Bobby Barber

Acting · 0.4 popularity

Age

131

Movies

109

Born: December 17, 1894 – May 24, 1976
From: New York City, New York, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 to see large actor Lon Chaney Jr. Instead, the very short Barber walks in wearing a funny hat with a feather. In another outtake from that film, Bela Lugosi, in full Dracula regalia, is solemnly descending a staircase to meet Abbott and Costello when all of a sudden the actors and crew burst out laughing. Lugosi, annoyed, turns around to see Barber following right behind him, mimicking his steps. Barber also appeared in bit parts, such as a delivery boy, waiter, bellhop, or man on the street, often uncredited in movies, and in many of Abbott and Costello's films and about half their television shows. Sometimes his likeness was in a picture on a wall or a "wanted" poster in a post office. His final film appearance was in Lou Costello's last movie, The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959). His film career included bit parts in over 100 (known) feature films.

Works

109 films

Modern Times

19368.3

To Kill a Mockingbird

19628.0

Laura

19447.6

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

19487.1

Anchors Aweigh

19456.8

The Lady Eve

19417.3

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

19476.9

Living It Up

19546.5

Vivacious Lady

19387.0

I Walk Alone

19476.6

I'm No Angel

19336.4

Passage to Marseille

19446.6

Man of a Thousand Faces

19576.8

The Wheeler Dealers

19636.3

The Gay Falcon

19416.3

Hold That Ghost

19416.8

Riff-Raff

19476.2

Dangerous to Know

19386.6

Roxie Hart

19427.0

Swing Fever

19436.0

Pardners

19566.7

Pest from the West

19397.1

Horse Feathers

19326.9

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

19506.1

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

19516.3

Across the Wide Missouri

19516.1

On an Island with You

19485.9

Carefree

19386.7

Hit the Ice

19436.0

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

19496.6

Presenting Lily Mars

19436.4

Fight for Your Lady

19375.6

History Is Made at Night

19376.6

Africa Screams

19495.8

Lady on a Train

19456.7

Flesh and Fury

19526.6

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

19476.3

Follow the Boys

19445.7

Pot o' Gold

19415.7

Let's Dance

19506.1

Stranger on the Third Floor

19406.5

Road to Singapore

19406.4

Broadway Melody of 1940

19406.8

Crazy House

19436.0

In the Navy

19416.4

A Lady Takes a Chance

19435.8

The Joker is Wild

19578.1

Road to Utopia

19466.7

Who Done It?

19427.0

Great Guy

19366.3

Cipher Bureau

19385.3

The Midnight Story

19576.1

Super-Sleuth

19375.6

Second Chorus

19415.8

Two Sisters from Boston

19466.3

The Villain Still Pursued Her

19405.2

Primrose Path

19406.7

Dodsworth

19367.1

The Monster and the Girl

19415.8

The Buster Keaton Story

19575.2

Beyond the Blue Horizon

19426.0

From This Day Forward

19465.4

Hollywood Boulevard

19364.5

Calcutta

19466.4

Topper Takes a Trip

19386.6

And Now Tomorrow

19446.0

Undertow

19496.1

Everybody's Doing It

19386.0

A Date with the Falcon

19426.5

All by Myself

19438.0

The Preview Murder Mystery

19365.8

The Leather Pushers

19408.0

I Love a Soldier

19446.0

The Sky's the Limit

19436.3

Give Me a Sailor

19386.1

All in Fun

19287.0

The Life of the Party

19306.6

They Knew What They Wanted

19406.0

Cracked Nuts

19417.0

My Favorite Spy

19425.7

Rainbow Island

19447.5

We're Only Human

19356.5

Nothing But Pleasure

19406.0

Soup to Nuts

19305.9

One Sunday Afternoon

19336.6

Breakfast for Two

19375.9

Hi Diddle Diddle

19436.6

King of the Texas Rangers

19417.0

Professor Beware

19386.0

You Can't Ration Love

19448.0

Doughboys

19306.1

Dizzy Pilots

19437.2

Sensation Hunters

19454.8

Reveille with Beverly

19437.5

Las Vegas Nights

19416.4

Practically Yours

19447.0

Walking on Air

19366.3

Vigilantes of Boomtown

19474.3

The Night of June 13

19327.5

Having Wonderful Time

19384.9

Powder Town

19424.4

Matri-Phony

19425.5

Earl Carroll Vanities

19455.4

Spring Parade

19406.9

Smartest Girl in Town

19365.8

I Don't Remember

19355.0

Here Comes Mr. Zerk

194310.0

Pep Up

19297.0

Alimony Aches

19359.0