Biography
Robert Harriot Barrat (July 10, 1889 – January 7, 1970) was an American stage, motion picture, and television character actor.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered fi...
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Baxter in 'Go West' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Tall Man Riding
1955
as Tucker Ordway
Still seeking revenge against ranch owner Tuck Ordway for publicly whipping him years earlier and breaking up his relationship with Ordway's daughter,...
Cow Country
1953
as Walt Garnet
A hired hand gets caught between a noble rancher and ruthless land grabbers.
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
as Charlie Haskins
Jim Vesser and his team of railroading men try to build a rail line through a mountain pass, while a group of less scrupulous construction workers sab...
Distant Drums
1951
as Gen. Zachary Taylor
After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to re...
Flight to Mars
1951
as Tillamar
Four scientists and a newsman crash land on Mars and meet martians who act friendly.
Darling, How Could You!
1951
as Mr. Rossiter
Two absentee American parents get to know their three children again after spending five years in Panama.
Double Crossbones
1951
as Henry Morgan
Falsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty, young Davey Crandall and friend Tom Botts buy passage on t...
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
as Gen. Douglas MacArthur
American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive i...
The Baron of Arizona
1950
as Judge Adams
The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires James Reavis to forge a chain of historical eviden...
The Kid from Texas
1950
as General Wallace
Billy the Kid becomes embroiled in Lincoln County, NM, land wars. When rancher who gave him a break is killed by rival henchman, Billy vows revenge. N...
Riders of the Range
1950
as Sheriff Cole
Out-of-work cowboys Kansas Jones and Chito Rafferty are offered jobs at pretty Dusty Willis' ranch after saving her from a beating by saloon owner Cli...
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
1950
as James Lone Eagle
It's 1848 and a wagon train with an Army escort is heading west through Indian territory, It's scout is Davy Crockett, nephew of his more famous names...
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
1949
as Steve Taylor
A newspaper man, and former jewel thief, is accused of gem theft.
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
as Marshal Heck Thomas
When the Daltons are killed at Coffeyville, gang member Bill Doolin, arriving late, escapes but kills a man. Now wanted for murder, he becomes the lea...
Canadian Pacific
1949
as William Van Horne
A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.
Song of India
1949
as Maharaja
Jungle adventure drama about a young man and his wild animal friends attempting to thwart a government-approved hunting expedition.
Bad Men of Tombstone
1949
as Leadville Sheriff
A marshal goes up against a collection of vicious outlaws terrorizing his own.
Joan of Arc
1948
as Jacques d'Arc, Joan's Father
In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of A...
Relentless
1948
as Ed Simpson
A man wrongly accused of murder tracks the true culprit across the desert.
I Love Trouble
1948
as Lt. Quint
A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.
Road to Rio
1947
as Johnson
Scat Sweeney and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away onboard a ship bound for Rio, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of...
The Fabulous Texan
1947
as Dr. Sharp (as Robert H. Barrat)
A couple of Confederate soldiers, returning home from the Civil War, find Texas transformed into an armed camp with a quasi-dictator gathering up land...
The Sea of Grass
1947
as Judge Seth White
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
Magnificent Doll
1946
as Mr. Payne
While packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the impending British invasion of Washington D.C., Dolly Payne Ma...
Dangerous Millions
1946
as Hendrick Van Boyden (as Robert H. Barrat)
Eight strangers meet in Shanghai to stake claims to the fortune of a late shipping magnate, then must evade a murderer in their midst.
The Time of Their Lives
1946
as Maj. Putnam
Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George ...
Sunset Pass
1946
as Rand Curtis
A young outlaw gets involved with a gang of crooks. When he tells them he is breaking away, they threaten to pin a false murder charge on him. But he ...
Just Before Dawn
1946
as Clyde Travers (as Robert H. Barrat)
In the 7th film of the "Crime Doctor" series based on the radio program, Dr. Robert Ordway is summoned to take attend a diabetic, and gives an injecti...
Road to Utopia
1946
as Sperry
While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her fath...
Strangler of the Swamp
1946
as Christian Sanders
A number of swamp land men have died by strangulation and the inhabitants believe that an innocent man they hanged is seeking revenge on all of the ma...
San Antonio
1945
as Colonel Johnson
Rancher Clay Hardin arrives in San Antonio to search for and capture Roy Stuart, notorious leader of a gang of cattle rustlers. The vicious outlaw is ...
