Vince Barnett

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Vince Barnett (July 4, 1902 – August 10, 1977) was an American film and television actor. He appeared on stage originally.

Barnett's initial involvement with Hollywood was as a screenwriter, writing screenplays for the two-reeler movies of the late 1920s. He began appearing in films in 1930, playing hundreds of comedy bits and supporting parts. One of his more sizable screen roles was the moronic, illiterate gangster "secretary" in Scarface (1932). Among his best-regarded early roles, apart from Scarface, were The Big Cage (1933), Thirty Day Princess (1934) and Princess O'Hara (1935).

In later years, Barnett played straight character parts, often as careworn little men, undertakers, janitors, bartenders and drunks in pictures ranging from films noir (The Killers, 1946) to westerns (Springfield Rifle, 1952). He was a welcome presence in "B" comedies and mysteries: as Runyonesque gangsters in Petticoat Larceny (1943), Little Miss Broadway (1947), and Gas House Kids Go West (1947), and notably as Tom Conway's enthusiastic sidekick in The Falcon's Alibi (1946).

After World War II, with the Hollywood studios making fewer films, Barnett became a familiar face on television.

All Quiet on the Western Front

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Scarface

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The Killers

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Horse Feathers

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Brute Force

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The Andy Griffith Show

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On Dangerous Ground

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Perry Mason

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The Family Jewels

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The Corpse Vanishes

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Green Acres

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Knock on Any Door

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Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine

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The Mask of Dimitrios

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Springfield Rifle

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Captive Wild Woman

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Seven Sinners

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The Death Kiss

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Bowery at Midnight

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Here's Lucy

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High Wall

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The Big Mouth

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Black Fury

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Shoot to Kill

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Carson City

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Thirty Day Princess

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The Virginian

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Jungle Woman

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The 9th Guest

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Hunt the Man Down

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Crazy Mama

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The Crooked Web

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The Prizefighter and the Lady

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I'll See You in My Dreams

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Tiger Shark

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Flesh

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Riffraff

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The Spy in the Green Hat

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The Secret Bride

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Jungle Man

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Boys of the City

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Cimarron Strip

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X Marks the Spot

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The Falcon's Alibi

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The Affairs of Cellini

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Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

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I Live My Life

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Pirate Party on Catalina Isle

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Baby Face Morgan

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Sixpack Annie

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The Farmer Takes a Wife

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Sunset Murder Case

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She Loves Me Not

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Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher

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Gangs Inc.

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Summer School Teachers

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Big Town After Dark

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Big Town Scandal

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Fast Workers

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Young and Beautiful

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Registered Nurse

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Sensation Hunters

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The Jazz Singer

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Mr. District Attorney

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Thrill of a Romance

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The Quiet Gun

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Bank Alarm

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Kansas City Princess

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East Side Kids

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Klondike Fury

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My Favorite Spy

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Two Sisters from Boston

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Zebra in the Kitchen

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Letter to Loretta

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I Killed That Man

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Charade

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Don't Bet on Blondes

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Now I'll Tell

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Tornado

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Deputy Marshal

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Blonde Comet

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Dancing Feet

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Scratch-As-Catch-Can

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Kid Dynamite

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The Trespasser

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The Grass Is Always Greener

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Stardust on the Sage

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Wide Open

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Yellow Cargo

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Captain Calamity

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Side Show

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Leave It to the Irish

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Petticoat Larceny

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Streamline Express

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Border Treasure

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The Girl in 419

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Loaded Pistols

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Hell in the Heavens

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Mayberry R.F.D.

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Bowery Bombshell

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We're in the Legion Now

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Down to the Sea

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The Big Show-Off

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Kentucky Jubilee

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Take the Stand

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Thunder in the Pines

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Mule Train

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Queen of Broadway

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Sweethearts of the U.S.A.

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Man of the Forest

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Made on Broadway

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The Life Of Riley

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The Sound of Laughter

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The Phantom Plainsmen

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My Brother Talks to Horses

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Heritage of the Desert

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I Cover Big Town

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Ride 'em, Cowgirl

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The Singing Cowgirl

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Crimson Romance

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Exile Express

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Sunset Pass

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Princess O'Hara

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Danger! Women at Work

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Water Rustlers

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Overland Mail

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No Leave, No Love

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The Big Cage

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Gas House Kids Go West

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Madame Spy

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Foreign Agent

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A Dangerous Game

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Rackety Rax

5.0

How to Hold Your Husband - BACK

7.0

Gallant Lady

5.0

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

1.0

Puddin' Head

5.0

Joe Palooka in the Knockout

6.0

The Night Mayor

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Girl on the Run

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Just Another Murder

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Super Stupid

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The Brain Busters

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The Rookie

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The Woman I Love

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Boots of Destiny

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I Cover Chinatown

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Girls' Town

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Scandal Sheet

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Air Maniacs

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High Powered

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Heroes of the Saddle

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A Royal Flush

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The Lady or the Tiger?

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No Ransom

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What the Country Needs

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Outlaw Queen

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Little Miss Broadway

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The Trial of Vince Barnett

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Ma's Pride and Joy

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River Gang

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The Headleys at Home

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International Burlesque

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Yankee Doodle Home

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Glynis

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