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Don Barclay

Actor

Don Barclay

Born December 26, 1892 in Ashland, Oregon, USADied October 16, 197559 films

Don Barclay (born Donn Van Tassel Barclay, December 26, 1892 – October 16, 1975) was an American actor, artist and caricaturist whose many roles stretched the period from the Keystone Cops in 1915 to Mary Poppins in 1964 and whose many paintings and caricatures of celebrities filled establishments worldwide and are archived in the Library of Congress.

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Mary Poppins posterFirst watchMary Poppins19647.5as Mr. BinnacleIn turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
One Hundred and One Dalmatians poster7.2One Hundred and One Dalmatians1961Cinderella poster7.1Cinderella1950Alice in Wonderland poster7.2Alice in Wonderland1951Bedknobs and Broomsticks poster7.0Bedknobs and Broomsticks1971My Darling Clementine poster7.5My Darling Clementine1946This Gun for Hire poster7.0This Gun for Hire1942Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man poster6.2Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man1943The More the Merrier poster7.0The More the Merrier1943

Filmography

59 films as actor
  1. 1971Bedknobs and BroomsticksPortobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
  2. 1964Mary PoppinsMr. Binnacle
  3. 1961One Hundred and One DalmatiansTruck Driver (voice)
  4. 1951Alice in WonderlandOther Cards (voice)
  5. 1950CinderellaDoorman (voice)
  6. 1948Whispering SmithDr. Sawbuck
  7. 1948The Sainted SistersDr. Benton (uncredited)
  8. 1947Big Town After DarkGambler (uncredited)
  9. 1946My Darling ClementineOpera House Owner (uncredited)
  10. 1944In SocietyDrowning Drunk (uncredited)
  11. 1944Shine on Harvest MoonCab driver (uncredited)
  12. 1943Thank Your Lucky StarsPete (uncredited)
  13. 1943The More the MerrierDrunk (uncredited)
  14. 1943After Midnight with Boston BlackieCigar clerk
  15. 1943Frankenstein Meets the Wolf ManFranzec a Vasarian
  16. 1942Silver QueenDrunk (uncredited)
  17. 1942The Falcon's BrotherLefty
  18. 1942Mexican Spitfire's ElephantMr. Smith of the Elephants
  19. 1942The Big StreetEating Contest Emcee (uncredited)
  20. 1942Mexican Spitfire Sees a GhostFingers O'Toole
  21. 1942This Gun for HirePiano Player (uncredited)
  22. 1942Blondie's Blessed EventWalter (uncredited)
  23. 1941South of TahitiTattooer
  24. 1941Honky TonkMan with Feathers (uncredited)
  25. 1941Badlands of DakotaJoe
  26. 1939The Flying IrishmanBettor
  27. 1939The Oklahoma KidDrunk (uncredited)
  28. 1938Outlaw ExpressSergeant Andy Sharpe
  29. 1938Accidents Will HappenMartin Dorsey
  30. 1938Thunder in the DesertRusty
  31. 1938The Spy RingPrivate Timothy O'Reilly
  32. 1937Live, Love and LearnReporter (uncredited)
  33. 1937Behind the MikeSparky
  34. 1937My Dear Miss AldrichSecond Drunk at Red Apple Inn (uncredited)
  35. 1937Ever Since EveDrunken Neighbor (uncredited)
  36. 1937I Cover the War!Elmer Davis
  37. 1937Sweetheart of the NavyPete
  38. 1937Border PhantomLucky Smith
  39. 1937Kid GalahadDrunk in Dressing Room (uncredited)
  40. 1937The Go-GetterJ. Browne #1 (uncredited)
  41. 1937Navy SpyBertie
  42. 1936Fugitive in the SkyRonald DeWitt
  43. 1936White LegionMiggs
  44. 1936The Lion's DenPaddy Callahan
  45. 1936Treachery Rides the RangeCorporal Bunce
  46. 1936Man HuntReporter Waffles
  47. 1936The Murder of Dr. HarriganJackson - the Drunk
  48. 1935Frisco KidDrunk (uncredited)
  49. 1934Honky DonkeyBarclay
  50. 1934Maid in HollywoodSound Man
  51. 1934A Duke for a DayJoe Morgan
  52. 1934Soup and FishFirst Butler, with Knee Britches
  53. 1934Next Week-End
  54. 1934Mixed NutsProf. Barclay
  55. 1933Air FrightMr. Barclay, the Inventor
  56. 1933Backs to NatureForest Ranger (uncredited)
  57. 1933Keg o' My HeartCensus Taker (uncredited)
  58. 1933Beauty and the BusMotorist
  59. 1915Ambrose's Lofty Perch