Bobby Barber
Acting
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Bobby Barber (December 18, 1894 – May 24, 1976) was an American actor who appeared in over 100 films. Barber is notable for his work as a foil for Abbott and Costello on and off screen.
Barber was often used by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as a form of "court jester" on the set of their films. It was his job to keep the energy level up with pranks and practical jokes. Sometimes, he even suddenly appeared on camera during a take to break up the cast and crew. In Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), Costello answers a knock at the door expecting…
Filmography
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The Wheeler Dealers
1963
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Joker is Wild
1957
Wagon Train
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
The Midnight Story
1957
The Buster Keaton Story
1957
Pardners
1956
Living It Up
1954
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
Adventures of Superman
1952
Flesh and Fury
1952
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
Let's Dance
1950
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
Undertow
1949
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949
Africa Screams
1949
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
On an Island with You
1948
I Walk Alone
1947
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
Riff-Raff
1947
Vigilantes of Boomtown
1947
Calcutta
1946
Two Sisters from Boston
1946
From This Day Forward
1946
Road to Utopia
1946
Sensation Hunters
1945
Anchors Aweigh
1945
Lady on a Train
1945
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945
Practically Yours
1944
And Now Tomorrow
1944
Laura
1944
Rainbow Island
1944
I Love a Soldier
1944
Follow the Boys
1944
You Can't Ration Love
1944
Swing Fever
1943
Crazy House
1943
Dizzy Pilots
1943
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
Hi Diddle Diddle
1943
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
1943
The Sky's the Limit
1943
All by Myself
1943
Hit the Ice
1943
Presenting Lily Mars
1943
Reveille with Beverly
1943
Who Done It?
1942
Matri-Phony
1942
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942
My Favorite Spy
1942
Powder Town
1942
Roxie Hart
1942
A Date with the Falcon
1942
The Gay Falcon
1941
King of the Texas Rangers
1941
Hold That Ghost
1941
Cracked Nuts
1941
In the Navy
1941
Pot o' Gold
1941
Las Vegas Nights
1941
The Monster and the Girl
1941
The Lady Eve
1941
Second Chorus
1941
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
Spring Parade
1940
The Leather Pushers
1940
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940
Primrose Path
1940
Road to Singapore
1940
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
Nothing But Pleasure
1940