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Actor

John Barton

Born October 12, 1898 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USADied November 30, 197859 films

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Witness for the Prosecution posterFirst watchWitness for the Prosecution19578.2as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)A supporting role in one of the best-rated films of their career.An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being…View film

Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
To Kill a Mockingbird poster8.0To Kill a Mockingbird1962The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance poster7.8The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance1962Spartacus poster7.5Spartacus1960Limelight poster7.9Limelight1952The Day the Earth Stood Still poster7.4The Day the Earth Stood Still1951Inherit the Wind poster7.6Inherit the Wind1960Scarlet Street poster7.6Scarlet Street1945A Place in the Sun poster7.3A Place in the Sun1951

Filmography

59 films as actor
  1. 1966The Rare BreedTownsman (uncredited)
  2. 1965The Cincinnati KidSpectator at Cockfight (uncredited)
  3. 1965The Hallelujah TrailMiner (uncredited)
  4. 1964RoustaboutCarnival Patron (uncredited)
  5. 1964What a Way to Go!Farmer (uncredited)
  6. 1964Seven Days in MayReporter (uncredited)
  7. 1963The Wheeler DealersCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
  8. 1963The Courtship of Eddie's FatherArcade Patron (uncredited)
  9. 1962To Kill a MockingbirdCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
  10. 1962GypsyAudience Member (uncredited)
  11. 1962Lonely are the BravePrisoner (uncredited)
  12. 1962The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceTownsman (uncredited)
  13. 1961Summer and SmokeTownsman (uncredited)
  14. 1961The Ladies ManTV Technician (uncredited)
  15. 1960Let No Man Write My EpitaphCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
  16. 1960The PlunderersTownsman (uncredited)
  17. 1960SpartacusSlave (uncredited)
  18. 1960Sunrise at CampobelloConvention Delegate (uncredited)
  19. 1960Seven Ways from Sundown
  20. 1960Inherit the WindTownsman (uncredited)
  21. 1959Gunmen from Laredo
  22. 1959No Name on the BulletTownsman (uncredited)
  23. 1958Ride a Crooked TrailTownsman (uncredited)
  24. 1958I Want to Live!Clerk (uncredited)
  25. 1957Raintree CountyTownsman (uncredited)
  26. 1957Witness for the ProsecutionCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
  27. 1957Decision at Sundown
  28. 1957The Tin StarTownsman (uncredited)
  29. 1957Johnny TroubleChurchgoer (uncredited)
  30. 1957The Garment JungleWorker (uncredited)
  31. 1956Friendly PersuasionCarnival Patron (uncredited)
  32. 1956The Last Wagon
  33. 1956Hot BloodGypsy (uncredited)
  34. 1955Tennessee's PartnerTownsman (uncredited)
  35. 1954Four Guns to the Border
  36. 1954Riding ShotgunTownsman (uncredited)
  37. 1954The Far CountryMiner (uncredited)
  38. 1953The Man from the Alamo
  39. 1953Julius CaesarCitizen of Rome (uncredited)
  40. 1953The Mississippi GamblerRiverboat Passenger
  41. 1952Road to BaliAudience Member (uncredited)
  42. 1952The Iron MistressGambling House Patron
  43. 1952LimelightMusic Hall Patron (uncredited)
  44. 1951The Day the Earth Stood StillBritish Newscaster
  45. 1951A Place in the SunCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
  46. 1950FrenchieTownsman (uncredited)
  47. 1946Duel in the SunParty Guest (uncredited)
  48. 1946The Virginian
  49. 1946Badman's TerritoryTownsman (uncredited)
  50. 1946Deadline at DawnOne-Legged Man (uncredited)
  51. 1946From This Day ForwardBartender
  52. 1946The Harvey GirlsTownsman (uncredited)
  53. 1945Scarlet StreetHurdy-Gurdy Man (uncredited)
  54. 1945Flame of Barbary CoastBarfly
  55. 1944Belle of the YukonBarfly (uncredited)
  56. 1944The Falcon in HollywoodFilm Crew Member (uncredited)
  57. 1944Christmas HolidayConcertgoer (uncredited)
  58. 1941In the NavyDance Hall Patron (uncredited)
  59. 1940Seven SinnersNightclub Patron (uncredited)