Biography
Within the British colony of expatriate actors in Hollywood during the 1930's, Barnett Parker, born 11 September 1886, in Batley, Yorkshire, England, was among the most stereotypical. Harrowgate College-educated, straight-backed, balding and well-intoned, Parker caricatured a multitude of unctuous, stiff-upper-lip butlers, man-servants or waiters, though his performances could, at times, verge on the brink of being camp. When driven to frustration his characters commonly resorted to incoherent ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004
as The Dragon (voice) (archive sound)
Two classic animated shorts from the Disney studios. In 'The Reluctant Dragon' (1941), a young boy and a famous dragon fighter team up to teach a doci...
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Arthur Trevelyan in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
New Wine
1941
as The Duke
The romantic story of Franz Schubert 's fight for recognition of his music. The 1941 Reinhold Schunzel biographical musical composer melodrama.
Kisses for Breakfast
1941
as Phillips
A newlywed develops amnesia and can't remember his wife.
The Reluctant Dragon
1941
as Dragon (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice)
Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be f...
A Man Betrayed
1941
as George
Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove that an above-suspicion politician (Edward Ellis) is ac...
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941
as Quentin
Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.
Love Thy Neighbor
1940
as George - Fred's Chauffeur
Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars play versions of themselves, constantly at each oth...
One Night in the Tropics
1940
as Thompson, Steve's Butler (uncredited)
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million ...
Hullabaloo
1940
as Samuel Stephens
A radio actor faces trouble when a science-fiction story causes the audience to panic.
La Conga Nights
1940
as Hammond
In this comedy, actor Hugh Herbert plays six different roles. Only one of the roles is a man. The story centers around a dizzy music lover, who has gr...
He Married His Wife
1940
as Huggins
Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to ...
At the Circus
1939
as Whitcomb
Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter's accomplices steal the money so he can take ov...
Babes in Arms
1939
as William
Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wa...
Hotel for Women
1939
as Photographer
Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.
She Married a Cop
1939
as Bekins, the Butler
This comedy is set in New York and centers upon a singing Irish cop who causes quite a sensation among two producers when he sings at the annual Polic...
The Girl Downstairs
1938
as Hugo
A wealthy playboy surreptitiously romances a scullery maid to gain access to her mistress with whom he is in love, but doesn't count on the maid falli...
Listen, Darling
1938
as Abercrombie
To stop Pinkie's widowed, struggling mother Dottie from marrying a well-off older man they know she doesn't love, teenager Pinkie and her best friend ...
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Prince de Rohan
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the riv...
Hold That Kiss
1938
as Maurice
Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy.
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938
as Oscar
Manicurists Sally, Irene and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old ferry boat, they turn it into a successful supper club.
Love Is a Headache
1938
as Hotchkiss, Carlotta's Butler
A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans, without her kn...
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
as Graves
Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.
Live, Love and Learn
1937
as Alfredo
A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his stra...
Double Wedding
1937
as Mr. Flint, Margit's Bookkeeper
A bohemian free spirit helps meek Waldo win back his fiancée and falls in love with her over-controlling sister in the process.
Wake Up and Live
1937
as Foster
Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
as Jerry Jason
Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee. But Caroline Whipple forces Steve...
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
as Albert, Stephan's Butler
Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.
Married Before Breakfast
1937
as Tweed
A madcap inventor tries to market a razor-less shaving cream.
Personal Property
1937
as Arthur Trevelyan
Raymond Dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. He convinces the sheriff to give him a job watching the house and furniture of widow ...
Ready, Willing and Able
1937
as Waiter
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
Espionage
1937
as Bill Cordell
Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937
as Purser
A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.
Dangerous Number
1937
as Minehardi
Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry. ...
We Who Are About to Die
1937
as John Barkley
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspic...
A Girl's Best Years
1936
as Primrose
A woman reporter is hired by an author-songwriter to help him avoid additional breach-of-promise suits.
Born to Dance
1936
as Floorwalker
On leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but their relationship is jeopardized by an established Broad...
The General Died at Dawn
1936
as Dining Car Man (uncredited)
China, 1930s, during the ravaging civil war. General Pen entrusts O'Hara, an intrepid American adventurer, with the mission of providing a large sum o...
Libeled Lady
1936
as Butler (uncredited)
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the pub...
The President's Mystery
1936
as Roger
The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent ...
Roaming Lady
1936
as Waters
Joyce Reid, a wealthy young debutante, stows away on a cargo ship to China, carrying as passengers her dashing aviator sweetheart, Dan Bailey and and ...
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Butler (uncredited)
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the bi...
The Misleading Lady
1920
as Steve
Jack Craigen, an engineer who has just finished a construction job in South Africa, returns to New York. There, at the home of his Uncle Cannell, he m...
Prudence the Pirate
1916
as John Astorbilt
To her aunt's dismay, Prudence isn't interested in society life. She'd rather listen to the butler's tall tales of being a pirate. Nixed from a boat t...
The Traffic Cop
1916
as Book Agent
During his daily duties, Casey the Cop rescues a woman who's soon his sweetheart. Later, she learns from her banker uncle that her inheritance has bee...
The Flight of the Duchess
1916
as The Duke
Based on Browning's poem, a widowed Duchess raises a son that decides to abandon modern ways and act like it's the medieval days. When he wishes to ma...
Bill Bunks the Bandit
1915
as Bill - a Gentleman from the East