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Barton MacLane

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 became so typecast that his name was for a time used proverbially, to generally describe a shouting, hard-nosed ruffian. After training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, MacLane joined a stock company in Brooklyn. In 1927 he had his first part on Broadway, a brief moment as an assistant district attorney, in the melodrama "The Trial of Mary Dugan". He then played a small featured role as a police officer in "Subway Express" (1929-30), a drama enacted in the interior of a subway car. In mid-1932 MacLane tried his hand at writing his own starring vehicle for the stage, entitled "Rendezvous". While the play closed after just 21 performances, it led to a contract with Warner Brothers. Barton had already appeared in bit roles for Paramount at their Astoria Studios, including The Marx Brothers' debut film The Cocoanuts (1929). He portrayed mobster Brad Collins in 'G' Men (1935) (with James Cagney), which set the tone for most of his future assignments. Brawny, with squinty eyes and a rasping voice, MacLane was the ideal surly tough guy, particularly suitable for westerns and the type of films noir Warner Brothers excelled at. He was often cast as cops, be they bent or honest. Some of his most representative performances include gangster Al Kruger in Bullets or Ballots (1936), which won him some of the best critical notices of his career; outlaw Jack Slade in Western Union (1941); crooked construction boss Pat McCormick, who gets beaten up by Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt over past-due wages in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); hard-nosed cops Detective Dundy in The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Lt. Reece in Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950). MacLane, on loan to Universal, also had a starring role in Prison Break (1938) as an innocent tuna fisherman who is framed for murder. He was prominent as a tough but sympathetic cop, foil to sleuthing girl reporter Glenda Farrell in the "Torchy Blaine" series of the mid- to late 1930s. In the 1960s Barton began to cultivate a good-guy image as Marshal Frank Caine in the NBC western series Outlaws (1960) as well as showing up in a small recurring role as Air Force Gen. Martin Peterson in I Dream of Jeannie (1965). Barton was married to the actress Charlotte Wynters, who appeared with him in six of his films. When not on the set, the couple spent time on their 2000-acre cattle ranch in Madera County, California. For his work in television, Barton has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	5.612
Birthday	1902-12-25
Place of Birth	Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Also Known As	Ernest Barton MacLane, Barton Mac Lane, Barton Maclane, Barton McLane, Бартон Маклейн,

Pocketful of Miracles

The Maltese Falcon

Foxfire

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Manpower

Nabonga

The Rounders

Red Light

Come Live with Me

The Walking Dead

High Sierra

Bullets or Ballots

Cry of the Werewolf

The Mummy's Ghost

Scared Stiff

Mysterious Intruder

The Prince and the Pauper

All Through the Night

The Geisha Boy

Western Union

Backlash

You and Me

The Glenn Miller Story

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Kansas Pacific

San Quentin

Tarzan and the Huntress

You Only Live Once

Secret Command

The Man Is Armed

Man of Courage

Times Square Playboy

San Quentin

Ceiling Zero

Tarzan and the Amazons

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

Black Fury

Bugles in the Afternoon

The Spanish Main

Smart Blonde

The Big Street

Highways by Night

Wetbacks

Drums in the Deep South

God's Country and the Woman

Best of the Badmen

Gunfighters of Abilene

Tillie and Gus

Song of Texas

The Thundering Herd

Stand Up and Fight

The Case of the Lucky Legs

Men Without Souls

Unknown Island

Blondes at Work

Frisco Kid

To the Last Man

Man of the Forest

Hell's Crossroads

Girl on the Run

Fly Away Baby

Naked Gun

Arizona Bushwhackers

Barnacle Bill

Stranded

Wine, Women and Horses

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

The Adventurous Blonde

Torchy Runs for Mayor

Torchy Gets Her Man

Buckskin

The Half-Breed

Page Miss Glory

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Treasure of Ruby Hills

Cheyenne

Noose for a Gunman

Jail Busters

Melody Ranch