1862-10-02 ( 162 years old ) in Little Falls, New York, USA
Justus D. Barnes (October 2, 1862 – February 6, 1946), named George Barnes in some sources, was an American stage and film actor. He is best known for his role in the 1903 silent short The Great Train Robbery, which the American Film Institute and many film historians and critics recognize as the production that first established the Western genre, setting a new "narrative standard" in the motion picture industry.
Barnes was born in Little Falls, New York. He was a veteran stage actor before he made his screen debut in 1903 in The Great Train Robbery. In that film's memorable ending, Barnes points his pistol at the camera and slowly fires all six shots at the viewer. The Great Train Robbery became one of the most successful and best known commercial films of the early silent era.
In July 1908, Barnes was hired as an actor in the stock company of the Edison Manufacturing Company, the film production company owned by Thomas Edison. In 1910, he signed on with the Thanhouser Company in New Rochelle, New York. Between 1910 and 1917, Justus appeared in more than seventy films for the Thanhouser, usually in the role of a villain. He played Ham Peggotty in David Copperfield, the earliest known film adaption of the 1850 novel by Charles Dickens. He also played supporting roles in Nicholas Nickleby (1912), Aurora Floyd (1912), and A Dog of Flanders (1914).
In 1917, he was released from the Thanhouser Company due to the company's financial issues. Barnes made his final onscreen appearance for the Edison Studio in Cy Whittaker's Ward, in 1917. After retiring from acting, Barnes moved to Weedsport, New York, where he worked as a milkman. He later owned a cigar store. Barnes died on February 6, 1946, in Weedsport at the age of 83. He is buried in Weedsport Rural Cemetery, in Weedsport, New York.
Movies
Cy Whittaker's Ward
1917-10-22
It Happened to Adele
1917-07-05
Mr. Meeson's Will
1915-11-06
Weary Walker's Woes
1915-09-10
From the River's Depths
1915-09-05
The Marvelous Marathoner
1915-08-16
His Two Patients
1915-07-25
Old Jane of the Gaiety
1915-07-17
The Country Girl
1915-06-15
God's Witness
1915-05-20
The Heart of the Princess Marsari
1915-05-18
Love and Money
1915-05-09
A Dog of Flanders
1914-05-19
A Debut in the Secret Service
1914-04-07
Their Best Friend
1914-02-27
The Dancer
1914-02-10
Joseph in the Land of Egypt
1914-02-01
Peggy's Invitation
1913-12-16
Uncle's Namesakes
1913-12-11
The Farmer's Daughters
1913-09-27
When the Studio Burned
1913-02-03
The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
1913-01-28
Star of Bethlehem
1912-12-24
The Voice of Conscience
1912-09-02
Cousins
1912-07-28
The Portrait of Lady Anne
1912-07-23
Nicholas Nickleby
1912-03-18
David Copperfield
1911-10-17
Young Lord Stanley
1910-10-24
The Great Train Robbery
1903-12-07
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