
The Dancer
movieThe Dancer
1914 · N.Z. Wood
movieJoseph in the Land of Egypt
1914
Peggy's Invitation
moviePeggy's Invitation
1913
movieUncle's Namesakes
1913
The Farmer's Daughters
movieThe Farmer's Daughters
1913 · Father
movieWhen the Studio Burned
1913 · Director
The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
movieThe Dove in the Eagle's Nest
1913
movieStar of Bethlehem
1912 · Mage Gaspar
The Voice of Conscience
movieThe Voice of Conscience
1912 · Doctor
movieWhen a Count Counted
1912 · W.T. Wilson, Attorney at Law
movieCousins
1912 · Father on Farm
movieThe Portrait of Lady Anne
1912 · Lady Anne's Father in 1770
movieNicholas Nickleby
1912 · Uncle Ralph
movieDavid Copperfield
1911 · Ham Peggotty (in part one)
movieA Circus Stowaway
1911 · Ringmaster
Young Lord Stanley
movieYoung Lord Stanley
1910 · the girl's father
movieThe Great Train Robbery
1903 · Bandit Who Fires at Camera (uncredited)