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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 17, 1894
Died
May 24, 1976
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Robert S. Barbera
Bobby Barber
1.1 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bobby Barber (December 18, 1894 – May 24, 1976) was an American actor who appeared in over 100 films. Barber is notable for his work as a foil for Abbott and Costello on and off screen. Barber was often used by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as a form of "court jester" on the set of their films. It was his job to keep the energy level up with pranks and practical jokes. Sometimes, he even suddenly appeared on camera during a take to break up the cast and crew. In Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), Costello answers a knock at the door expecting to see large actor Lon Chaney Jr. Instead, the very short Barber walks in wearing a funny hat with a feather. In another outtake from that film, Bela Lugosi, in full Dracula regalia, is solemnly descending a staircase to meet Abbott and Costello when all of a sudden the actors and crew burst out laughing. Lugosi, annoyed, turns around to see Barber following right behind him, mimicking his steps. Barber also appeared in bit parts, such as a delivery boy, waiter, bellhop, or man on the street, often uncredited in movies, and in many of Abbott and Costello's films and about half their television shows. Sometimes his likeness was in a picture on a wall or a "wanted" poster in a post office. His final film appearance was in Lou Costello's last movie, The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959). His film career included bit parts in over 100 (known) feature films.
Known For
6.2
Workman in Night Club (uncredited)
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
8.0
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
7.8
Juror (uncredited)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
8.0
Waiter (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild
1957
6.6
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Wagon Train
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
6.6
The Miracle Man Extra (uncredited)
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
6.0
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Midnight Story
1957
4.9
Soda Fountain Customer (uncredited)
The Buster Keaton Story
1957
6.7
Townsman (uncredited)
Pardners
1956
Credits
The Wheeler Dealers
as Workman in Night Club (uncredited)
1963
6.2
To Kill a Mockingbird
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1962
8.0
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Juror (uncredited)
1962
7.8
The Joker is Wild
as Waiter (uncredited)
1957
8.0
Wagon Train
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
1957
6.6
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Man of a Thousand Faces
as The Miracle Man Extra (uncredited)
1957
6.6
The Midnight Story
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1957
6.0
The Buster Keaton Story
as Soda Fountain Customer (uncredited)
1957
4.9
Pardners
as Townsman (uncredited)
1956
6.7
Living It Up
as Bellboy (uncredited)
1954
6.4
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Chauffeur
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Man with Overcoat
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Man in Pajamas
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Angry Pedestrian
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Man with Balloon
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Barfly
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Man in Grandfather Clock
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Crazy Concert Pianist
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Man Phoning Australia
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Second Man with Cigar
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Restaurant Customer
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as John Rednose
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Tout
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Hercules
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Newspaper Vendor
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Janitor
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Jake
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Nightclub Bouncer
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Pete
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Man with Cake
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Guess-Your-Weight Customer
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Painter
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Delivery Man with Box
1952
7.2
Adventures of Superman
as Tony the Masseur
1952
6.6
Flesh and Fury
1952
6.1
Across the Wide Missouri
as Gardipe (uncredited)
1951
5.9
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Sneaky (uncredited)
1951
6.3
Let's Dance
as George - Bartender (uncredited)
1950
5.6
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Arab on Jeep's Hood (uncredited)
1950
6.0
Undertow
1949
6.1
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Dry Cleaning Man (uncredited)
1949
6.5
Africa Screams
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
1949
5.7
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
as Waiter
1948
7.1
I Walk Alone
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1947
6.5
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Waiter (uncredited)
1947
6.1
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Birthday Cake Waiter (uncredited)
1947
6.9
Riff-Raff
as Customs Inspector (uncredited)
1947
6.2
Vigilantes of Boomtown
as Corbett's second
1947
2.5
Calcutta
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1946
6.3
Two Sisters from Boston
as Stagehand (uncredited)
1946
6.0
From This Day Forward
as Ice Man
1946
5.2
Road to Utopia
as Bartender (uncredited)
1946
6.7
Sensation Hunters
as Waiter (uncredited)
1945
4.5
Anchors Aweigh
as Salad Cook on Olvera Street (uncredited)
1945
6.8
Lady on a Train
1945
6.6
Earl Carroll Vanities
as Cab Driver
1945
5.0
Practically Yours
as Man on Subway (uncredited)
1944
0.0
Laura
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1944
7.6
And Now Tomorrow
as Mill Worker
1944
5.7
Rainbow Island
as Native Banana Man
1944
6.0
I Love a Soldier
as Funhouse Attendant
1944
5.0
Follow the Boys
as Soldier - W.C. Fields Routine (uncredited)
1944
5.3
You Can't Ration Love
as Barber
1944
0.0
Swing Fever
as Soft Drink Vendor (uncredited)
1943
5.0
Crazy House
as Bald Man / Director
1943
5.0
Dizzy Pilots
as Private (uncredited)
1943
6.9
A Lady Takes a Chance
as Gambler
1943
5.6
Hi Diddle Diddle
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
1943
6.4
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
as Bellhop
1943
0.0
The Sky's the Limit
as Canteen Waiter (uncredited)
1943
6.2
All by Myself
as Waiter
1943
0.0
Hit the Ice
as Candy Butcher (uncredited)
1943
5.9
Presenting Lily Mars
as Busboy
1943
6.3
Reveille with Beverly
as Collins (uncredited)
1943
7.0
Who Done It?
