Barnett Parker

Barnett Parker

Actor Sep 10 (died age 54) Batley, Yorkshire, England, UK 1915–2004 (89 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Butler (uncredited)

Libeled Lady

Libeled Lady

Butler (uncredited)

The Reluctant Dragon

The Reluctant Dragon

Dragon (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice)

At the Circus

At the Circus

Whitcomb

Babes in Arms

Babes in Arms

William

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

Prince de Rohan

Double Wedding

Double Wedding

Mr. Flint, Margit's Bookkeeper

Born to Dance

Born to Dance

Floorwalker

Filmography

Acting (47)

Movies (47)

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

as Dragon (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Arthur Trevelyan in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)

Tall, Dark and Handsome

Tall, Dark and Handsome

as Quentin

The Reluctant Dragon

The Reluctant Dragon

as Dragon (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice)

New Wine

New Wine

as The Duke

Kisses for Breakfast

Kisses for Breakfast

as Phillips

A Man Betrayed

A Man Betrayed

as George

La Conga Nights

La Conga Nights

as Hammond

He Married His Wife

He Married His Wife

as Huggins

One Night in the Tropics

One Night in the Tropics

as Thompson, Steve's Butler (uncredited)

Hullabaloo

Hullabaloo

as Samuel Stephens

Love Thy Neighbor

Love Thy Neighbor

as George - Fred's Chauffeur

She Married a Cop

She Married a Cop

as Bekins, the Butler

At the Circus

At the Circus

as Whitcomb

Babes in Arms

Babes in Arms

as William

Hotel for Women

Hotel for Women

as Photographer

Love Is a Headache

Love Is a Headache

as Hotchkiss, Carlotta's Butler

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

as Prince de Rohan

Hold That Kiss

Hold That Kiss

as Maurice

Listen, Darling

Listen, Darling

as Abercrombie

The Girl Downstairs

The Girl Downstairs

as Hugo

Sally, Irene and Mary

Sally, Irene and Mary

as Oscar

Live, Love and Learn

Live, Love and Learn

as Alfredo

Espionage

Espionage

as Bill Cordell

The Emperor's Candlesticks

The Emperor's Candlesticks

as Albert, Stephan's Butler

Personal Property

Personal Property

as Arthur Trevelyan

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

as Purser

Broadway Melody of 1938

Broadway Melody of 1938

as Jerry Jason

Wake Up and Live

Wake Up and Live

as Foster

Double Wedding

Double Wedding

as Mr. Flint, Margit's Bookkeeper

Navy Blue and Gold

Navy Blue and Gold

as Graves

Ready, Willing and Able

Ready, Willing and Able

as Waiter

We Who Are About to Die

We Who Are About to Die

as John Barkley

Dangerous Number

Dangerous Number

as Minehardi

Married Before Breakfast

Married Before Breakfast

as Tweed

Libeled Lady

Libeled Lady

as Butler (uncredited)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Butler (uncredited)

The General Died at Dawn

The General Died at Dawn

as Dining Car Man (uncredited)

Born to Dance

Born to Dance

as Floorwalker

A Girl's Best Years

A Girl's Best Years

as Primrose

Roaming Lady

Roaming Lady

as Waters

The President's Mystery

The President's Mystery

as Roger

The Misleading Lady

The Misleading Lady

as Steve

The Traffic Cop

as Book Agent

The Flight of the Duchess

The Flight of the Duchess

as The Duke

Prudence the Pirate

Prudence the Pirate

as John Astorbilt

Bill Bunks the Bandit

as Bill - a Gentleman from the East