T. Roy Barnes
Born: 1880-08-11 in Lincolnshire, England, UK
Died: 1937-03-30
Known For: Acting
Biography
Barnes appeared in over 50 films between 1920 and 1935, primarily in comedies. Barnes started his show career in vaudeville later turning to stage and film acting. During the 1920s, he often played "brash young go-getters" in supporting and leading roles. He’s best known for his roles as Buster Keaton's business partner Billy Meekin in Seven Chances (1925) and in W. C. Fields' comedy It's a Gift (1934), portraying an inquisitive Insurance Salesman. He retired from movies in 1935 and died two years later.
Filmography
1935
- Doubting Thomas as LaMaze
- Village Tale as Goggy Smith
- Carnival as Salesman
- Life Begins at Forty as Simonds, the Salesman
- The Four Star Boarder as Felix
1934
- Kansas City Princess as Alderman James 'Jim' Cameron
- It's a Gift as Insurance Salesman
1931
- Aloha as Johnny Marvin
- Women of All Nations as Captain of the Marines
1930
- Sally as Otis Hooper
- Wide Open as Bob Wyeth
- Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 as T. Roy Barnes
- How's My Baby?
1929
- Dangerous Curves as Pa Spinelli
1928
- A Blonde for a Night as George
1927
- Chicago as Reporter
- Body and Soul as The Postman
1926
- The Unknown Cavalier as Clout Pettingill
- Ladies of Leisure as Eric Van Norden
- A Regular Scout as Steve Baxter
1925
- Seven Chances as Billy Meekin
- The Re-Creation of Brian Kent as Harry Green
- The Crowded Hour as Matt Wilde
1924
- Reckless Romance as Jerry Warner
- Butterfly as Cy Dwyer
- Young Ideas as Pritchett Spence
- The Great White Way as Jack Murray
1923
- Hollywood as T. Roy Barnes
- The Go-Getter as Bill Peck
- Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary
- Adam and Eva as The Salesman-Hero
1922
- The Old Homestead as Happy Jack
- A Trip to Paramountown as Self
- Don't Get Personal as John Wainwright
- Is Matrimony a Failure? as Arthur Haviland
- Too Much Wife as Jack Morgan
1921
- See My Lawyer as Robert Gardner
- Her Face Value as Jimmy Parsons
- A Kiss in Time as Brian Moore
- Exit the Vamp as John Shipley
1920
- So Long Letty as Harry Miller