as Test Technician in Booth (uncredited)
1942
7.0
Matri-Phony
as Snake Charmer (uncredited)
1942
4.9
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Member of La'oa's Gang (uncredited)
1942
5.5
My Favorite Spy
as Man in Park in Front of Kay
1942
5.2
Powder Town
as Waiter (uncredited)
1942
3.5
Roxie Hart
as Bald Juror (uncredited)
1942
6.9
A Date with the Falcon
as Spectator (uncredited)
1942
6.5
The Gay Falcon
as Angelo (uncredited)
1941
6.3
King of the Texas Rangers
as Eduardo
1941
6.0
Hold That Ghost
as Waiter (uncredited)
1941
6.8
Cracked Nuts
as Waiter
1941
0.0
In the Navy
as Sailor in Finale (uncredited)
1941
6.4
Pot o' Gold
as Prisoner (uncredited)
1941
5.5
Las Vegas Nights
as Waiter Who Gets Slapped
1941
5.5
The Monster and the Girl
as Juryman (uncredited)
1941
5.7
The Lady Eve
as Ship's Waiter with Toupee (uncredited)
1941
7.2
Second Chorus
as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
1941
5.8
They Knew What They Wanted
as Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)
1940
5.8
The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1940
4.8
Spring Parade
as Waiter Who Spills Tray (uncredited)
1940
6.7
The Leather Pushers
1940
0.0
Stranger on the Third Floor
as Giuseppe, the Italian Grocer (uncredited)
1940
6.4
Primrose Path
as Benny (uncredited)
1940
6.6
Road to Singapore
as Man Hit with Soap Suds (uncredited)
1940
6.5
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1940
6.7
Nothing But Pleasure
as Snacking Bus Rider
1940
5.8
Pest from the West
as Musician (uncredited)
1939
6.8
Topper Takes a Trip
as Hotel Staffer Moving Bed (uncredited)
1938
6.5
Cipher Bureau
1938
4.2
Carefree
as (uncredited)
1938
6.6
Give Me a Sailor
as Sailor (uncredited)
1938
5.8
Professor Beware
as Handshaker - Paint-Brush Gag
1938
6.1
Having Wonderful Time
as Bartender (uncredited)
1938
4.6
Vivacious Lady
as Italian Waiter at Nightclub (uncredited)
1938
7.0
Dangerous to Know
as Waiter (uncredited)
1938
6.1
Everybody's Doing It
as Short Slap Happy Henchman
1938
5.0
Fight for Your Lady
as Hotel Porter (uncredited)
1937
4.8
Breakfast for Two
as Window Washer (uncredited)
1937
5.6
Super-Sleuth
as Photographer
1937
5.0
History Is Made at Night
as Paul - Waiter at Victor's (uncredited)
1937
6.6
Great Guy
as Grocery Clerk (Uncredited)
1936
6.2
Smartest Girl in Town
as Hotel Porter
1936
5.5
Dodsworth
as Italian Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1936
7.1
Walking on Air
as Silent Waiter at Beach Club (uncredited)
1936
5.8
Hollywood Boulevard
as Man with Gong (uncredited)
1936
2.7
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Prop Man (Uncredited)
1936
5.6
Modern Times
as Worker (uncredited)
1936
8.3
We're Only Human
as Counterman
1935
6.5
🎬
I Don't Remember
as Dentist Patient
1935
2.0
🎬
Alimony Aches
as Undertaker's Assistant
1935
0.0
I'm No Angel
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
1933
6.3
One Sunday Afternoon
as Man in Greased Pig Contest (uncredited)
1933
6.3
The Night of June 13
as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
1932
7.0
Horse Feathers
as Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
1932
6.9
The Life of the Party
as Waiter
1930
6.3
Soup to Nuts
as Revolutionary (uncredited)
1930
5.7
Doughboys
as Doughboy (uncredited)
1930
6.0
🎬
Pep Up
as clothing salesman on street
1929
0.0
🎬
All in Fun
1928
0.0