Men Of Character Character Actors
Griff Barnett
Gunfighters/ Mr. Bannon
Sierra/ Dr. Hank Robbins
Angel Face/ Judge
Criss Cross/ Pop
Griff Barnett was an American character actor active in both films and television.
He was born at Blue Ridge, TX in 1884.
Per the IMDB Barnett had 90 credits for appearances in film and on television for the period 1938 through 1957.
He tended to play older type characters as well as judges and doctors along with an occasional train conductor.
Some of Griff Barnett's film roles were:
The Lone Ranger (1938) as Rancher
Santa Fe Stampede (1938) as Townsman Henry Jones
The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939) as E B Tully
The Shadow (1940) as Stephen Prescott
Frontier Vengeance (1940) as Joel Hunter
Arizona (1940) as Sam Hughes
Outlaws Of Cherokee Trail (1941) as Jury Foreman
Death Valley Outlaws (1941) as Train Agent
Dick Tracy vs Crime, Inc. (1941) as Plant Watchman
Stardust On The Sage (1942) as Larkin
Shadows On The Sage (1942) as Steve Jackson
Wilson (1944) as Reporter
Strange Holiday ( 1945) as Regan
To Each His Own (1946) as Daniel Norris
Danger Woman (1946) as Dr. George Carey
Duel In The Sun (1946) as The Border Town Jailer
The Arnelo Affair (1947) as Mr. Adams
Suddenly It's Spring (1947) as Train Conductor
The Michigan Kid (1947) as Prentiss Dawson
The Millerson Case (1947) as Doc Sam Millerson
Stepchild (1947) as Burns
Gunfighters (1947) as Mr. Banner
Possessed (1947) as Coroner
The Son Of Rusty (1947) as Judge
Unconquered (1947) as Brother Andrews Of Pennsylvania
Wild Harvest (1947) as Rankin
Magic Town (1947) as Henry
Cass Timberlane (1947) as Herman The Butler
The Gangster (1947) as Dorothy's Father
Daisy Kenyon (1947) as Will Thompson
The Tender Years (1948) as Senator Cooper
Arch Of Triumph (1948) as Fernand
Saigon (1948) as Surgeon
Fury At Furnace Creek (1948) as Appleby
Fighting Father Dunne (1948) as Governor
The Walls Of Jericho (1948) as Judge Hutto
Tap Roots (1948) as Dr. MacIntosch
For The Love Of Mary (1948) as Timothy Peppertree
Apartment For Peggy (1948) as Dr. Philip Conway
Mother Is A Freshman (1949) as Dean Gillingham
The Doolins'Of Oklahoma (1949) as Deacon Burton
Criss Cross (1949) as Pop
Any Number Can Play (1949) as Police Desk Sergeant
The Fountainhead (1949) as Judge
Pinky (1949) as Dr Joe McGill
Holiday Affair (1949) as Mr. Ennis
No Man Of Her Own (1950) as Dr. Parker
Customs Agent (1950) as Charles McGraw
Sierra (1950) as Dr. Hank Robbins
Peggy (1950) as Dr. Philip Wilcox
Convicted (1950) as Mr. Hufford
When I Grow Up (1951) as Dr. Bailey
Hometown Story (1951) as Uncle Cliff Washburn
Two Of A Kind (1951) as William McIntyre
Passage West (1951) as Papa Emil Ludwig
Cattle Drive (1951) as Conductor O'Hara
Scandal Sheet (1952) as Judge Elroy Hacker
The Marrying Kind (1952) as Charley
The Treasure Of Lost Canyon (1952) as Judge Wade
The Sellout (1952) as Attorney General Morrison
The Duel At Silver Creek (1952) as Pop Muzik
Angel Face (1952) as The Judge
The Court Martial Of Billy Mitchell (1955) as George Carlson
The Spirit Of St. Louis (1957) as Dad
Mr. Barnett was active on television appearing in such series as The Adventures Of Superman, Racket Squad, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, Fireside Theater, I Married Joan, The Revlon Mirror Theater, Hopalong Cassidy, Death Valley Days, The Lone Ranger, The Ford Television Theater, The Loretta Young Show, Cavalcade Of America and General Electric Summer Originals among others.
His wife's name was Lara and they had two children and three grandchildren.
Griff Barnett passed away in 1958 at home from natural causes.
I enjoyed Mr. Barnett in the films Son Of Rusty, Unconquered, Daisy Kenyon, Fury At Furnace Creek, Tap Roots, Criss Cross, Pinky, Sierra and Duel At Silver Creek.
Louie The Movie Buff