Barton MacLane

Pays: United States
Genre: M
Date d'anniversaire: 1902-12-25
Décédés: 1969-01-01
Biographie
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 became so typecast that his name was for a time used proverbially, to generally describe a shouting, hard-nosed ruffian.
After training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, MacLane joined a stock company in Brooklyn. In 1927 he had his first part on Broadway, a brief moment as an assistant district attorney, in the melodrama "The Trial of Mary Dugan". He then played a small featured role as a police officer in "Subway Express" (1929-30), a drama enacted in the interior of a subway car. In mid-1932 MacLane tried his hand at writing his own starring vehicle for the stage, entitled "Rendezvous". While the play closed after just 21 performances, it led to a contract with Warner Brothers.
Barton had already appeared in bit roles for Paramount at their Astoria Studios, including The Marx Brothers' debut film The Cocoanuts (1929). He portrayed mobster Brad Collins in 'G' Men (1935) (with James Cagney), which set the tone for most of his future assignments. Brawny, with squinty eyes and a rasping voice, MacLane was the ideal surly tough guy, particularly suitable for westerns and the type of films noir Warner Brothers excelled at. He was often cast as cops, be they bent or honest. Some of his most representative performances include gangster Al Kruger in Bullets or Ballots (1936), which won him some of the best critical notices of his career; outlaw Jack Slade in Western Union (1941); crooked construction boss Pat McCormick, who gets beaten up by Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt over past-due wages in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); hard-nosed cops Detective Dundy in The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Lt. Reece in Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950). MacLane, on loan to Universal, also had a starring role in Prison Break (1938) as an innocent tuna fisherman who is framed for murder. He was prominent as a tough but sympathetic cop, foil to sleuthing girl reporter Glenda Farrell in the "Torchy Blaine" series of the mid- to late 1930s. In the 1960s Barton began to cultivate a good-guy image as Marshal Frank Caine in the NBC western series Outlaws (1960) as well as showing up in a small recurring role as Air Force Gen. Martin Peterson in I Dream of Jeannie (1965).
Barton was married to the actress Charlotte Wynters, who appeared with him in six of his films. When not on the set, the couple spent time on their 2000-acre cattle ranch in Madera County, California.
For his work in television, Barton has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Acteur:
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1. Noix de coco (1929), film...Lifeguard
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2. Les hors la loi (1935), film...Collins
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3. The Case of the Curious Bride (1935), film...Detective Lucas
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4. Guerre au crime (1936), film...Al Kruger
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5. La révolte (1937), film...Captain Druggin
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6. Le prince et le pauvre (1937), film...John Canty
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7. J'ai le droit de vivre (1937), film...Stephen Whitney
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8. Prison Break (1938), film...Joaquin Shannon
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9. Le faucon maltais (1941), film...Lt. of Detectives Dundy
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10. High Sierra (1941), film...Jake Kranmer
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11. Les pionniers de la Western Union (1941), film...Jack Slade
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12. Les pionniers de la Western Union (1941), film...Jack Slade
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13. Manpower (1941), film...Smiley Quinn
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14. Marine Raiders (1944), film...Sgt. Maguire
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15. Nabonga (1944), film...Carl Hurst
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16. Pavillon noir (1945), film...Capt. Benjamin Black
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17. San Quentin (1946), film...Nick Taylor
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18. Tarzan et la chasseresse (1947), film...Paul Weir
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19. Le Trésor de la Sierra Madre (1948), film...Pat McCormick
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20. Du sang sur la sierra (1948), film...Tex Brandow
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21. THE WALLS OF JERICHO (1948), film...Gotch McCurdy
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22. The Bandit Queen (1950), film...Jim Harden
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23. Plus fort que la loi (1951), film...Joad
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24. Drums in the Deep South (1951), film...Sgt. Mac McCardle
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25. Les clairons sonnent la charge (1952), film...Capt. Myles Moylan
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26. Kansas Pacific (1953), film...Cal Bruce
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27. Romance inachevée (1954), film...General Arnold
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28. La grande caravane (1954), film...Deacon Bartlett
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29. Le Carrefour de l'enfer (1954), film...Sheriff Olson
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30. La muraille d'or (1955), film...Jim Mablett
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31. Terre sans pardon (1956), film...Yates
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32. Coup de fouet en retour (1956), film...Sgt. George Lake
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33. Naked in the Sun (1957), film...Wilson
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34. Le carrefour de la vengeance (1957), film...Pinkerton Agent Clyde O'Connell
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35. Le Kid en kimono (1958), film...Maj. Ridgley
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36. Milliardaire pour un jour (1961), film...Police Commissioner
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37. Condamné à être pendu (1964), film...Big Tom Stone
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38. Le mors aux dents (1965), film...Tanner
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39. Jeannie de mes rêves (1965), série...General Martin Peterson