T. Roy Barnes
Biography
Barnes appeared in over 50 films between 1920 and 1935, primarily in comedies. Barnes started his show career in vaudeville later turning to stage and film acting. During the 1920s, he often played "brash young go-getters" in supporting and leading roles. He’s best known for his roles as Buster Keaton's business partner Billy Meekin in Seven Chances (1925) and in W. C. Fields' comedy It's a Gift (1934), portraying an inquisitive Insurance Salesman. He retired from movies in 1935 and died two years later.
Known For
All Movies (41)
- Doubting Thomas1935 · as LaMaze
- Village Tale1935 · as Goggy Smith
- The Four Star Boarder1935 · as Felix
- Life Begins at Forty1935 · as Simonds, the Salesman
- Carnival1935 · as Salesman
- It's a Gift1934 · as Insurance Salesman
- Kansas City Princess1934 · as Alderman James 'Jim' Cameron
- Women of All Nations1931 · as Captain of the Marines
- Aloha1931 · as Johnny Marvin
- Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 51930 · as T. Roy Barnes
- How's My Baby?1930
- Wide Open1930 · as Bob Wyeth
- Sally1930 · as Otis Hooper
- Dangerous Curves1929 · as Pa Spinelli
- A Blonde for a Night1928 · as George
- Chicago1927 · as Reporter
- Body and Soul1927 · as The Postman
- A Regular Scout1926 · as Steve Baxter
- The Unknown Cavalier1926 · as Clout Pettingill
- Ladies of Leisure1926 · as Eric Van Norden
- The Crowded Hour1925 · as Matt Wilde
- Seven Chances1925 · as Billy Meekin, His Partner
- The Re-Creation of Brian Kent1925 · as Harry Green
- Reckless Romance1924 · as Jerry Warner
- Butterfly1924 · as Cy Dwyer
- Young Ideas1924 · as Pritchett Spence
- The Great White Way1924 · as Jack Murray
- Hollywood1923 · as T. Roy Barnes
- Souls for Sale1923 · as Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary
- The Go-Getter1923 · as Bill Peck
- Adam and Eva1923 · as The Salesman-Hero
- The Old Homestead1922 · as Happy Jack
- A Trip to Paramountown1922 · as Self
- Is Matrimony a Failure?1922 · as Arthur Haviland
- Don't Get Personal1922 · as John Wainwright
- Too Much Wife1922 · as Jack Morgan
- Exit the Vamp1921 · as John Shipley
- Her Face Value1921 · as Jimmy Parsons
- A Kiss in Time1921 · as Brian Moore
- See My Lawyer1921 · as Robert Gardner
- So Long Letty1920 · as Harry Miller