1. Vince Barnett appeared on stage originally before appearing in more than 230 films between 1930 and 1975.
10 Facts About Vince Barnett
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Vince Barnett graduated from Duquesne University Prep School and the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
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Vince Barnett appeared on Broadway in Earl Carroll's Vanities during 1927.
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David Niven, in his 1975 memoir, recalled Vince Barnett posing as an important German director at a banquet attended by Samuel Goldwyn.
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Vince Barnett began appearing in films in 1930, playing hundreds of comedy bits and supporting parts until retiring in 1975.
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From 1930 Vince Barnett appeared, usually as comedy relief, in films and on television in a career spanning 45 years.
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In later years, Vince Barnett played straight character parts, often as careworn little men, undertakers, janitors, bartenders and drunks in pictures ranging from films noir to westerns.
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Vince Barnett appeared in "B" comedies and mysteries: as gangsters in Petticoat Larceny, Little Miss Broadway, and Gas House Kids Go West, and notably as Tom Conway's enthusiastic sidekick in The Falcon's Alibi.
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In one of his last public appearances, Vince Barnett showcased his unique brand of humor with a monologue, delivered at Madison Square Garden in the 1972 vaudeville revue The Big Show of 1936.
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Vince Barnett died of heart disease August 10,1977, at Encino Hospital Medical Center.