T. Roy Barnes
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Barnes appeared in over 50 films between 1920 and 1935, primarily in comedies. Barnes started his show career in vaudeville later turning to stage and film acting. During the 1920s, he often played "brash young go-getters" in supporting and leading roles. He’s best known for his roles as Buster Keaton's business partner Billy Meekin in Seven Chances (1925) and in W. C. Fields' comedy It's a Gift (1934), portraying an inquisitive Insurance Salesman. He retired from movies in 1935 and died two years later.
Known for
Credits
Seven Chances (1925)
as Billy Meekin, His Partner
Souls for Sale (1923)
as Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary
Dangerous Curves (1929)
as Pa Spinelli
See My Lawyer (1921)
as Robert Gardner
Kansas City Princess (1934)
as Alderman James 'Jim' Cameron
Ladies of Leisure (1926)
as Eric Van Norden
Life Begins at Forty (1935)
as Simonds, the Salesman
It's a Gift (1934)
as Insurance Salesman
Too Much Wife (1922)
as Jack Morgan
Hollywood (1923)
as T. Roy Barnes
Carnival (1935)
as Salesman
Exit the Vamp (1921)
as John Shipley
Doubting Thomas (1935)
as LaMaze
The Old Homestead (1922)
as Happy Jack
Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922)
as Arthur Haviland
Chicago (1927)
as Reporter
Wide Open (1930)
as Bob Wyeth
Village Tale (1935)
as Goggy Smith
Aloha (1931)
as Johnny Marvin
A Trip to Paramountown (1922)
as Self
Women of All Nations (1931)
as Captain of the Marines
So Long Letty (1920)
as Harry Miller
The Go-Getter (1923)
as Bill Peck
Body and Soul (1927)
as The Postman
Sally (1930)
as Otis Hooper
Reckless Romance (1924)
as Jerry Warner
Her Face Value (1921)
as Jimmy Parsons
Adam and Eva (1923)
as The Salesman-Hero
The Great White Way (1924)
as Jack Murray
Don't Get Personal (1922)
as John Wainwright
The Unknown Cavalier (1926)
as Clout Pettingill
Young Ideas (1924)
as Pritchett Spence
A Regular Scout (1926)
as Steve Baxter
Butterfly (1924)
as Cy Dwyer
The Crowded Hour (1925)
as Matt Wilde
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent (1925)
as Harry Green
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 (1930)
as T. Roy Barnes
A Blonde for a Night (1928)
as George
How's My Baby? (1930)
Actor
A Kiss in Time (1921)
as Brian Moore
The Four Star Boarder (1935)
as Felix