Barton MacLane

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-12-25 (67 years old)

Deathday

1969-01-01

Place of Birth

Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Barton MacLane

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...

Acting

1961

Pocketful of Miracles

as Police Commissioner

1941

The Maltese Falcon

as Lt. of Detectives Dundy

1941

1955

Foxfire

as Jim Mablett

1940

The Secret Seven

as Sam O'Donnell

1941

Manpower

as Smiley Quinn

1944

Nabonga

as Carl Hurst

1965

The Rounders

as Tanner

1941

Come Live with Me

as Barney Grogan

1949

Red Light

as Detective Strecker

1936

1941

High Sierra

as Jake Kranmer

1936

Bullets or Ballots

as Al Kruger

1944

Cry of the Werewolf

as Lt. Barry Lane

1944

The Mummy's Ghost

as Inspector Walgreen

1945

Scared Stiff

as George 'Deacon' Markham

1946

Mysterious Intruder

as Detective Taggart

1937

1942

All Through the Night

as Marty Callahan

1941

Western Union

as Jack Slade

1956

Backlash

as Sergeant George Lake

1958

The Geisha Boy

as Major Ridgley

1938

You and Me

as Mickey

1954

The Glenn Miller Story

as General Arnold

1929

The Cocoanuts

as Bather

1950

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

as Lieutenant John Reece

1953

Kansas Pacific

as Cal Bruce

1937

San Quentin

as Lt. Druggin

1947

1937

You Only Live Once

as Stephen Whitney

1944

Secret Command

as Red Kelly

1956

The Man Is Armed

as Det. Lt. Dan Coster

1943

Man of Courage

as John Wallace

1945

1936

Times Square Playboy

as Casey (Vic's Butler/Trainer)

1946

San Quentin

as Nick Taylor

1933

Lone Cowboy

as Policeman Baxter

1936

Ceiling Zero

as Al Stone

1935

Black Fury

as McGee

1952

Bugles in the Afternoon

as Capt. Myles Moylan

1945

The Spanish Main

as Capt. Benjamin Black

1942

The Big Street

as Case Ables

1937

Smart Blonde

as Steve McBride

1942

Highways by Night

as Leo Bronson

1956

Wetbacks

as Karl Shanks

1951

Drums in the Deep South

as Sgt. Mac McCardle

1948

The Walls of Jericho

as Rufus J. "Gotch" McCurdy

1933

Tillie and Gus

as Commissioner McLennan

1943

Song of Texas

as Jim Calvert

1939

1933

Buffalo Stampede

as Henchman Pruitt

1935

Frisco Kid

as Spider Burke

1948

Unknown Island

as Capt. Tarnowski

1938

Blondes at Work

as Lt. Steve McBride

1940

Men Without Souls

as Blackie Drew

1933

To the Last Man

as Neil Stanley

1933

1957

Hell's Crossroads

as Clyde O'Connell

1948

Angel in Exile

as Max Giorgio

1958

Girl on the Run

as Francis J. Brannigan

1956

Naked Gun

as Joe Barnum

1937

Fly Away Baby

as Steve McBride

1937

The Adventurous Blonde

as Det. Lt. Steve McBride

1938

Torchy Gets Her Man

as Detective Steve McBride

1939

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

as Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride

1939

Torchy Runs for Mayor

as Steve McBride

1968

Arizona Bushwhackers

as Sheriff Grover

1968

Buckskin

as Dr. H. 'Doc' Raymond

1941

Barnacle Bill

as John Kelly

1937

1935

Stranded

as Sharkey

1952

The Half-Breed

as Marshal Cassidy

1935

Page Miss Glory

as Blackie

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1955

Treasure of Ruby Hills

as Chalk Reynolds

1948

Relentless

as Tex Brandow

1947

Cheyenne

as Webb Yancey

1960

Noose for a Gunman

as Carl Avery

1964

Law of the Lawless

as Big Tom Stone

1955

Jail Busters

as Captain Jenkins

1940

Melody Ranch

as Mark Wildhack

1954

Rails Into Laramie

as Lee Graham

1957

1935

Go Into Your Dance

as Duke Hutchinson

1953

Jack Slade

as Jules Reni

1944

Marine Raiders

as Sgt. Maguire

1935

Dr. Socrates

as Red Bastian

1947

Jungle Flight

as Case Hagin

1943

The Underdog

as John Tate

1937

Born Reckless

as Jim Barnes

1950

The Bandit Queen

as Sheriff Jim Harden

1953

Captain Scarface

as Captain Scarface

1938

Prison Break

as Joaquin Shannon

1934

The Last Round-up

as Charley Benson

1935

I Found Stella Parish

as Clifton Jeffords

1950

Let's Dance

as Larry Channock

1957

Sierra Stranger

as Lem Gotch

1931

His Woman

as Crewman

1938

1948

The Dude Goes West

as Texas Jack Barton

1943

Bombardier

as Archie Dixon

1965

Town Tamer

as James Fell

1953

Cow Country

as Marvin Parker

1937

Ever Since Eve

as Al McCoy

1946

1941

Wild Geese Calling

as Pirate Kelly

1935

1935

'G' Men

as Collins

1944

Gentle Annie

as Sheriff Tatum

1937

Draegerman Courage

as Andrew Beaupre

1939

1935

Man of Iron

as Chris Bennett

1956

Jaguar

as Steve Bailey

1940

Gangs of Chicago

as Jim Ramsey

1936

Bengal Tiger

as Cliff Ballenger

1936

Jailbreak

as Detective Captain Rourke

1938

The Kid Comes Back

as Gunner Malone

1939

I Was a Convict

as Ace King

1932

Naughty-Cal

as Sailor

1941

Hit the Road

as James J. Ryan

1954

Hell's Outpost

as Sheriff Olson

1954

Jubilee Trail

as Deacon Bartlett

1934

All of Me

as First Cop (uncredited)

1931

Crimes Square

as Detective with Handcuffs

1931

The Gigolo Racket

as Cafe Customer

1948

Silver River

as 'Banjo' Sweeney

1955

The Silver Star

as Henry 'Tiny' Longtree

1955

Last of the Desperados

as Mosby, Gang Leader

1958

Frontier Gun

as Simon Crayle

1939

Big Town Czar

as Phil Daley

1952

Thunderbirds

as Sgt. Durkee

1935

A Dream Comes True

as Himself (uncredited)

1938

The Storm

as Captain Cogswell

1997

Bogart: The Untold Story

as Self (archive footage)

1953

Sea of Lost Ships

as Capt. Jack Matthews

1976

It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

1933

Big Executive

as Harry the Guide

1926

The Quarterback

as Football Player (uncredited)

1958

Production

1943

1943

Man of Courage

as Screenplay

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