Barton MacLane

Barton MacLane

Barton MacLane graduated from Wesleyan University, where he displayed a notable aptitude for sports, in particular football and basketball. Not surprisingly, his physical prowess led to an early role in The Quarterback (1926) with Richard Dix. MacLane once commented that, as an actor, he needed to have the physical strength to tear the bad guys "from limb to limb", if necessary. Ironically, it was usually Barton himself who was destined to be at the end of a hiding (when not getting shot, instead), typically as snarling henchmen, outlaws and other assorted dubious or abrasive types throughout most of his 40-year acting career. In fact, Barton became so typecast that his name was for a time used proverbially, to generally describe a shouting, hard-nosed ruffian. After training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, MacLane joined a stock company in Brooklyn. In 1927 he had his first part on Broadway, a brief moment as an assistant district attorney, in the melodrama "The Trial of Mary Dugan". He then played a small featured role as a police officer in "Subway Express" (1929-30), a drama enacted in the interior of a subway car. In mid-1932 MacLane tried his hand at writing his own starring vehicle for the stage, entitled "Rendezvous". While the play closed after just 21 performances, it led to a contract with Warner Brothers. Barton had already appeared in bit roles for Paramount at their Astoria Studios, including The Marx Brothers' debut film The Cocoanuts (1929). He portrayed mobster Brad Collins in 'G' Men (1935) (with James Cagney), which set the tone for most of his future assignments. Brawny, with squinty eyes and a rasping voice, MacLane was the ideal surly tough guy, particularly suitable for westerns and the type of films noir Warner Brothers excelled at. He was often cast as cops, be they bent or honest. Some of his most representative performances include gangster Al Kruger in Bullets or Ballots (1936), which won him some of the best critical notices of his career; outlaw Jack Slade in Western Union (1941); crooked construction boss Pat McCormick, who gets beaten up by Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt over past-due wages in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); hard-nosed cops Detective Dundy in The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Lt. Reece in Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950). MacLane, on loan to Universal, also had a starring role in Prison Break (1938) as an innocent tuna fisherman who is framed for murder. He was prominent as a tough but sympathetic cop, foil to sleuthing girl reporter Glenda Farrell in the "Torchy Blaine" series of the mid- to late 1930s. In the 1960s Barton began to cultivate a good-guy image as Marshal Frank Caine in the NBC western series Outlaws (1960) as well as showing up in a small recurring role as Air Force Gen. Martin Peterson in I Dream of Jeannie (1965). Barton was married to the actress Charlotte Wynters, who appeared with him in six of his films. When not on the set, the couple spent time on their 2000-acre cattle ranch in Madera County, California. For his work in television, Barton has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1902-12-25
Place of Birth: Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Also Known As: Ernest Barton MacLane, Barton Mac Lane, Barton Maclane, Barton McLane, Бартон Маклейн

