Barton MacLane

Barton MacLane ( born December 25, 1902 in Columbia, South Carolina, † January 1, 1969 in Santa Monica, California ) was an American actor.

The beginnings

MacLane attended after high school, the Wesleyan University in Connecticut, where he especially as a football player made ​​a name for himself. These sporting successes brought in 1926 a first film role in the drama The athletes quarterback one. MacLane liked the actor's work, broke off his studies and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He then played at various U.S. theaters, as on Broadway.

The film

In feature films, he first took over only minor roles, including in the Marx Brothers comedy The Cocoanuts. He often appeared hardboiled characters on both sides of the law - both gangsters and police, and was occupied as an adversary of many top stars of the 30s and 40s: When " Detective Lt.. Dundy " opposite Humphrey Bogart in John Huston's crime classic The Maltese Falcon ( by Dashiell Hammett ), as a gangster boss" Al Kruger " opposite Edward G. Robinson in the thriller Who owns the city? , Also as a crime boss " Loder " alongside Boris Karloff in the horror film The revenge of the dead and as unscrupulous archaeologist opposite Johnny Weissmuller in Tarzan and the Amazons as well as Capt.. Benjamin Black in The monkfish Cartagena.

His other well-known films include the Fritz Lang - Western attack of the Ogallala, the adventure film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Victor Fleming's Jekyll - and - Hyde - adaptation doctor and demon ( with Spencer Tracy in the title roles ), the tragi-comedy Pocketful of Miracles ( with Bette Davis and Glenn Ford) and Anthony Mann's biopic the Glenn Miller Story ( with James Stewart in the role of the famous bandleader ). In a positive role, he became popular in the 30s: In the Torchy Blaine film series about a young, incorruptible journalist ( played by Glenda Farrell ) played their Langzeitverlobten MacLane, " Lt.. Steve McBride ".

Throughout his career MacLane played in over 150 films; in 30 of them - mostly B-movies - he played the lead role. For his contributions to the cinema, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Television

In addition MacLane worked as a guest star in various television series such as Gunsmoke, The Monkees and Perry Mason. In addition, he played from 1960 to 1962 in the Western series Outlaws the lead role of " Marshall Frank Caine " and belonged from 1965 to 1969 the main cast of the fantasy series I Dream of Jeannie, in which he as NASA - General " Martin Peterson " the chief supervisor of the protagonist Tony Nelson (Larry Hagman ) embodied.

Others

In addition MacLane wrote several screenplays and stage plays. In 1932 he was the first of these pieces, entitled Rendezvous to the producer Arthur Hopkins to sell what he paved the way to a contract with the Warner Brothers film studios.

In addition, the avid card player MacLane invented a card holder for Canasta. In addition, he played the piano, guitar and violin.

In 1940 he bought a ranch in Madera County, California, where he spent his free time between two film projects together with his second wife, fellow actress Charlotte Wynters ( 1899-1991 ). On New Year 1969 MacLane died at the age of only 66 years in California as a result of cancer and two strokes.

Filmography (selection)

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