Dakota
1945
as Anson Stowe (as Robert H. Barrat)
In 1871, professional gambler John Devlin elopes with Sandra "Sandy" Poli, daughter of Marko Poli, an immigrant who has risen to railroad tycoon. Sand...
They Were Expendable
1945
as The General
After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the a...
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1945
as Uncle Jim Collinshaw
In this western, a young cowboy rides out to avenge his father's killer. Eventually, he finds the scoundrel, but by this time opts not to kill him for...
The Great John L.
1945
as Billy Muldoon
Portrait of legendary fighter John L. Sullivan, aka "The Boston Strong Boy", and his meteoric rise to become the first gloved World Heavyweight Champ...
Grissly's Millions
1945
as Grissly Morgan Palmor
An eccentric wealthy man is murdered, and the police set out to find his killer.
Enemy of Women
1944
as Heinrich Walburg
Playwright Joseph Goebbels turns Nazi propagandist and loses his girlfriend to another man.
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944
as Horace E. Bixby, Riverboat Captain
A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain.
Johnny Come Lately
1943
as Bill Swain
Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will b...
Bomber's Moon
1943
as Ernst
An American pilot swears to get revenge on the German ace who shot his brother in this war movie set in war-torn Europe. Montgomery is the pilot. Afte...
They Came to Blow Up America
1943
as Capt. Kranz
Based on a true incident that occurred in 1942 when nine Nazi saboteurs were put ashore on the coast of Long Island, New York, by submarine, with orde...
A Stranger in Town
1943
as Mayor Jim Connison
In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seem...
American Empire
1942
as Crowder, Small Rancher
Richard Dix as Dan Taylor and Preston S. Foster as Paxton Bryce are two longtime friends seeking their fortune in Texas after the war. The two men dec...
Fall In
1942
as Col. Elliott
An Army sergeant's photographic memory puts him in conflict with a Nazi spy.
The Girl from Alaska
1942
as Frayne
A would-be prospector becomes involved in a plot to deceive an old prospector of his cache, but falls in love with his daughter instead.
Military Training
1941
as Main Instructor
Training Film No. A-3: Poor Instruction, Rifle Litter, First Aid Demonstration, Bayonet Drill, Firing Range Instruction, Drill Squad, Charts and Instr...
Riders of the Purple Sage
1941
as Judge Frank Dyer
Lassiter discovers the judge who cheated his neice of her inheritance leads a gang of bad guys posing as vigilantes. This 1941 Fox production stars a ...
Parachute Battalion
1941
as Col. Burke
Director Leslie Goodwins' 1941 military drama, about various men who become buddies when they join the paratroopers, stars Robert Preston, Edmond O'Br...
They Met in Argentina
1941
as Don Enrique de los Santos O'Shea
A Texas oil millionaire, after failing to secure oil lands in Argentina, seeks out a famous racehorse in Buenos Aires and orders his representative to...
Go West
1940
as 'Red' Baxter
Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and R...
Fugitive from a Prison Camp
1940
as Chester Russell
Sheriff Holt is determined to prove that prisoners can be rehabilitated and released into society in this prison drama. In charge of a new kind of pro...
Captain Caution
1940
as Capt. Dorman
When her father dies, a young girl helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812.
Northwest Passage
1940
as Humphrey Towne
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force e...
The Man from Dakota
1940
as Parson Summers
A frontier scout, a Boston officer and a Russian girl escape with a map past Confederates.
Laddie
1940
as Mr. John Stanton
Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military father, recently immigrated from England.
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939
as Jim Harbison
An orphan whose father has been killed by bandits inherits a mine. Cisco saves the mine and the child and also finds the child's real mother.
Allegheny Uprising
1939
as Duncan
South western Pennsylvania area of colonial America, 1760s. Colonial distaste and disapproval of the British government is starting to surface. Many l...
Bad Lands
1939
as Sheriff Bill Cummings
A sheriff and his posse set out to catch a murderer, but their mission proves more dangerous than anyone suspected after they become stranded in the d...
Conspiracy
1939
as Tio / Edwards
American Steve Kendall, a freighter's radio officer, discovers seaman Carlson sending an unauthorized message ashore as the ship approaches his war-po...
Colorado Sunset
1939
as Dr. Rodney Blair
When his well-meaning sidekick (Smiley Burnette) buys a cow farm instead of a cattle ranch, singing cowpoke Gene Autry prepares to embrace the dairy b...
