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Charles T. Barton was born in Oakland, CA, on May 25, 1902. His father managed a candy store, and soon moved the family to Los Angeles, where Charles, nicknamed "Charlie", got a job at age 15 acting as an extra in silent movies. He eventually left acting for a job behind the camera as an assistant director, a position for which he won an Academy ... See full bio »

Born:

May 25, 1902 in San Francisco, California, USA

Died:

December 5, 1981 (age 79) in Burbank, California, USA

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Known For

A Man's World Director

(1942)

The Shaggy Dog Director

(1959)

Beau Geste Buddy McMonigal

(1939)

The Last Outpost

The Last Outpost Director

(1935)

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Director (98 credits)

1967-1971 Family Affair (TV Series) (106 episodes)

- You Can't Fight City Hall (1971)

- Buffy's Fair Lady (1971)

- Goodbye, Mrs. Beasley (1971)

- Cinder-Emily (1971)

- The Joiners (1971)

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1970 To Rome with Love (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Beautiful People (1970)

- My Daughter Penny (1970)

1965-1967 Petticoat Junction (TV Series) (38 episodes)

- Go Away, Fat (1967)

- A House Divided (1967)

- Kate's Cousin Mae (1967)

- The Eternal Rectangle (1967)

- That Was the Night That Was (1967)

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1966 Camp Runamuck (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Termites (1966)

1965-1966 Hazel (TV Series) (10 episodes)

- Harold's Gift Horses (1966)

- $285 by Saturday (1966)

- A Car Named Chrysanthemum (1966)

- Noblesse Oblige (1965)

- Kindly Advise (1965)

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1966 The Patty Duke Show (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Poppo's Birthday (1966)

1965 My Brother the Angel (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Is Your Wig Warm? (1965) ... (as Charles T. Barton)

- A Boarding House Is Not a Home (1965) ... (as Charles T. Barton)

1964-1965 Broadside (TV Series) (6 episodes)

- Operation Clip-Joint (1965)

- My Son, the Egg (1964)

- Ranakai Flips Its Wig (1964)

- Anne Bugs the Enemy (1964)

- Adrian Gets Nipped (1964)

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1965 The World of Abbott and Costello (archive footage, uncredited)

1965 The Munsters (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Love Locked Out (1965)

1964-1965 McHale's Navy (TV Series) (9 episodes)

- The Return of Maggie (1965)

- The Seven Faces of Ensign Parker (1965)

- The Late Captain Binghamton (1965)

- Fuji's Big Romance (1964)

- Christy Goes Traveling (1964)

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1964-1965 The Baileys of Balboa (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Bailey's Band (1965)

- Look Who's a Sailor (1964)

1959-1964 The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) (3 episodes)

- Toby Tyler: Part 2 (1964)

- Toby Tyler: Part 1 (1964)

- The Peter Tchaikovsky Story (1959)

1964 Grindl (TV Series) (9 episodes)

- Aunt Grindl (1964)

- Some Dogs Have the Biggest Mouths (1964)

- Everything's Coming Up Roses (1964)

- There's No Such Thing as a Bad Barracuda (1964)

- Grindl, Girl Wac (1964)

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1960-1963 Dennis the Menace (TV Series) (90 episodes)

- Aunt Emma Visits the Wilsons (1963)

- A Man Among Men (1963)

- First Editions (1963)

- Listen to the Mockingbird (1963)

- The Lucky Rabbit's Foot (1963)

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1962 Medicine Man (TV Movie)

1961 Swingin' Along

1960-1961 The Real McCoys (TV Series) (10 episodes)

- The Horse Expert (1961)

- A Bundle from Japan (1961)

- The Legacy (1960)

- The Hermit (1960)

- Baldy (1960)

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1960 The Comedy Spot (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Meet the Girls (1960)

1960 Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

1959 Zorro, the Avenger

1959 The Shaggy Dog

1958-1959 Zorro (TV Series) (17 episodes)

- Zorro and the Mountain Man (1959)

- Ambush (1958)

- Zorro and the Flag of Truce (1958)

- An Eye for an Eye (1958)

- The New Order (1958)

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1956-1958 The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (TV Series) (14 episodes)

- Not So Innocents Abroad (1958)

- Susanna Plays Cupid (1957)

- A Hit in Tahiti (1957)

- Wedding in Majorca (1957)

- The Parisian Touch (1957)

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1957 The New Adventures of Spin and Marty (TV Series)

