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T. Roy Barnes
Acting
Biography
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.
BODY OF WORK
T. Roy Barnes's Filmography
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The Virginia Judge
as Advertising Man
Doubting Thomas
as LaMaze
Village Tale
as Goggy Smith
The Four Star Boarder
as Felix
Life Begins at Forty
as Simonds, the Salesman
Carnival
as Salesman
It's a Gift
as Insurance Salesman
Kansas City Princess
as Alderman James 'Jim' Cameron
Women of All Nations
as Captain of the Marines
Aloha
as Johnny Marvin
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
as T. Roy Barnes
How's My Baby?
Wide Open
as Bob Wyeth
Sally
as Otis Hooper
Dangerous Curves
as Pa Spinelli
A Blonde for a Night
as George
Chicago
as Reporter
Body and Soul
as The Postman
A Regular Scout
as Steve Baxter
The Unknown Cavalier
as Clout Pettingill
Ladies of Leisure
as Eric Van Norden
The Crowded Hour
as Matt Wilde
Seven Chances
as Billy Meekin, His Partner
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
as Harry Green
No Poster
Reckless Romance
as Jerry Warner
Butterfly
as Cy Dwyer
Young Ideas
as Pritchett Spence
The Great White Way
as Jack Murray
Hollywood
as T. Roy Barnes
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary
The Go-Getter
as Bill Peck
Adam and Eva
as The Salesman-Hero
The Old Homestead
as Happy Jack
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
Is Matrimony a Failure?
as Arthur Haviland
Don't Get Personal
as John Wainwright
Too Much Wife
as Jack Morgan
Exit the Vamp
as John Shipley
Her Face Value
as Jimmy Parsons
A Kiss in Time
as Brian Moore
See My Lawyer
as Robert Gardner
So Long Letty
as Harry Miller