Barton MacLane
Држава: United States
Пол: M
Роденден: 1902-12-25
Умре: 1969-01-01
Биографија
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.
Актерот:
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1. Хотел Кокос-лудница (1929), филм...Lifeguard
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2. To the Last Man (1933), филм...Neil Stanley
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3. Индијанска освета (1933), филм...Pruitt
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4. Рат гангстерима (1935), филм...Collins
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5. The Case of the Curious Bride (1935), филм...Detective Lucas
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6. Синдикат злочина (1936), филм...Al Kruger
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7. Побуна у тамници (1937), филм...Captain Druggin
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8. Краљевиќ и просјак (1937), филм...John Canty
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9. Живиш само једном (1937), филм...Stephen Whitney
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10. Born Reckless (1937), филм...Jim Barnes
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11. Бекство из затвора (1938), филм...Joaquin Shannon
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12. Малтешки соко (1941), филм...Lt. of Detectives Dundy
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13. Висока сијера (1941), филм...Jake Kranmer
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14. На Дивљем Западу (1941), филм...Jack Slade
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15. Др Џекил и г. Хајд (1941), филм...Sam Higgins
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16. Manpower (1941), филм...Smiley Quinn
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17. Damon Runyon's The Big Street (1942), филм...Case Ables
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18. Bombardier (1943), филм...Sgt. Archie Dixon
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19. Marine Raiders (1944), филм...Sgt. Maguire
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20. Gentle Annie (1944), филм...Sheriff Tatum
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21. Nabonga (1944), филм...Carl Hurst
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22. Cry of the Werewolf (1944), филм...Police Lt. Barry Lane
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23. The Spanish Main (1945), филм...Capt. Benjamin Black
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24. Tarzan und die Amazonen (1945), филм...Ballister (as Barton Maclane)
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25. San Quentin (1946), филм...Nick Taylor
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26. The Wyoming Kid (1947), филм...Webb Yancey
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27. Тарзан и ловкиња (1947), филм...Paul Weir
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28. Благо Сијера Мадре (1948), филм...Pat McCormick
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29. Неумољиви (1948), филм...Tex Brandow
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30. Сребрна ријека (1948), филм...'Banjo' Sweeney
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31. Зидине Јерихонске (1948), филм...Gotch McCurdy
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32. The Bandit Queen (1950), филм...Jim Harden
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33. Let's Dance (1950), филм...Larry Channock
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34. Најбољи од злих (1951), филм...Joad
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35. Бубњеви у срцу Југа (1951), филм...Sgt. Mac McCardle
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36. Thunderbirds (1952), филм...Sgt. Durkee
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37. Трубе у подне (1952), филм...Capt. Myles Moylan
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38. The Half-Breed (1952), филм...Marshal Cassidy
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39. Канзас Пацифик (1953), филм...Cal Bruce
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40. Cow Country (1953), филм...Marvin Parker
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41. Прича о Глену Милеру (1954), филм...General Arnold
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42. Стаза Јубилее (1954), филм...Deacon Bartlett
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43. Hell's Outpost (1954), филм...Sheriff Olson
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44. Rails Into Laramie (1954), филм...Lee Graham
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45. Златна жила (1955), филм...Jim Mablett
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46. Троје жестоких (1956), филм...Yates
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47. Шести човек (1956), филм...Sgt. George Lake
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48. Голи на сунцу (1957), филм...Wilson
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49. Раскрижја пакла (1957), филм...Clyde O'Connell
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50. Sierra Stranger (1957), филм...Lem Gotch
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51. Frontier Gun (1958), филм...Simon Crayle
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52. Мушка гејша (1958), филм...Maj. Ridgley
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53. Прегршт чуда (1961), филм...Police Commissioner
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54. Закон револвераша (1964), филм...Big Tom Stone
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55. The Rounders (1965), филм...Tanner
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56. Револвери не дискутирају (1965), филм...James Fenimore Fell
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57. Сањам Јеанние (1965), серија...General Martin Peterson
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58. Arizona Bushwhackers (1968), филм...Sheriff Grover
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59. Buckskin (1968), филм...Dr. H. 'Doc' Raymond