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Robert Harriot Barrat (July 10, 1889 – January 7, 1970) was an American stage, motion picture, and television character actor.

Robert Barrat
Trailer for The Firebird (1934)
Born
Robert Harriot Barrat

(1889-07-10)July 10, 1889
New York City, U.S.
DiedJanuary 7, 1970(1970-01-07) (aged 80)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting placeGreen Hill Cemetery, Martinsburg, West Virginia, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1915–1964
Spouses
  • Ethel Mueller[citation needed]
Mary Dean
(m. 1966)

Career


Born in New York City, Barrat made his theatrical debut in a stock company in Springfield, Massachusetts.[citation needed] He later acted on Broadway, where his credits include Lilly Turner (1932), Bulls, Bears and Asses (1931), This Is New York (1930), Judas (1928), The Lady Lies (1928), A Lady for a Night (1927), Marco Millions (1927), Chicago (1926), Kid Boots (1923), The Breaking Point (1923), The Unwritten Chapter (1920), The Crimson Alibi (1919), The Invisible Foe (1918), and Some One in the House (1918).[1]

Barrat in A Very Honorable Guy (1934)
Barrat in A Very Honorable Guy (1934)

Barrat appeared in around 150 films, uncredited in some of them, in a Hollywood career that lasted four decades. He appeared in seven pictures with James Cagney during the 1930s. Two of his most noted roles were as the murder victim Archer Coe in Michael Curtiz's The Kennel Murder Case (1933) and as the treacherous Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy in the 1937 Academy Award winning film The Life of Emile Zola. He played several other historical characters as well, among them Davy Crockett in Man of Conquest, Zachary Taylor in Distant Drums, Abraham Lincoln in Trailin' West, Cornelius Van Horne in Canadian Pacific and General Douglas MacArthur twice,[2] in They Were Expendable and American Guerrilla in the Philippines. He also appeared with the Marx Brothers in Go West (1940).

In the mid 1950s, Barrat transitioned to television roles. His final acting appearance was in an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour in 1964.


Death


He died of a heart ailment in Hollywood in 1970, aged 80.[2] He was survived by his wife, Mary Dean.[2] He was buried at Green Hill Cemetery, Martinsburg, West Virginia.[3]


Complete filmography



References


  1. "("Robert Barrat" search results)". Playbill Vault. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  2. "Robert Barrat, Character Actor". The New York Times. United Press International. January 9, 1970. Subscription required for full article.
  3. Wilson, Scott (August 19, 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. (2 volume set). McFarland. p. 43. ISBN 9781476625997. Retrieved February 12, 2017.



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[de] Robert Barrat (Schauspieler)

Robert Harriot Barrat (* 10. Juli 1889 in New York City, New York; † 7. Januar 1970 in Hollywood, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.
- [en] Robert Barrat

[es] Robert Barrat

Robert Harriot Barrat (Nueva York, 10 de julio de 1889 - Hollywood, California, EUA, 7 de enero de 1970) fue un actor estadounidense. Desde los años 1918 a 1932 participó en obras de Broadway, tiempo en el que también realizó algunas películas mudas. Debido a su envergadura física fue muy requerido en la pantalla grande, interpretando a abogados, marineros o militares.

[ru] Бэррат, Роберт

Роберт Бэррат (англ. Robert Barrat), полное имя Роберт Хэрриот Бэррат (англ.  Robert Harriot Barrat) (10 июля 1889 года — 7 января 1970 года) — американский актёр театра, кино и телевидения, наиболее известный по фильмам 1930-40-х годов.



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