Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1902-12-25 (67 years old)
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
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...
1961
as Police Commissioner
1941
as Lt. of Detectives Dundy
1941
as Sam Higgins
1955
as Jim Mablett
1948
as Pat McCormick
1940
as Sam O'Donnell
1930
1941
as Smiley Quinn
1944
as Carl Hurst
1965
as Tanner
1941
as Barney Grogan
1949
as Detective Strecker
1936
as Loder
1941
as Jake Kranmer
1936
as Al Kruger
1944
as Lt. Barry Lane
1944
as Inspector Walgreen
1945
as George 'Deacon' Markham
1946
as Detective Taggart
1937
as John Canty
1942
as Marty Callahan
1941
as Jack Slade
1956
as Sergeant George Lake
1958
as Major Ridgley
1938
as Mickey
1954
as General Arnold
1929
as Bather
1950
as Lieutenant John Reece
1953
as Cal Bruce
1937
as Lt. Druggin
1947
as Paul Weir
1937
as Stephen Whitney
1944
as Red Kelly
1956
as Det. Lt. Dan Coster
1943
as John Wallace
1945
as Ballister
1936
as Casey (Vic's Butler/Trainer)
1946
as Nick Taylor
1933
as Policeman Baxter
1943
as Detective Rief
1936
as Al Stone
1935
as McGee
1952
as Capt. Myles Moylan
1945
as Capt. Benjamin Black
1942
as Case Ables
1937
as Steve McBride
1942
as Leo Bronson
1956
as Karl Shanks
1951
as Sgt. Mac McCardle
1937
as Bullhead
1951
as Joad
1948
as Rufus J. "Gotch" McCurdy
1933
as Commissioner McLennan
1960
as Seth
1943
as Jim Calvert
1935
as Bisonette
1939
as Crowder
1933
as Henchman Pruitt
1935
as Spider Burke
1948
as Capt. Tarnowski
1938
as Lt. Steve McBride
1940
as Blackie Drew
1933
as Neil Stanley
1933
as Mulvey
1957
as Clyde O'Connell
1948
as Max Giorgio
1958
as Francis J. Brannigan
1956
as Joe Barnum
1937
as Steve McBride
1937
as Det. Lt. Steve McBride
1938
as Detective Steve McBride
1939
as Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride
1939
as Steve McBride
1968
as Sheriff Grover
1968
as Dr. H. 'Doc' Raymond
1941
as John Kelly
1937
as Jim Turner
1935
as Sharkey
1952
as Marshal Cassidy
1935
as Blackie
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
as Chalk Reynolds
1948
as Tex Brandow
1947
as Webb Yancey
1960
as Carl Avery
1964
as Big Tom Stone
1955
as Captain Jenkins
1932
1940
as Mark Wildhack
1954
as Lee Graham
1957
as Wilson
1935
as Duke Hutchinson
1953
as Jules Reni
1944
as Sgt. Maguire
1935
as Red Bastian
1947
as Case Hagin
1943
as John Tate
1937
as Jim Barnes
1950
as Sheriff Jim Harden
1953
as Captain Scarface
1938
as Joaquin Shannon
1934
as Charley Benson
1935
as Clifton Jeffords
1950
as Larry Channock
1957
as Lem Gotch
1931
as Crewman
1938
as Slag Martin
1948
as Texas Jack Barton
1943
as Archie Dixon
1965
as James Fell
1953
as Marvin Parker
1937
as Al McCoy
1946
as Crawford
1941
as Pirate Kelly
1935
as Detective Lucas
1935
as Collins
1944
as Sheriff Tatum
1937
as Andrew Beaupre
1939
as Red Manson
1935
as Chris Bennett
1956
as Steve Bailey
1940
as Jim Ramsey
1936
as Cliff Ballenger
1936
as Detective Captain Rourke
1938
as Gunner Malone
1939
as Ace King
1932
as Sailor
1933
1941
as James J. Ryan
1936
as Self
1954
as Sheriff Olson
1954
as Deacon Bartlett
1934
as First Cop (uncredited)
1931
as Detective with Handcuffs
1931
as Cafe Customer
1948
as 'Banjo' Sweeney
1955
as Henry 'Tiny' Longtree
1955
as Mosby, Gang Leader
1956
as Yates
1958
as Simon Crayle
1939
as Phil Daley
1952
as Sgt. Durkee
1935
as Himself (uncredited)
1937
as Self
1939
as Self
1938
as Captain Cogswell
1997
as Self (archive footage)
1953
as Capt. Jack Matthews
1976
as Self (archive footage)
1933
as Harry the Guide
1926
as Football Player (uncredited)
1958
as Big Jim
1943
as Story
1943
as Screenplay
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