Heritage of the Desert
1939
as Andrew Naab
John Abbott returns to the desert land he owns, and after being wounded by hired gunman Chick Chance, he is befriended by rancher Andrew Naab and his ...
Man of Conquest
1939
as David Crockett
The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas.
Union Pacific
1939
as Duke Ring
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opp...
The Return of the Cisco Kid
1939
as Sheriff McNally
In Arizona a young woman who's being manipulated by an evil businessman is helped by the Cisco Kid who happens to be there on holiday.
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Harrington (archive footage) (uncredited)
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938
as Captain Johnson
While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freigh...
Shadows Over Shanghai
1938
as Igor Sargoza
A pilot carrying a valuable amulet is shot down over China by a ruthless Russian agent, who also wants the amulet.
Breaking the Ice
1938
as William Decker
The story begins while Tommy Martin and his mother, Martha Martin say goodbye to Henry and Reuben Johnson. After having stopped by the Mennonite farm...
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Citizen-Officer (uncredited)
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the riv...
The Texans
1938
as Isaiah Middlebrack
After the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier faces new battles, including the elements and a carpetbagger intent on destroying him.
Forbidden Valley
1938
as Ramrod Locke
In this youth-oriented western, a young man's father is wrongfully accused of murder. Unfortunately, his pa can't prove it and so flees into the rugge...
Penitentiary
1938
as Prison Yard Capt. Grady
The story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he prosecuted.
The Buccaneer
1938
as Captain Brown
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937
as Hank Summers
A ruthless outlaw becomes very protective of a prizefighter when he learns the young man is his own son.
Love Is on the Air
1937
as J.D. Harrington
A newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town's criminal activities over the airwaves.
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
as Major Walsin-Esterhazy
A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins...
Souls at Sea
1937
as The Reverend (uncredited)
Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave trade on the high seas during 1842.
Confession
1937
as Prosecuting Attorney
Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's l...
Draegerman Courage
1937
as Martin Crane
After a mine cave in, the rescue crew risks their lives to search for two trapped miners.
Mountain Justice
1937
as Jeff Harkins
Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.
Black Legion
1937
as Brown (uncredited)
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates fore...
God's Country and the Woman
1937
as Jefferson Russett
Hard-nosed Jefferson Russett runs a logging company; his brother, Steve, is the prodigal son. Steve becomes stranded on the competition's property and...
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
as Count Igor Volonoff
In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances w...
Trailin' West
1936
as Abraham Lincoln
A singing secret agent tracks down renegades at President Lincoln's request.
Mary of Scotland
1936
as Morton
The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
The Last of the Mohicans
1936
as Chingachgook
The story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns—in part—a Huron massacre (with passive French acqu...
Sons o' Guns
1936
as Pierre
Broadway star Jimmy Canfield stars in a patriotic show on the great white way during WWI. He plays the heroic soldier, but he is doesn't want to join ...
I Married a Doctor
1936
as Nels Valborg
City girl marries country doctor, meets prejudice and exclusion when she tries to befriend the townspeople.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
as Buck Falin
A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.
The Country Doctor
1936
as MacKenzie
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.
Exclusive Story
1936
as Werther
A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious gangster behind bars.
Captain Blood
1935
as Wolverstone
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935
as Buck Cantrell
A singing medicine-show cowboy and his magician partner catch a killer.
Dr. Socrates
1935
as Dr. Ginder
Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor...
Dressed to Thrill
1935
as Gaston Dupont
Dressed to Thrill is a 1935 American musical film directed by Harry Lachman and written by Samson Raphaelson. The film stars Tutta Rolf, Clive Brook, ...
Special Agent
1935
as Chief of Internal Revenue Service
A reporter turned tax agent infiltrates a crime ring to catch a racketeer, working with the mobster's bookkeeper. When she agrees to testify, an infor...
The Murder Man
1935
as Robins
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his...
Stranded
1935
as Stanislaus Janauschek
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
Village Tale
1935
as Drury Stevenson
The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love very unhappy.
The Florentine Dagger
1935
as Inspector Von Brinkner
A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.
While the Patient Slept
1935
as Adolphe Federie
A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.
Devil Dogs of the Air
1935
as Commandant
Two Marine pilots vie for romance and glory.
Bordertown
1935
as Padre
An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.
I Am a Thief
1934
as Baron Otto Von Kampf
A man dodges jewel thieves while carrying a fortune in diamonds on the Orient Express.
