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Barton Yarborough is a Actor American born on 2 october 1900 at Goldthwaite (USA)
William Barton Yarborough (October 2, 1900 – December 19, 1951) was an American actor who worked extensively in radio drama, primarily on the NBC Radio Network. He is famous for his roles in the Carlton B. Morse productions I Love a Mystery, where he played Doc Long, and One Man's Family, where he spent nineteen years portraying Clifford Barbour. In addition, Yarborough spent three years as Ben Romero on Jack Webb's Dragnet.
He was born in Goldthwaite, Texas. As a youth, Yarborough ran away from home, attracted by the vaudeville stages, and he first worked in radio during the 1920s. He attended college at the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of Southern California, where in 1925 he became a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He worked in New York, and was a member of the Eva Le Gallienne Civic Repertoire in New York City. Yarborough's NBC radio debut was in 1930, broadcasting from San Francisco.
He married radio actress Barbara Jo Allen (later known professionally as Vera Vague). They had a daughter, Joan, and divorced shortly after in 1931. He married again in 1949, to Janet Warren.
In 1932, Yarborough began a long run as Clifford Barbour on the radio serial One Man's Family, continuing in the role throughout his life. Yarborough was probably best known for his roles as Doc Long in the West Coast cast of Carlton E. Morse's I Love a Mystery and Sergeant Ben Romero, Joe Friday's original partner, on Dragnet.
Yarborough's other radio work includes the role of Skip Turner in Adventures by Morse, also by Carlton E. Morse. Yarborough appeared as Doc Long in three feature films for Columbia Pictures, based on the radio series I Love a Mystery: I Love a Mystery in 1945, The Devil's Mask and The Unknown.
He started work on the Dragnet television series in 1951. However, the day after he filmed the second episode, he suffered a heart attack and died four days later at age 51. After his death, his One Man's Family character was dropped without explanation while his death was worked into Dragnet as Ben Romero suffered the same fate.
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Barton Yarborough
Birth name William Barton Yarborough
Nationality USA
Birth 2 october 1900 at Goldthwaite (USA)
Death 19 december 1951 (at 51 years) at Pasadena (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 2 october 1900 at Goldthwaite (USA)
Death 19 december 1951 (at 51 years) at Pasadena (USA)
He was born in Goldthwaite, Texas. As a youth, Yarborough ran away from home, attracted by the vaudeville stages, and he first worked in radio during the 1920s. He attended college at the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of Southern California, where in 1925 he became a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He worked in New York, and was a member of the Eva Le Gallienne Civic Repertoire in New York City. Yarborough's NBC radio debut was in 1930, broadcasting from San Francisco.
He married radio actress Barbara Jo Allen (later known professionally as Vera Vague). They had a daughter, Joan, and divorced shortly after in 1931. He married again in 1949, to Janet Warren.
In 1932, Yarborough began a long run as Clifford Barbour on the radio serial One Man's Family, continuing in the role throughout his life. Yarborough was probably best known for his roles as Doc Long in the West Coast cast of Carlton E. Morse's I Love a Mystery and Sergeant Ben Romero, Joe Friday's original partner, on Dragnet.
Yarborough's other radio work includes the role of Skip Turner in Adventures by Morse, also by Carlton E. Morse. Yarborough appeared as Doc Long in three feature films for Columbia Pictures, based on the radio series I Love a Mystery: I Love a Mystery in 1945, The Devil's Mask and The Unknown.
He started work on the Dragnet television series in 1951. However, the day after he filmed the second episode, he suffered a heart attack and died four days later at age 51. After his death, his One Man's Family character was dropped without explanation while his death was worked into Dragnet as Ben Romero suffered the same fate.
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Shed No Tears (1948)
, 1h10Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Wallace Ford, June Vincent, Mark Roberts, Frank Albertson, Elena Verdugo, Betty Blythe
Roles Second Insurance Investigator (Uncredited)
Rating62%
Edna Grover (Vincent) convinces her older husband Sam (Ford) to fake his own death so they can collect on the life insurance. He hides in another city under an assumed name while she identifies a burned body found after a hotel fire as her husband. Edna collects the money but she has been having an affair for some time and double-crosses her husband. The whole situation rouses the suspicions of the Sam's son from a previous marriage who hires a private investigator to look into it. Unfortunately the PI is crooked and Edna pays him to stay silent. In the end, when Sam finds out about Edna's secret lover, Ray (Roberts), he is so distraught that he commits suicide.
Wife Wanted (1946)
, 1h13Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Kay Francis, Paul Cavanagh, Robert Shayne, Veda Ann Borg, Teala Loring, John Gallaudet
Roles Walter Desmond
Rating57%
Carole Raymond (Francis) is a film star whose best years are behind her so she decides to buy in a real estate plan with Jeff Caldwell (Cavanagh), who's really running an illegitimate matrimonial service.
The Unknown (1946)
, 1h10Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Karen Morley, Jim Bannon, Jeff Donnell, Mark Roberts, Robert Wilcox, Barton Yarborough
Roles Doc Long
Rating60%
Relatives arrive for the reading of a will at a creepy mansion. Is someone is trying to murder amnesiac Nina Arnold (Jeff Donnell) to claim a share of her grandmother's legacy? Could that someone be her emotionally unstable mother Rachel Martin (Karen Morley)? Investigators Jack Packard (Jim Bannon) and Doc Long (Barton Yarborough) are put on the case.
