Charles Barton

Highest Rated: 100% Beau Geste (1939)

Lowest Rated: 60% Africa Screams (1949)

Birthday: May 25, 1902

Birthplace: Not Available

Charles T. Barton spent his first two decades as an actor in stock, vaudeville and movies. He learned the production end of the business under the exacting guidance of director James Cruze, finally graduating to director himself with the 1934 "Zane Grey" feature Wagon Wheels. Barton became indispensable to the various "B" units operating in Hollywood, guiding several inexpensive, tight-scheduled productions with breezy efficiency. He also proved a superb comedy director, bringing the best out of such performers as Joe E. Brown, Jackie Gleason and Lupe Velez. From 1946 on, Barton was a principal director of the Abbott and Costello comedies, establishing an excellent working relationship with Lou Costello -- who, like Barton, was short in stature but long on volatility. Barton entered television in the early 1950s, helming several episodes of the classic sitcom Amos N Andy. Barton's last theatrical features included a pair of delightful Disney films, The Shaggy Dog (1959) and Toby Tyler (1960). Charles Barton was married to actress/singer Julie Gibson.

Highest Rated Movies

Beau Geste
100%
Wings
93%
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
89%
Buck Privates Come Home
80%

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Toby Tyler	Director	—	1960
68%	The Shaggy Dog	Director	—	1959
No Score Yet	Dance With Me, Henry!	Director	—	1956
No Score Yet	Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair	Director	—	1952
No Score Yet	Double Crossbones	Director	—	1951
No Score Yet	The Milkman	Director	—	1950
No Score Yet	Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff	Director	—	1949
60%	Africa Screams	Director	—	1949
No Score Yet	Mexican Hayride	Director	—	1948
89%	Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein	Director	—	1948
No Score Yet	The Noose Hangs High	Director Producer	—	1948
No Score Yet	The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap	Director	—	1947
80%	Buck Privates Come Home	Director	—	1947
No Score Yet	Smooth as Silk	Director	—	1946
No Score Yet	The Time of Their Lives (The Ghost Steps Out)	Director	—	1946
No Score Yet	Men in Her Diary	Producer Director	—	1945
No Score Yet	Hey, Rookie	Director	—	1944
No Score Yet	Reveille with Beverly	Director	—	1943
No Score Yet	The Phantom Submarine	Director	—	1941
No Score Yet	Harmon of Michigan	Director	—	1941
No Score Yet	Island of Doomed Men	Director	—	1940
No Score Yet	My Son Is Guilty	Director	—	1940
100%	Beau Geste	Buddy McMonigal	—	1939
No Score Yet	Hell Town	Director	—	1937
No Score Yet	The Crime Nobody Saw	Director	—	1937
No Score Yet	Helltown	Director	—	1937
No Score Yet	Forlorn River	Director	—	1937
No Score Yet	Thunder Trail	Director	—	1937
No Score Yet	Murder with Pictures	Director	—	1936
No Score Yet	Desert Gold	Director	—	1936
No Score Yet	And Sudden Death	Director	—	1936
No Score Yet	The Last Outpost	Director	—	1935
No Score Yet	Rocky Mountain Mystery	Director Actor	—	1935
No Score Yet	Car 99	Director	—	1935
No Score Yet	Wagon Wheels	Director	—	1934
93%	Wings	Doughboy Hit by Ambulance	—	1927

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
83%	The Munsters 1964-1966	Director	1965
No Score Yet	Zorro 1957-1961	Director	1959 1958

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Charles Barton

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

TV

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