Biography
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.
Acted in 39
1930s
- 1935
The Virginia Judge
Advertising Man
Doubting Thomas
LaMaze
Village Tale
Goggy Smith
The Four Star Boarder
Felix
Life Begins at Forty
Simonds, the Salesman
Carnival
Salesman
- 1934
It's a Gift
Insurance Salesman
Kansas City Princess
Alderman James 'Jim' Cameron
- 1931
Women of All Nations
Captain of the Marines
Aloha
Johnny Marvin
- 1930
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
T. Roy Barnes
How's My Baby?
Movie
Wide Open
Bob Wyeth
Sally
Otis Hooper
1920s
- 1929
Dangerous Curves
Pa Spinelli
- 1928
A Blonde for a Night
George
- 1927
Chicago
Reporter
Body and Soul
The Postman
- 1926
A Regular Scout
Steve Baxter
The Unknown Cavalier
Clout Pettingill
Ladies of Leisure
Eric Van Norden
- 1925
The Crowded Hour
Matt Wilde
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
Harry Green
- 1924
Butterfly
Cy Dwyer
Young Ideas
Pritchett Spence
The Great White Way
Jack Murray
- 1923
Hollywood
T. Roy Barnes
The Go-Getter
Bill Peck
Adam and Eva
The Salesman-Hero
- 1922
The Old Homestead
Happy Jack
Is Matrimony a Failure?
Arthur Haviland
Don't Get Personal
John Wainwright
Too Much Wife
Jack Morgan
- 1921
Exit the Vamp
John Shipley
Her Face Value
Jimmy Parsons
A Kiss in Time
Brian Moore
See My Lawyer
Robert Gardner
- 1920
So Long Letty
Harry Miller
Appearances2
1920s
- 1923
Souls for Sale
Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary
- 1922
A Trip to Paramountown
Self