The Devil's Mask (1946)
, 1h5Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Anita Louise, Jim Bannon, Mona Barrie, Barton Yarborough, Ludwig Donath, Frank Wilcox
Roles Doc Long
Rating58%
Two private detectives are asked to meet a woman in a museum who claims she fears that she is about to be murdered by her stepdaughter. The case proves to be linked to a shrunken head recently sent to the museum, a recent plane crash and a scientist whose expedition to South America has disappeared.
Captain Tugboat Annie (1945)
, 1h10Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Jane Darwell, Edgar Kennedy, Mantan Moreland, Jack Norton, Cyril Delevanti, Pamela Blake
Roles Missouri Jones
Rating62%
Right after the war has ended, tugboats are allowed to freely operate again in the US coastal waters. The owner of Secoma Towing & Salvage, Alec Severn (Joseph Crehan), starts searching for the famous Tugboat Annie Brennan (Jane Darwell), to incorporate her back as the captain of his fleet of tugboats.
The Red Dragon (1945)
, 1h2Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Sidney Toler, Fortunio Bonanova, Benson Fong, Willie Best, Robert Emmett Keane, Barton Yarborough
Roles Joseph Brandish
Rating62%
I Love a Mystery (1945)
, 1h9Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors George Macready, Jim Bannon, Nina Foch, Barton Yarborough, Carole Mathews, Ernie Adams
Roles Doc Long
Rating60%
Two detectives, Jim Packard (Bannon) and Doc Long (Yarborough), make the acquaintance of Jefferson Monk (Macready) in a nightclub they frequent. When a flaming dessert is nearly spilled onto the trio, Monk informs them that it was meant for him. He explains that, according to a prophecy, he is to die in three days. Upon learning their profession, he hires them to protect him, particularly from a man with a peg leg and a valise, the latter (he suspects) to transport his severed head to the ancient secret society of the Barokan. The leader of the society, Mr. Gee (Matthews), has offered to buy Monk's head (after he is dead) because he looks exactly like the ancient mummified founder of his order. When the two trail Monk and his woman companion, Jean Anderson (Mathews), out into the night, the one-legged man does approach, but eludes their efforts to catch him.
Saboteur (1942)
, 1h48Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres War, Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Circus films, Spy films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Aviation films, Political films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Otto Kruger, Norman Lloyd, Ian Wolfe
Rating70%
During World War II, aircraft factory worker Barry Kane (Robert Cummings) is accused of starting a fire at the Stewart Aircraft Works in Glendale, California, an act of sabotage that killed his friend Mason (Virgil Summers). Kane believes the real culprit is a man named Fry (Norman Lloyd) who, during their efforts to put out the fire, handed him a fire extinguisher filled with gasoline, that he passed on to Mason. When the investigators find no one named "Fry" on the list of plant workers, they assume Kane is guilty.
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
, 1h7Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Lon Chaney, Jr., Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers
Roles Dr. Kettering
Rating60%
The residents of the village of Frankenstein feel they are under a curse and blame all their troubles on Frankenstein's monster. Rumors circulate about Ygor who is still alive and supposedly trying to revive the monster. The villagers pressure the Mayor into allowing them to destroy Frankenstein's castle. Ygor (Béla Lugosi) attempts to put up some resistance, but the villagers rush the gates and begin to destroy the castle. Ygor, fleeing through the catacombs, finds the monster released from his sulfuric tomb by the explosions. The exposure to the sulfur weakened the monster but also preserved him. Unseen by the villagers, Ygor and the monster flee the castle to the surrounding countryside; there they encounter a powerful thunderstorm. The monster is struck by a bolt of lightning, but instead of being harmed by it, he seems to be rejuvenated. Ygor decides to find Ludwig, the second son of the original Frankenstein, to help the monster.
Let's Go Collegiate (1941)
, 1h2Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Sports films, Musical films
Actors Frankie Darro, Marcia Mae Jones, Jackie Moran, Keye Luke, Mantan Moreland, Frank Sully
Roles Coach Walsh
Rating50%
Frankie is the coxswain on the rowing team at Rawley University. His friend Tad is a stroke on the crew, president of the Kappa Psi Delta house and conductor of the orchestra. When rehearsing a new piece for a welcoming party dedicated to Bob Terry, a new crewmember, Tad learns that Bob has been drafted to the army and will not be joining the team nor be attending the party. Frankie and Tad don't have the hearts to tell their girlfriends Bess and Midge, who have worked hard to prepare the party, and instead look for a replacement for Bob for the evening. They spot Herk loading a safe onto the bed of a truck. After some convincing, Herk reluctantly accepts the offer to pose as Bob. Herk enjoys the party and flirts with both Bess and Midge. He decides to stay in the house and join the team as Bob, despite his dislike of boats. Frankie gives Herk seasick pills and eventually his rowing performance improves. To keep Herk on the team, Frankie and Tad tutor him and prep him for school to the point where they themselves start failing. Bess breaks up with Tad and lets hims know that she is going to marry "Bob Terry". Midge breaks up with Frankie.
They Meet Again (1941)
, 1h9Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Robert Baldwin, Maude Eburne, John Dilson, Neil Hamilton
Roles Bob Webster
Rating51%