Highest rated movie: Yellow Sky (1948)
Lowest rated movie: The Naked Hills (1956)
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Movies starring James Barton have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 63%.
Yellow Sky - released in 1948 - is James Barton's highest rated movie, with a score of 74% based on 28 reviews.
The lowest rated film from James Barton is The Naked Hills - released in 1956 - with a score of 50% based on 2 reviews.
James Barton (November 1, 1890 - February 19, 1962) was an American vaudevillian and a character actor in films and television.
Born into a theatrical family in Gloucester City, New Jersey, Barton began performing in minstrel shows and burlesque houses throughout the country in 1898. His years of experience working with African American performers led to his becoming one of the first jazz dancers in America. After working with repertory companies in the South and Midwest, he made his Broadway debut in the musical revue The Passing Show of 1919 in a role originally intended for Ed Wynn. He frequently was the highlight in mediocre productions, and a critic for the Daily News noted, "Whenever the book failed him, he shuffled into one or more of his eccentric dances." Additional theatre credits include Sweet and Low, Tobacco Road, The Iceman Cometh, and Paint Your Wagon.
Barton's film career began in the silent era. His screen credits include The Time of Your Life, Here Comes the Groom, and The Misfits. On television he appeared in The Ford Television Theatre, Lux Video Theatre, Studio One, The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, Playhouse 90, Kraft Television Theatre, The Rifleman, Adventures in Paradise, and Naked City.
Barton died of a heart attack in Mineola, New York.
Bing Crosby considered James Barton to be one his ten favorite performers of all time, alongside names such as Al Jolson, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Judy Garland and Nat King Cole.
James Barton has acted in films with Fuzzy Knight, Charles Lane, John Wayne and Gregory Peck.
James Barton has worked with these film directors: John Huston, Frank Capra, Henry Hathaway and David Butler.
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