
T. Roy Barnes
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Barnes appeared in over 50 films between 1920 and 1935, primarily in comedies. Barnes started his show career in vaudeville later turning to stage and film acting. During the 1920s, he often played "brash young go-getters" in supporting and leading roles. He’s best known for his roles as Buster Keaton's business partner Billy Meekin in Seven Chances (1925) and in W. C. Fields' comedy It's a Gift (1934), portraying an inquisitive Insurance Salesman. He retired from movies in 1935 and died two years later.
Known for
Credits

Seven Chances (1925)
as Billy Meekin, His Partner

Souls for Sale (1923)
as Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary

See My Lawyer (1921)
as Robert Gardner

Too Much Wife (1922)
as Jack Morgan

Ladies of Leisure (1926)
as Eric Van Norden

Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922)
as Arthur Haviland

It's a Gift (1934)
as Insurance Salesman

Chicago (1927)
as Reporter

Exit the Vamp (1921)
as John Shipley

Village Tale (1935)
as Goggy Smith

Kansas City Princess (1934)
as Alderman James 'Jim' Cameron

Sally (1930)
as Otis Hooper

Dangerous Curves (1929)
as Pa Spinelli

Life Begins at Forty (1935)
as Simonds, the Salesman

A Trip to Paramountown (1922)
as Self

Doubting Thomas (1935)
as LaMaze

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent (1925)
as Harry Green

Women of All Nations (1931)
as Captain of the Marines

Wide Open (1930)
as Bob Wyeth

Hollywood (1923)
as T. Roy Barnes

Carnival (1935)
as Salesman

A Blonde for a Night (1928)
as George

Adam and Eva (1923)
as The Salesman-Hero

The Unknown Cavalier (1926)
as Clout Pettingill

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 (1930)
as T. Roy Barnes
Reckless Romance (1924)
as Jerry Warner

Body and Soul (1927)
as The Postman

Her Face Value (1921)
as Jimmy Parsons

The Four Star Boarder (1935)
as Felix

Aloha (1931)
as Johnny Marvin

Young Ideas (1924)
as Pritchett Spence

The Go-Getter (1923)
as Bill Peck

Butterfly (1924)
as Cy Dwyer

Don't Get Personal (1922)
as John Wainwright

The Crowded Hour (1925)
as Matt Wilde

A Regular Scout (1926)
as Steve Baxter

The Old Homestead (1922)
as Happy Jack

How's My Baby? (1930)
Actor

So Long Letty (1920)
as Harry Miller

A Kiss in Time (1921)
as Brian Moore

The Great White Way (1924)
as Jack Murray





