Barnett Parker
Acting
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 twitter or wild gesticulation. Parker was trained under Marie Tempest and George Alexander in...
Best Performances
Highest rated appearances
Filmography
New Wine
as The Duke
Kisses for Breakfast
as Phillips
The Reluctant Dragon
as Dragon (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice)
A Man Betrayed
as George
Tall, Dark and Handsome
as Quentin
Love Thy Neighbor
as George - Fred's Chauffeur
One Night in the Tropics
as Thompson, Steve's Butler (uncredited)
Hullabaloo
as Samuel Stephens
La Conga Nights
as Hammond
He Married His Wife
as Huggins
At the Circus
as Whitcomb
Babes in Arms
as William
Hotel for Women
as Photographer
She Married a Cop
as Bekins, the Butler
The Girl Downstairs
as Hugo
Listen, Darling
as Abercrombie
Marie Antoinette
as Prince de Rohan
Hold That Kiss
as Maurice
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Oscar
Love Is a Headache
as Hotchkiss, Carlotta's Butler
Navy Blue and Gold
as Graves
Live, Love and Learn
as Alfredo
Double Wedding
as Mr. Flint, Margit's Bookkeeper
Wake Up and Live
as Foster
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Jerry Jason
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Albert, Stephan's Butler
Married Before Breakfast
as Tweed
Personal Property
as Arthur Trevelyan
Ready, Willing and Able
as Waiter
Espionage
as Bill Cordell
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Purser
Dangerous Number
as Minehardi
We Who Are About to Die
as John Barkley
A Girl's Best Years
as Primrose
Born to Dance
as Floorwalker
The General Died at Dawn
as Dining Car Man (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
as Butler (uncredited)
The President's Mystery
as Roger
Roaming Lady
as Waters
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Butler (uncredited)
