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