Barton MacLane
Born: 1902-12-25 Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Died: 1969-01-01
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 ...
Acting (in our collection)
Pocketful of Miracles
(1961)
Three Violent People
(1956)
The Glenn Miller Story
(1954)
Thunderbirds
(1952)
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
(1950)
The Underdog
(1943)
All Through the Night
(1942)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(1941)
High Sierra
(1941)
The Maltese Falcon
(1941)
San Quentin
(1937)
You Only Live Once
(1937)
Bullets or Ballots
(1936)
'G' Men
(1935)