
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

Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922)
as Arthur Haviland

It's a Gift (1934)
as Insurance Salesman

Too Much Wife (1922)
as Jack Morgan

Carnival (1935)
as Salesman

Chicago (1927)
as Reporter

Ladies of Leisure (1926)
as Eric Van Norden

A Trip to Paramountown (1922)
as Self

Exit the Vamp (1921)
as John Shipley

Hollywood (1923)
as T. Roy Barnes

Adam and Eva (1923)
as The Salesman-Hero

Life Begins at Forty (1935)
as Simonds, the Salesman

See My Lawyer (1921)
as Robert Gardner

Women of All Nations (1931)
as Captain of the Marines

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent (1925)
as Harry Green

The Great White Way (1924)
as Jack Murray

Village Tale (1935)
as Goggy Smith

Her Face Value (1921)
as Jimmy Parsons

Body and Soul (1927)
as The Postman

The Virginia Judge (1935)
as Advertising Man

Sally (1930)
as Otis Hooper

How's My Baby? (1930)
Actor

Dangerous Curves (1929)
as Pa Spinelli

Kansas City Princess (1934)
as Alderman James 'Jim' Cameron

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 (1930)
as T. Roy Barnes

Don't Get Personal (1922)
as John Wainwright

A Kiss in Time (1921)
as Brian Moore

The Old Homestead (1922)
as Happy Jack

A Blonde for a Night (1928)
as George

Wide Open (1930)
as Bob Wyeth

Doubting Thomas (1935)
as LaMaze

So Long Letty (1920)
as Harry Miller

The Crowded Hour (1925)
as Matt Wilde

A Regular Scout (1926)
as Steve Baxter

The Four Star Boarder (1935)
as Felix

The Unknown Cavalier (1926)
as Clout Pettingill

Aloha (1931)
as Johnny Marvin

Butterfly (1924)
as Cy Dwyer

Young Ideas (1924)
as Pritchett Spence

The Go-Getter (1923)
as Bill Peck
Reckless Romance (1924)
as Jerry Warner