Movies List of Barton MacLane

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Pocketful of Miracles

1961 Movie
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The Maltese Falcon

1941 Movie
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Foxfire

1955 Movie
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The Secret Seven

1940 Movie
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Politics

1930 Movie
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Manpower

1941 Movie
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Nabonga

1944 Movie
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The Rounders

1965 Movie
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Come Live with Me

1941 Movie
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Red Light

1949 Movie
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The Walking Dead

1936 Movie
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High Sierra

1941 Movie
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Bullets or Ballots

1936 Movie
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Cry of the Werewolf

1944 Movie
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The Mummy's Ghost

1944 Movie
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Scared Stiff

1945 Movie
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Mysterious Intruder

1946 Movie
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All Through the Night

1942 Movie
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Western Union

1941 Movie
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Backlash

1956 Movie
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The Geisha Boy

1958 Movie
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You and Me

1938 Movie
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The Cocoanuts

1929 Movie
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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

1950 Movie
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Kansas Pacific

1953 Movie
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San Quentin

1937 Movie
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You Only Live Once

1937 Movie
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Secret Command

1944 Movie
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The Man Is Armed

1956 Movie
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Man of Courage

1943 Movie
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Times Square Playboy

1936 Movie
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San Quentin

1946 Movie
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Lone Cowboy

1933 Movie
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Ceiling Zero

1936 Movie
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Black Fury

1935 Movie
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The Spanish Main

1945 Movie
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The Big Street

1942 Movie
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Smart Blonde

1937 Movie
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Highways by Night

1942 Movie
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Wetbacks

1956 Movie
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Best of the Badmen

1951 Movie
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The Walls of Jericho

1948 Movie
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Tillie and Gus

1933 Movie
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Song of Texas

1943 Movie
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Stand Up and Fight

1939 Movie
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The Thundering Herd

1933 Movie
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Frisco Kid

1935 Movie
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Unknown Island

1948 Movie
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Blondes at Work

1938 Movie
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Men Without Souls

1940 Movie
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To the Last Man

1933 Movie
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Man of the Forest

1933 Movie
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Hell's Crossroads

1957 Movie
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Angel in Exile

1948 Movie
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Girl on the Run

1958 Movie
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Naked Gun

1956 Movie
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Fly Away Baby

1937 Movie
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Torchy Gets Her Man

1938 Movie
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Torchy Runs for Mayor

1939 Movie
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Arizona Bushwhackers

1968 Movie
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Buckskin

1968 Movie
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Barnacle Bill

1941 Movie
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Stranded

1935 Movie
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The Half-Breed

1952 Movie
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Page Miss Glory

1935 Movie
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Relentless

1948 Movie
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Cheyenne

1947 Movie
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Noose for a Gunman

1960 Movie
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Law of the Lawless

1964 Movie
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Jail Busters

1955 Movie
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The Acid Test

1932 Movie
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Melody Ranch

1940 Movie
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Rails Into Laramie

1954 Movie
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Naked In The Sun

1957 Movie
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Go Into Your Dance

1935 Movie
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Jack Slade

1953 Movie
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Marine Raiders

1944 Movie
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Dr. Socrates

1935 Movie
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Jungle Flight

1947 Movie
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The Underdog

1943 Movie
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Born Reckless

1937 Movie
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The Bandit Queen

1950 Movie
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Captain Scarface

1953 Movie
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Prison Break

1938 Movie
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The Last Round-up

1934 Movie
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I Found Stella Parish

1935 Movie
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Let's Dance

1950 Movie
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Sierra Stranger

1957 Movie
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His Woman

1931 Movie
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The Dude Goes West

1948 Movie
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Bombardier

1943 Movie
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Town Tamer

1965 Movie
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Cow Country

1953 Movie
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Ever Since Eve

1937 Movie
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Santa Fe Uprising

1946 Movie
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Wild Geese Calling

1941 Movie
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'G' Men

1935 Movie
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Gentle Annie

1944 Movie
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Draegerman Courage

1937 Movie
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Man of Iron

1935 Movie
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The Mummy's Ghost

1968 Movie
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Jaguar

1956 Movie
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Gangs of Chicago

1940 Movie
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Bengal Tiger

1936 Movie
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Jailbreak

1936 Movie
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The Kid Comes Back

1938 Movie
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I Was a Convict

1939 Movie
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Naughty-Cal

1932 Movie
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Let's Dance

1933 Movie
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Hit the Road

1941 Movie
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Breakdowns of 1936

1936 Movie
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Hell's Outpost

1954 Movie
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Jubilee Trail

1954 Movie
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All of Me

1934 Movie
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Crimes Square

1931 Movie
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The Gigolo Racket

1931 Movie
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Silver River

1948 Movie
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The Silver Star

1955 Movie
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Three Violent People

1956 Movie
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Frontier Gun

1958 Movie
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Big Town Czar

1939 Movie
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Thunderbirds

1952 Movie
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A Dream Comes True

1935 Movie
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Breakdowns of 1937

1937 Movie
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Breakdowns of 1939

1939 Movie
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The Storm

1938 Movie
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Sea of Lost Ships

1953 Movie
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It's Showtime

1976 Movie
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Big Executive

1933 Movie
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The Quarterback

1926 Movie
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Girl in the Woods

1958 Movie