Barton MacLane
1902-12-25 ( 122 years old ) in Columbia, South Carolina, USA

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.

Movies

Bogart: The Untold Story 1997-01-05
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage 1983-02-25
It's Showtime 1976-03-31
Buckskin 1968-05-01
Arizona Bushwhackers 1968-03-01
Town Tamer 1965-07-07
The Rounders 1965-01-08
Law of the Lawless 1964-05-13
Pocketful of Miracles 1961-12-18
Noose for a Gunman 1960-05-01
Gunfighters of Abilene 1960-01-01
The Geisha Boy 1958-11-02
Frontier Gun 1958-10-31
Girl on the Run 1958-10-10
Girl in the Woods 1958-06-01
Naked In The Sun 1957-09-20
Sierra Stranger 1957-05-01
Hell's Crossroads 1957-03-08
Three Violent People 1956-12-01
Naked Gun 1956-11-01
The Man Is Armed 1956-10-19
Wetbacks 1956-05-04
Backlash 1956-03-14
Jaguar 1956-01-19
Last of the Desperados 1955-10-31
Jail Busters 1955-09-18
Foxfire 1955-07-13
The Silver Star 1955-04-07
Treasure of Ruby Hills 1955-01-23
Hell's Outpost 1954-12-15
Jubilee Trail 1954-05-15
Rails Into Laramie 1954-04-14
The Glenn Miller Story 1954-01-04
Jack Slade 1953-11-08
Sea of Lost Ships 1953-10-24
Captain Scarface 1953-10-15
Cow Country 1953-04-25
Kansas Pacific 1953-02-22
Thunderbirds 1952-11-20
The Half-Breed 1952-05-03
Bugles in the Afternoon 1952-03-04
Drums in the Deep South 1951-09-01
Best of the Badmen 1951-08-09
The Bandit Queen 1950-12-22
Let's Dance 1950-11-29
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 1950-08-19
Red Light 1949-09-30
The Walls of Jericho 1948-11-22
Angel in Exile 1948-10-20
Unknown Island 1948-10-15
Relentless 1948-06-15
The Dude Goes West 1948-05-30
Silver River 1948-05-20
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948-01-15
Jungle Flight 1947-08-22
Cheyenne 1947-06-06
Tarzan and the Huntress 1947-04-05
San Quentin 1946-12-16
Santa Fe Uprising 1946-11-15
Mysterious Intruder 1946-04-11
The Spanish Main 1945-10-01
Scared Stiff 1945-06-22
Tarzan and the Amazons 1945-04-29
Gentle Annie 1944-12-05
Cry of the Werewolf 1944-08-17
Secret Command 1944-07-30
Marine Raiders 1944-07-11
The Mummy's Ghost 1944-07-07
Nabonga 1944-01-25
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case 1943-12-09
The Underdog 1943-10-17
Song of Texas 1943-06-14
Bombardier 1943-05-14
Man of Courage 1943-01-04
Highways by Night 1942-10-02
The Big Street 1942-08-13
All Through the Night 1942-01-10
The Maltese Falcon 1941-10-18
Wild Geese Calling 1941-08-15
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1941-08-12
Manpower 1941-08-09
Hit the Road 1941-06-27
Barnacle Bill 1941-04-07
Western Union 1941-02-21
Come Live with Me 1941-01-31
High Sierra 1941-01-23
Melody Ranch 1940-09-15
The Secret Seven 1940-08-15
Men Without Souls 1940-05-20
Gangs of Chicago 1940-05-18
Breakdowns of 1939 1939-12-31
Mutiny in the Big House 1939-10-24
Torchy Runs for Mayor 1939-05-13
Big Town Czar 1939-05-03
I Was a Convict 1939-03-06
Torchy Blane in Chinatown 1939-02-02
Stand Up and Fight 1939-01-06
Torchy Gets Her Man 1938-11-12
The Storm 1938-10-28
Prison Break 1938-07-12
You and Me 1938-06-01
Gold Is Where You Find It 1938-02-12
The Kid Comes Back 1938-02-12
Blondes at Work 1938-02-05
Breakdowns of 1937 1937-12-31
The Adventurous Blonde 1937-11-13
Wine, Women and Horses 1937-09-11
Ever Since Eve 1937-07-15
Born Reckless 1937-06-25
Fly Away Baby 1937-06-19
San Quentin 1937-05-24
Draegerman Courage 1937-05-15
The Prince and the Pauper 1937-04-30
You Only Live Once 1937-01-23
God's Country and the Woman 1937-01-16
Smart Blonde 1937-01-02
Breakdowns of 1936 1936-12-30
Jailbreak 1936-08-05
Bengal Tiger 1936-07-29
Bullets or Ballots 1936-06-06
Times Square Playboy 1936-05-09
The Walking Dead 1936-03-01
Ceiling Zero 1936-01-16
A Dream Comes True 1935-12-31
Man of Iron 1935-12-21
Frisco Kid 1935-11-30
I Found Stella Parish 1935-11-16
Dr. Socrates 1935-10-19
The Case of the Lucky Legs 1935-10-05
Page Miss Glory 1935-09-07
Stranded 1935-06-29
Black Fury 1935-05-18
'G' Men 1935-05-04
Go Into Your Dance 1935-04-20
The Case of the Curious Bride 1935-04-13
The Last Round-up 1934-05-01
All of Me 1934-02-01
Lone Cowboy 1933-12-02
Big Executive 1933-10-19
Tillie and Gus 1933-10-13
To the Last Man 1933-09-15
Man of the Forest 1933-08-24
Let's Dance 1933-03-17
The Thundering Herd 1933-03-01
The Acid Test 1932-11-27
Naughty-Cal 1932-02-19
His Woman 1931-11-20
The Gigolo Racket 1931-06-15
Crimes Square 1931-03-26
Politics 1930-11-14
The Cocoanuts 1929-05-23
The Quarterback 1926-10-11

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