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 Sal...
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.
Seven Chances
Too Much Wife
Souls for Sale
Ladies of Leisure
Is Matrimony a Failure?
Village Tale
Chicago
Hollywood
It's a Gift
The Unknown Cavalier
Life Begins at Forty
Exit the Vamp
Women of All Nations
Body and Soul
Carnival
Wide Open
Dangerous Curves
Kansas City Princess
Adam and Eva
Aloha
A Trip to Paramountown
Doubting Thomas
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
See My Lawyer