1886-09-10 ( 138 years old ) in Batley, Yorkshire, England, UK
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 England. He first acted on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre as Wilfred Tavish in Arthur Wing Pinero's "The "Mind the Paint" Girl" in 1912. He was well served with further roles in hit plays like "Hobson's Choice" (1915), "Artists and Models" (1924) and "The Red Robe" (1928). He was at first prone to reject film offers, professing to favor acting on stage. Nonetheless, the celluloid medium eventually beckoned, enticing him to sign with the East Coast-based studio Thanhouser in 1915. He worked in films during the daytime (while treading the boards at night) and quickly landed a plum role as a weak socialite, rescuing Gladys Hulette in Prudence, the Pirate (1916). He was seldom thereafter afforded the opportunity for heroic acts. During the 1930's, he was primarily in demand for small roles as dandified or 'silly ass' Britishers, giving value for money in films like Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Personal Property (1937), Live, Love and Learn (1937) and Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937). Looking rather older than his years, Barnett Parker died at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles after multiple heart attacks on August 5, 1941.
Movies
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004-05-31
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02
New Wine
1941-09-10
Kisses for Breakfast
1941-07-05
The Reluctant Dragon
1941-06-19
A Man Betrayed
1941-03-07
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941-01-24
Love Thy Neighbor
1940-12-27
One Night in the Tropics
1940-11-15
Hullabaloo
1940-10-25
La Conga Nights
1940-05-31
He Married His Wife
1940-01-19
At the Circus
1939-10-20
Babes in Arms
1939-10-10
Hotel for Women
1939-08-03
She Married a Cop
1939-07-11
The Girl Downstairs
1938-12-23
Listen, Darling
1938-10-21
Marie Antoinette
1938-08-26
Hold That Kiss
1938-05-13
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938-03-04
Love Is a Headache
1938-01-14
Navy Blue and Gold
1937-11-19
Live, Love and Learn
1937-10-29
Double Wedding
1937-10-15
Wake Up and Live
1937-08-23
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937-08-20
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937-07-02
Married Before Breakfast
1937-06-18
Personal Property
1937-03-19
Ready, Willing and Able
1937-03-06
Espionage
1937-02-26
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937-02-19
Dangerous Number
1937-01-22
We Who Are About to Die
1937-01-08
A Girl's Best Years
1936-12-25
Born to Dance
1936-11-27
The General Died at Dawn
1936-11-17
Libeled Lady
1936-10-09
The President's Mystery
1936-09-28
Roaming Lady
1936-05-02
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936-04-09
The Misleading Lady
1920-12-20
Prudence the Pirate
1916-10-21
The Traffic Cop
1916-04-08
The Flight of the Duchess
1916-03-11
Bill Bunks the Bandit
1915-12-16
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