The St. Louis Kid
1934
as Farmer Benson
Trucker Eddie Kennedy gets involved with the law when he has an car accident with Ann Reid and knocks the owner of a dairy out. He evades a penalty wh...
The Firebird
1934
as Halasz, the Apartment House Manager
Herman Brandt, a handsome but overly conceited actor, lives in the same apartment building in Vienna as Carola and John Pointer and their 18-year-old ...
I Sell Anything
1934
as McPherson
Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?
Big Hearted Herbert
1934
as Jim
After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws at a dinner party, Mrs. Kalness devises a scheme ...
The Dragon Murder Case
1934
as Rudolph Stamm
Wonderful idea to give a party with people who dislike each other. Late at night, everyone decides to go into the pool, except Stamm, who is drunk. Mo...
Housewife
1934
as Sam Blake
Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend Patric...
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934
as Alexis Romanoff
Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten dow...
Here Comes the Navy
1934
as Commander Denny
A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.
Midnight Alibi
1934
as Angie
An elderly woman provides an alibi to a man she scarcely knows who is on trial for murder of his girlfriend's racketeer father.
Return of the Terror
1934
as Pudge Walker
"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has been converted into an inn.
Fog Over Frisco
1934
as Thorne
Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance of her half-sister Arlene, a wealthy socialite who is...
Upperworld
1934
as Police Commissioner Clark
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the m...
A Very Honorable Guy
1934
as Dr. Snitzer
Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to se...
Wonder Bar
1934
as Hugo Von Ferring
Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and t...
Gambling Lady
1934
as Mike Lee
A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks ou...
Dark Hazard
1934
as Tex Willis
Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame Valeri...
Massacre
1934
as Dawson
Upon the death of his father, who was the tribal chieftain, Joe Thunder Horse returns to the reservation of his youth, only to discover that his peopl...
Hi, Nellie!
1934
as Brownell
Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlement of the bank. He considers Frank a s...
From Headquarters
1933
as Anderzian
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
as Archer Coe
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broke...
Wild Boys of the Road
1933
as Judge R.H. White
At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their par...
I Loved a Woman
1933
as Phineas D. Lane aka Charles Lane
The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as he reluctantly inherits the mantle and falls in l...
Captured!
1933
as The Commandant
While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his oldest and dearest friend Digby has also been captured and...
The Devil's in Love
1933
as Maj. Bertram
The French Foreign Legion is the setting for this episodic adventure yarn. Victor Jory plays a Legion doctor falsely accused of murdering his commande...
Secret of the Blue Room
1933
as Paul, Butler
According to a legend, the mansion's "blue room" is cursed -- everyone who has ever spent the night in that room has met with an untimely end. The thr...
Baby Face
1933
as Nick Powers
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her hap...
The Mayor of Hell
1933
as Fred Smith
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Dep...
Heroes for Sale
1933
as Max Brinker
Tom Holmes is someone guided by honesty and moral rectitude, a heroic veteran of the World War I marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his batt...
Ann Carver's Profession
1933
as Andrew Simmons
Newlyweds experience marital problems when the wife's highly successful job as an attorney overshadows her husband's stagnant career.
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933
as Sheriff
Champion boxer Jimmy Dolan has cultivated a wholesome image for himself, but he's a boozer and womanizer behind the scenes. Intoxicated at a party, he...
The Silk Express
1933
as Mr. Calhoun, Attorney
As the demand for raw silk goes sky high, crooked businessman Wallace Myton corners the market with plans to drive up the price. Determined to fulfill...
Lilly Turner
1933
as Fritz 'Heinie'
One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival's barker and then falling for a young engine...
Picture Snatcher
1933
as Grover, Graphic News Owner
An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.
King of the Jungle
1933
as Joe Nolan
A white youth raised in the jungle by animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus.
Honor Among Lovers
1931
as Detective (uncredited)
Jerry Stafford falls for his secretary, Julia Traynor, but instead she marries a shady character who causes trouble for both of them.
Whispering Shadows
1921
as Hugh Brook
Just before his sudden death, a businessman accuses his son-in-law of embezzlement. His daughter is convinced of her fiancée's innocence and tries to ...
The Wonder Man
1920
as Alan Gardner
French Secret Service agent and boxer Henri D'Alour uncovers a plot to con the government out of millions of francs in its purchase of machinery.