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Barton MacLane (December 25, 1902 – January 1, 1969) was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He appeared in many classic films from the 1930s through the 1960s, including his role as General Martin Peterson on the 1960s NBC television comedy series I Dream of Jeannie, with Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman. [1] Early life.
Actor: The Maltese Falcon. Barton MacLane graduated from Wesleyan University, where he displayed a notable aptitude for sports, in particular football and basketball. Not surprisingly, his physical prowess led to an early role in The Quarterback (1926) with Richard Dix.
Here are 10 things you should know about Barton MacLane, born on Christmas Day, 1902. He was one of the busiest tough-guy actors of the 1930s and '40s.
Barton MacLane. Actor. One of filmdom's most hardboiled character players. Born in Columbia, South Carolina, he was a football star at Wesleyan University and got hooked on acting when he landed a bit part in the Richard Dix comedy The Quarterback (1926).
Barton MacLane was a prolific film actor, making over 140 film appearances from the early 1930s to the late 1960s, but he is perhaps best known as General Peterson from the classic 1960s sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie."
Outlaws is an American Western television series about lawmen pursuing criminals on the American frontier starring Barton MacLane, Don Collier, Jock Gaynor, Wynn Pearce, Bruce Yarnell, Slim Pickens, and Judy Lewis. The show aired on NBC during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 television seasons.
Prison Break is a 1938 American crime-drama film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Barton MacLane, Glenda Farrell and Paul Hurst. The film was based on the story "Walls of San Quentin" by Norton S. Parker. It was released by Universal Pictures on July 12, 1938. A fisherman confesses to a murder he didn't commit to protect a friend.
Feb 2, 2015 · Barton MacLane was the king of the assholes. Maybe it’s his voice, an authoritarian bark that seems to begrudge every word, a perfect tool for the hardscrabble Warner Brothers world. MacLane was great at playing pitiless cops, remorseless scoundrels, and grumpy lunkheads.
Barton MacLane was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He appeared in many classic films from the 1930s through the 1960s, including his role as General Martin Peterson on the 1960s NBC television comedy series I Dream of Jeannie, with Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman.
BARTON MacLANE. One of the screen’s best heavies, Barton MacLane was at his vilest in “Relentless”, a vastly overlooked 1948 western chase drama with Robert Young from Columbia.
