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Jess Barker

Actor

Jess Barker

Born June 4, 1912 in Greenville, South Carolina, USADied August 8, 200025 films

Jess Barker (June 4, 1912 - August 8, 2000) was an American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s. He is probably most famous for being the first husband of actress Susan Hayward.

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Scarlet Street posterFirst watchScarlet Street19457.6as David JanewayCashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Cover Girl poster6.4Cover Girl1944The Time of Their Lives poster7.2The Time of Their Lives1946Reign of Terror poster6.8Reign of Terror1949The Night Walker poster6.4The Night Walker1964

Filmography

25 films as actor
  1. 1964The Night WalkerMalone
  2. 1956The PeacemakerEd Halcomb
  3. 1956Kentucky RifleDaniel Foster
  4. 1956Mobs, Inc.Jim Edwards
  5. 1956Three Bad SistersGeorge Gurney
  6. 1955Shack Out on 101Artie
  7. 1954Dragonfly SquadronDixon
  8. 1953Marry Me AgainJenkins
  9. 1950The MilkmanJohn Carter
  10. 1949Reign of TerrorSaint-Just
  11. 1949Take One False StepArnold Sykes
  12. 1946The Time of Their LivesThomas Danbury
  13. 1946Idea GirlLarry Brewster
  14. 1946Girl on the SpotRick Crane
  15. 1945Scarlet StreetDavid Janeway
  16. 1945The Daltons Ride AgainJeff Colton
  17. 1945This Love of OursChadwick
  18. 1945Senorita from the WestTim Winters
  19. 1945Keep Your Powder DryJunior Vanderheusen
  20. 1944She's a Soldier TooDr. Bill White
  21. 1944Jam SessionGeorge Carter Haven
  22. 1944Cover GirlJohn Coudair as a Young Man
  23. 1943Government GirlDana McGuire
  24. 1943Good Luck, Mr. YatesOliver Yates
  25. 1936The Trail of the Lonesome PineMerd Falin (as Philip Barker)