Barnett Parker
Acting
Born: 1886-09-10 · Batley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died: 1941-08-05
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
🎬 Movies (30)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004
Dragon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Arthur Trevelyan in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
The Reluctant Dragon
1941
Dragon (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice)
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941
Quentin
New Wine
1941
The Duke
A Man Betrayed
1941
George
Kisses for Breakfast
1941
Phillips
He Married His Wife
1940
Huggins
One Night in the Tropics
1940
Thompson, Steve's Butler (uncredited)
Hullabaloo
1940
Samuel Stephens
Love Thy Neighbor
1940
George - Fred's Chauffeur
La Conga Nights
1940
Hammond
At the Circus
1939
Whitcomb
Babes in Arms
1939
William
She Married a Cop
1939
Bekins, the Butler
Hotel for Women
1939
Photographer
Listen, Darling
1938
Abercrombie
The Girl Downstairs
1938
Hugo
Love Is a Headache
1938
Hotchkiss, Carlotta's Butler
Hold That Kiss
1938
Maurice
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938
Oscar
Marie Antoinette
1938
Prince de Rohan
Double Wedding
1937
Mr. Flint, Margit's Bookkeeper
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
Jerry Jason
Personal Property
1937
Arthur Trevelyan
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
Albert, Stephan's Butler
Married Before Breakfast
1937
Tweed
Wake Up and Live
1937
Foster
Live, Love and Learn
1937
Alfredo
We Who Are About to Die
1937
John Barkley