James Barton

Actor

About

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Birth Place

Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA

Born

November 01, 1890

Died

February 19, 1962

Biography

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James Barton was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Barton began his career with roles in the John Wayne drama "The Shepherd of the Hills" (1941), the dramatic adaptation "The Time of Your Life" (1948) with James Cagney and "Yellow Sky" (1948) with Gregory Peck. Barton made film his next project, appearing in the June Haver musical comedy "The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady...

Filmography

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The Misfits (1961)

The Old Man in the Bar

[Puritan, the] Minstrel

The Naked Hills (1956)

Golden Girl (1951)

Here Comes the Groom (1951)

The Scarf (1951)

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Misfits, The (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Ten Times In A Row

His Family Tree -- (Movie Clip) My Dear Mr. Irishman

Biography

James Barton was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Barton began his career with roles in the John Wayne drama "The Shepherd of the Hills" (1941), the dramatic adaptation "The Time of Your Life" (1948) with James Cagney and "Yellow Sky" (1948) with Gregory Peck. Barton made film his next project, appearing in the June Haver musical comedy "The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady" (1950), "Wabash Avenue" (1950) with Betty Grable and the historical feature "Golden Girl" (1951) with Mitzi Gaynor. He also appeared in the Bing Crosby comedy "Here Comes the Groom" (1951) and the Fred MacMurray western "Quantez" (1957). Later in his career, Barton acted in "The Misfits" (1961). Barton passed away in February 1962 at the age of 72.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Misfits (1961)

The Old Man in the Bar

[Puritan, the] Minstrel

The Naked Hills (1956)

Golden Girl (1951)

Here Comes the Groom (1951)

The Scarf (1951)

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)

Wabash Avenue (1950)

Yellow Sky (1948)

The Time of Your Life (1948)

[Kit Carson] A cigar store Indian fighter

The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)

Old Matt [Matthews]

Back to Nature (1936)

Motorcycle officer

His Family Tree (1935)

Captain Hurricane (1935)

Captain Zenas Henry Brewster

Helldorado (1934)

Why Women Remarry (1923)

Life Events

1892

First appearance on stage

1935

First feature film as actor

Videos

Misfits, The (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Ten Times In A Row Screenwriter Arthur Miller wrote this scene for his wife Marilyn Monroe (as Roslyn) in which she causes a big ruckus by playing paddle-ball in a cowboy bar in The Misfits, 1961.

His Family Tree -- (Movie Clip) My Dear Mr. Irishman Irish Murphy (James Barton) arrives in Iowa, meeting his granddaughter (Marjorie Gateson), his politician-son's P-R man (Addison Randall), his daughter in-law (Margaret Callahan), who's been pretending he doesn't exist, and the campaign manager (Herman Bing), in His Family Tree, 1935.

His Family Tree -- (Movie Clip) A Desolate Space From the opening scene, James Barton, by then a modest Vaudeville legend, as County Kerry pub owner "Patrick Murphy," making good his promise to cross to the pond to find out why his son's letters have stopped arriving, in His Family Tree, 1935.

Misfits, The - (Original Trailer) A sensitive divorcee (Marilyn Monroe) gets mixed up with modern cowboys roping mustangs in the desert in The Misfits (1961) also starring Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift.

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