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.
Jim Mablett
电影 1955
Pat McCormick
电影 1948
Sam O'Donnell
电影 1940
电影 1930
Lt. Barry Lane
电影 1944
George 'Deacon' Markham
电影 1945
Bather
电影 1929
Det. Lt. Dan Coster
电影 1956
John Wallace
电影 1943
Policeman Baxter
电影 1933
Steve McBride
电影 1937
Case Ables
电影 1942
Leo Bronson
电影 1942
Karl Shanks
电影 1956
Joad
电影 1951
Jim Calvert
电影 1943
Crowder
电影 1939
Spider Burke
电影 1935
Lt. Steve McBride
电影 1938
Mulvey
电影 1933
Francis J. Brannigan
电影 1958
Joe Barnum
电影 1956
Steve McBride
电影 1937
Steve McBride
电影 1939
Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride
电影 1939
Sheriff Grover
电影 1968
John Kelly
电影 1941
Blackie
电影 1935
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
电影 1983
Webb Yancey
电影 1947
Tex Brandow
电影 1948
Captain Jenkins
电影 1955
电影 1932
Mark Wildhack
电影 1940
Lee Graham
电影 1954
Wilson
电影 1957
Duke Hutchinson
电影 1935
Jules Reni
电影 1953
Sgt. Maguire
电影 1944
Red Bastian
电影 1935
Case Hagin
电影 1947
John Tate
电影 1943
Jim Barnes
电影 1937
Sheriff Jim Harden
电影 1950
Captain Scarface
电影 1953
Joaquin Shannon
电影 1938
Clifton Jeffords
电影 1935
Larry Channock
电影 1950
Lem Gotch
电影 1957
Crewman
电影 1931
Texas Jack Barton
电影 1948
Archie Dixon
电影 1943
James Fell
电影 1965
Marvin Parker
电影 1953
Al McCoy
电影 1937
Crawford
电影 1946
Pirate Kelly
电影 1941
Detective Lucas
电影 1935
Sheriff Tatum
电影 1944
Andrew Beaupre
电影 1937
Red Manson
电影 1939
Chris Bennett
电影 1935
Mob Organizer (archive footage)
电影 1968
Steve Bailey
电影 1956
Cliff Ballenger
电影 1936
Detective Captain Rourke
电影 1936
Gunner Malone
电影 1938
Ace King
电影 1939
Sailor
电影 1932
电影 1933
James J. Ryan
电影 1941
Self
电影 1936
Sheriff Olson
电影 1954
Deacon Bartlett
电影 1954
First Cop (uncredited)
电影 1934
Detective with Handcuffs
电影 1931
Cafe Customer
电影 1931
'Banjo' Sweeney
电影 1948
Henry 'Tiny' Longtree
电影 1955
Mosby, Gang Leader
电影 1955
Yates
电影 1956
Simon Crayle
电影 1958
Phil Daley
电影 1939
Himself (uncredited)
电影 1935
Self
电影 1937
Self
电影 1939
Captain Cogswell
电影 1938
Self (archive footage)
电影 1997
Capt. Jack Matthews
电影 1953
Self (archive footage)
电影 1976
Harry the Guide
电影 1933
Football Player (uncredited)
电影 1926
Big Jim
电影 1958
Tv 1958
Tv 1955
General Peterson
Tv 1965
Tv 1964
Herkimer Crawford
Tv 1955
Senator Harriman Baylor
Tv 1957
Tv 1966
Marshal Frank Caine
Tv 1960
Tv 1958
Steve
Tv 1950
Tv 1967
Gen. Bailey
Tv 1956
Tv 1954
Tv 1959
General Fowler
Tv 1959
Tv 1956
Tv 1954
Willard Kerner
Tv 1955
Marvin Platt
Tv 1950
Milo
Tv 1952
Capt. Webber
Tv 1952
Sheriff Eugene Norris
Tv 1957
Harold Minter
Tv 1957
Archer Osmond
Tv 1957
Rawls Kettrick
Tv 1954