Bobby Barber
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.
113 acting credits
Acting · 113
Wagon Train
1957
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Adventures of Superman
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
Modern Times
1936
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
Laura
1944
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
Anchors Aweigh
1945
The Lady Eve
1941
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
Second Chorus
1941
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940
Dodsworth
1936
History Is Made at Night
1937
Pot o' Gold
1941
Africa Screams
1949
Pardners
1956
Vivacious Lady
1938
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
The Midnight Story
1957
Across the Wide Missouri
1951
Primrose Path
1940
Cipher Bureau
1938
The Sky's the Limit
1943
Road to Utopia
1946
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949
Roxie Hart
1942
Lady on a Train
1945
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
I Walk Alone
1947
Super-Sleuth
1937
Horse Feathers
1932
Calcutta
1946
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
The Monster and the Girl
1941
Hit the Ice
1943
Crazy House
1943
My Favorite Spy
1942
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945
Who Done It?
1942
Carefree
1938
And Now Tomorrow
1944
I'm No Angel
1933
Living It Up
1954
Hold That Ghost
1941
Road to Singapore
1940
Professor Beware
1938
The Gay Falcon
1941
From This Day Forward
1946
Two Sisters from Boston
1946
In the Navy
1941
Riff-Raff
1947
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942
Reveille with Beverly
1943
Fight for Your Lady
1937
Practically Yours
1944
Follow the Boys
1944
Give Me a Sailor
1938
On an Island with You
1948
We're Only Human
1935
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
Doughboys
1930
The Joker is Wild
1957
Let's Dance
1950
Rainbow Island
1944
Having Wonderful Time
1938
Great Guy
1936
Presenting Lily Mars
1943
Spring Parade
1940
Cracked Nuts
1941
Swing Fever
1943
Las Vegas Nights
1941
The Leather Pushers
1940
Everybody's Doing It
1938
Undertow
1949
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
1943
A Date with the Falcon
1942
The Buster Keaton Story
1957
I Love a Soldier
1944
Hi Diddle Diddle
1943
Dangerous to Know
1938
Vigilantes of Boomtown
1947
Powder Town
1942
The Night of June 13
1932
Flesh and Fury
1952
Walking on Air
1936
Dizzy Pilots
1943
Topper Takes a Trip
1938
Nothing But Pleasure
1940
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
King of the Texas Rangers
1941
Soup to Nuts
1930
One Sunday Afternoon
1933
Sensation Hunters
1945
All by Myself
1943
Pest from the West
1939
Breakfast for Two
1937
The Life of the Party
1930
You Can't Ration Love
1944
Pep Up
1929
I Don't Remember
1935
Smartest Girl in Town
1936
Matri-Phony
1942
Alimony Aches
1935
All in Fun
1928