Barnett Parker
Acting
Born September 10, 1886 · Batley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
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 Engla…
Known For · 40 titles
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
The Reluctant Dragon
Libeled Lady
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Babes in Arms
One Night in the Tropics
Marie Antoinette
The General Died at Dawn
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
The Girl Downstairs
He Married His Wife
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Navy Blue and Gold
Wake Up and Live
Broadway Melody of 1938
The Misleading Lady
Born to Dance
At the Circus
Live, Love and Learn
Sally, Irene and Mary
Bill Bunks the Bandit
Double Wedding
Love Is a Headache
The Traffic Cop
We Who Are About to Die
A Man Betrayed
Ready, Willing and Able
The Flight of the Duchess
Listen, Darling
New Wine
Hullabaloo
She Married a Cop
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Kisses for Breakfast
Dangerous Number
The President's Mystery
Hold That Kiss
Love Thy Neighbor
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