About
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...
Known for
Perry MasonSeries • 1957
Four Star PlayhouseSeries • 1952
I Dream of JeannieSeries • 1965
CheyenneSeries • 1955
The MunstersSeries • 1964
GunsmokeSeries • 1955
77 Sunset StripSeries • 1958
The MonkeesSeries • 1966
Studio 57Series • 1954
Telephone TimeSeries • 1956
Black SaddleSeries • 1959
Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries • 1958
OutlawsSeries • 1960
Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950
TightropeSeries • 1959
The Wonderful World of DisneySeries • 1954
The Maltese FalconMovie • 1941
The Treasure of the Sierra MadreMovie • 1948
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeMovie • 1941
Western UnionMovie • 1941
The Geisha BoyMovie • 1958
The Glenn Miller StoryMovie • 1954
The CocoanutsMovie • 1929
'G' MenMovie • 1935