1. Barton MacLane was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter.
18 Facts About Barton MacLane
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Barton MacLane appeared in many classic films from the 1930s through the 1960s, including his role as General Martin Peterson on the 1960s NBC television comedy series I Dream of Jeannie, with Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman.
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Barton MacLane attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he excelled at American football.
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Barton MacLane's first movie role, in The Quarterback, was a result of his athletic ability.
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Barton MacLane then attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
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Barton MacLane made his Broadway debut in 1927, playing the assistant district attorney in Bayard Veiller's The Trial of Mary Dugan.
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Barton MacLane then performed in the 1928 Broadway production of Gods of the Lightning and was part of the original cast of Subway Express as Officer Mulvaney in 1929.
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Barton MacLane appeared in the Marx Brothers' 1929 film debut The Cocoanuts.
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Barton MacLane made his first credited film appearance in the 1931 romantic drama His Woman.
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Barton MacLane played the role of detective Steve McBride, opposite Glenda Farrell in seven of the nine films featuring the fictional newspaper reporter Torchy Blane.
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Barton MacLane again collaborated with both Bogart and Huston on the Academy Award-winning 1948 adventure film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
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In 1955 Barton MacLane appeared as Jim Mablett in the movie Foxfire co-starring Jane Russell.
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In 1965, Barton MacLane, who had played real-life Air Force General "Hap" Arnold in The Glenn Miller Story, was cast in the recurring role of fictional Air Force General Martin Peterson on I Dream of Jeannie.
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Barton MacLane appeared in 35 episodes of the TV series between 1965 and 1969.
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Three of Barton MacLane's episodes were aired after his death in January 1969.
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Barton MacLane's character was replaced on later episodes of the series by General Winfield Schaeffer, portrayed by Vinton Hayworth, until Hayworth's death in 1970.
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Barton MacLane died of double pneumonia on New Year's Day 1969 at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, a week after his 66th birthday.
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Barton MacLane had been admitted two weeks prior to his death.