Barton MacLane

Barton MacLane

Birthday: 1902-12-25

Deathday: 1969-01-01

Place of birth: Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Also known as: Ernest Barton MacLane, Barton Mac Lane, Barton Maclane, Barton McLane, Бартон Маклейн

imdb_id: nm0533692

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Score: 8.0

The Maltese Falcon

Score: 7.7

Barnacle Bill

Score: 7.7

Tillie and Gus

Score: 7.6

Pocketful of Miracles

Score: 7.3

You Only Live Once

Score: 7.1

High Sierra

Score: 7.1

It's Showtime

Score: 7.0

Breakdowns of 1939

Score: 7.0

Let's Dance

Score: 7.0

Jaguar

Score: 7.0

I Found Stella Parish

Score: 7.0

Come Live with Me

Score: 7.0

Gold Is Where You Find It

Score: 6.9

The Glenn Miller Story

Score: 6.9

All Through the Night

Score: 6.9

The Prince and the Pauper

Score: 6.8

Marine Raiders

Score: 6.8

Cheyenne

Score: 6.8

Naked Gun

Score: 6.8

Frisco Kid

Score: 6.8

Secret Command

Score: 6.8

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Score: 6.8

Go Into Your Dance

Score: 6.8

Naked In The Sun

Score: 6.7

Manpower

Score: 6.7

You and Me

Score: 6.6

Bullets or Ballots

Score: 6.6

'G' Men

Score: 6.6

Draegerman Courage

Score: 6.5

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Score: 6.5

Best of the Badmen

Score: 6.5

San Quentin

Score: 6.5

Jailbreak

Score: 6.4

Town Tamer

Score: 6.4

Dr. Socrates

Score: 6.4

Jack Slade

Score: 6.4

The Cocoanuts

Score: 6.4

Backlash

Score: 6.4

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Score: 6.4

The Geisha Boy

Score: 6.4

Tarzan and the Amazons

Score: 6.3

Black Fury

Score: 6.3

Rails Into Laramie

Score: 6.3

Page Miss Glory

Score: 6.3

The Spanish Main

Score: 6.3

San Quentin

Score: 6.3

The Walking Dead

Score: 6.2

Relentless

Score: 6.2

Fly Away Baby

Score: 6.2

Three Violent People

Score: 6.1

Law of the Lawless

Score: 6.1

Blondes at Work

Score: 6.1

Smart Blonde

Score: 6.1

The Quarterback

Score: 6.0

Breakdowns of 1937

Score: 6.0

Frontier Gun

Score: 6.0

Last of the Desperados

Score: 6.0

All of Me

Score: 6.0

Man of Iron

Score: 6.0

The Case of the Curious Bride

Score: 6.0

Jail Busters

Score: 6.0

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

Score: 6.0

Men Without Souls

Score: 6.0

The Case of the Lucky Legs

Score: 6.0

Highways by Night

Score: 6.0

Western Union

Score: 6.0

Foxfire

Score: 6.0

Silver River

Score: 5.9

Jungle Flight

Score: 5.9

Mysterious Intruder

Score: 5.9

Red Light

Score: 5.8

Wild Geese Calling

Score: 5.8

Ever Since Eve

Score: 5.8

The Dude Goes West

Score: 5.8

Melody Ranch

Score: 5.8

Stranded

Score: 5.8

Stand Up and Fight

Score: 5.8

The Big Street

Score: 5.8

Thunderbirds

Score: 5.7

Torchy Runs for Mayor

Score: 5.7

To the Last Man

Score: 5.7

The Walls of Jericho

Score: 5.7

Tarzan and the Huntress

Score: 5.7

Ceiling Zero

Score: 5.7

The Mummy's Ghost

Score: 5.7

Torchy Gets Her Man

Score: 5.6

The Rounders

Score: 5.6

Let's Dance

Score: 5.6

A Dream Comes True

Score: 5.5

Bombardier

Score: 5.5

Born Reckless

Score: 5.5

Man of the Forest

Score: 5.5

Hell's Crossroads

Score: 5.4

The Adventurous Blonde

Score: 5.4

Drums in the Deep South

Score: 5.4

Wetbacks

Score: 5.4

Buckskin

Score: 5.4

The Kid Comes Back

Score: 5.3

Gangs of Chicago

Score: 5.3

Noose for a Gunman

Score: 5.3

Gentle Annie

Score: 5.2

Angel in Exile

Score: 5.2

Unknown Island

Score: 5.2

Prison Break

Score: 5.2

Bugles in the Afternoon

Score: 5.1

The Silver Star

Score: 5.0

Hell's Outpost

Score: 5.0

I Was a Convict

Score: 5.0

Sierra Stranger

Score: 5.0

The Half-Breed

Score: 5.0

Song of Texas

Score: 5.0

Gunfighters of Abilene

Score: 5.0

Jubilee Trail

Score: 4.8

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

Score: 4.8

Times Square Playboy

Score: 4.8

Man of Courage

Score: 4.8

The Man Is Armed

Score: 4.8

Kansas Pacific

Score: 4.8

Cry of the Werewolf

Score: 4.6

Bengal Tiger

Score: 4.5

The Bandit Queen

Score: 4.4

Mutiny in the Big House

Score: 4.4

Cow Country

Score: 4.4

Captain Scarface

Score: 4.3

Nabonga

Score: 4.3

God's Country and the Woman

Score: 4.2

His Woman

Score: 4.0

Wine, Women and Horses

Score: 4.0

Scared Stiff

Score: 4.0

Arizona Bushwhackers

Score: 3.6

Treasure of Ruby Hills

Score: 3.5

Lone Cowboy

Score: 3.5

Buffalo Stampede

Score: 3.3

Girl in the Woods

Score: 0.0

Big Executive

Score: 0.0

Sea of Lost Ships

Score: 0.0

Bogart: The Untold Story

Score: 0.0

The Storm

Score: 0.0

Big Town Czar

Score: 0.0

The Gigolo Racket

Score: 0.0

Crimes Square

Score: 0.0

Breakdowns of 1936

Score: 0.0

Hit the Road

Score: 0.0

Naughty-Cal

Score: 0.0

Santa Fe Uprising

Score: 0.0

The Last Round-up

Score: 0.0

The Underdog

Score: 0.0

The Acid Test

Score: 0.0

Girl on the Run

Score: 0.0

Politics

Score: 0.0

The Secret Seven

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Munsters

Score: 7.9

I Dream of Jeannie

Score: 7.8

The Wonderful World of Disney

Score: 7.8

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

77 Sunset Strip

Score: 6.7

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Hondo

Score: 6.5

The Monkees

Score: 6.5

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

Four Star Playhouse

Score: 6.3

Four Star Playhouse

Score: 6.3

Telephone Time

Score: 6.3

Outlaws

Score: 6.2

Black Saddle

Score: 6.0

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Score: 5.8

Cheyenne

Score: 5.8

Tightrope

Score: 5.5

Studio 57

Score: 0.0

The Whistler

Score: 0.0

Wire Service

Score: 0.0