1956 Dance with Me, Henry

1956 Studio 57 (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Baxter Boy (1956)

1955-1956 The Great Gildersleeve (TV Series) (13 episodes)

- One Too Many Secretaries (1956)

- Gildy's Dancing Lessons (1955)

- Gildy Stews About a Cook (1955)

- Gildy Goes Diving (1955)

- Practice What You Preach (1955)

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1951-1955 The Amos 'n Andy Show (TV Series) (78 episodes)

- The Meal Ticket (1955)

- Story of the Invisible Glass (1955)

- The Kingfish Becomes a Press Agent (1955)

- Kingfish Teaches Andy to Fly (1955)

- The Insurance Policy (1955)

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1955 The Stu Erwin Show (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- The Pearl Necklace (1955)

- The French Influence (1955)

1954 Meet the O'Briens (TV Movie)

1954 Oh, My Achin' Tooth! (Short)

1953-1954 The Ray Milland Show (TV Series) (4 episodes)

- Fashion Model (1954)

- The Christmas Story (1953)

- The Faculty Dance (1953)

- Meet Mister McNutley (1953)

1953 Wagon Wheels (Short)

1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

1951 Double Crossbones (as Charles T. Barton)

1950 The Milkman

1949 Free for All (as Charles T. Barton)

1949 Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (as Charles T. Barton)

1949 Africa Screams

1948 Mexican Hayride (as Charles T. Barton)

1948 10,000 Kids and a Cop (Short documentary)

1948 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (as Charles T. Barton)

1948 The Noose Hangs High

1947 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (as Charles T. Barton)

1947 Buck Privates Come Home (as Charles T. Barton)

1946 White Tie and Tails (as Charles T. Barton)

1946 The Time of Their Lives

1946 Smooth as Silk

1945 Men in Her Diary

1945 The Beautiful Cheat

1944 Louisiana Hayride

1944 Jam Session

1944 Hey, Rookie

1944 Beautiful But Broke

1943 Is Everybody Happy?

1943 What's Buzzin', Cousin?

1943 She Has What It Takes

1943 Let's Have Fun

1943 Reveille with Beverly

1942 Laugh Your Blues Away

1942 The Spirit of Stanford

1942 Lucky Legs

1942 A Man's World

1942 Parachute Nurse

1942 Sweetheart of the Fleet

1942 Hello, Annapolis

1942 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!

1942 Shut My Big Mouth

1941 Honolulu Lu

1941 Sing for Your Supper

1941 Two Latins from Manhattan

1941 Harmon of Michigan

1941 The Richest Man in Town

1941 The Big Boss

1940 The Phantom Submarine

1940 Nobody's Children

1940 Five Little Peppers in Trouble

1940 Out West with the Peppers

1940 Babies for Sale

1940 Island of Doomed Men

1940 Five Little Peppers at Home

1939 My Son Is Guilty

1939 Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

1939 Behind Prison Gates

1937 Born to the West

1937 Thunder Trail

1937 Forlorn River

1937 The Crime Nobody Saw

1936 Rose Bowl

1936 Murder with Pictures

1936 And Sudden Death

1936 Timothy's Quest

1935 Nevada

1935 The Last Outpost

1935 Rocky Mountain Mystery

1935 Car 99

1934 Wagon Wheels

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Second Unit Director or Assistant Director (22 credits)

1945 Spellbound (second unit director - uncredited)

1939 Union Pacific (assistant director - uncredited)

1934 The Trumpet Blows (assistant director - uncredited)

1933 A Lady's Profession (assistant director - uncredited)

1933 Hello, Everybody! (assistant director - uncredited)

1932 Horse Feathers (assistant director - uncredited)

1932 Lady and Gent (assistant director - uncredited)

1932 Merrily We Go to Hell (assistant director - uncredited)

1932 The Miracle Man (assistant director - uncredited)

1931 Monkey Business (first assistant director - uncredited)

1931 June Moon (assistant director: Photograph)

1930 The Sea God (assistant director - uncredited)

1930 Young Eagles (assistant director)

1930 Dangerous Paradise (assistant director - uncredited)

1929 Woman Trap (assistant director - uncredited)

1929 The Man I Love (assistant director - uncredited)

1929 Chinatown Nights (assistant director - uncredited)

1928 Beggars of Life (assistant director - uncredited)

1928 Ladies of the Mob (assistant director - uncredited)

1928 The Legion of the Condemned (second assistant director - uncredited)

1928 Beau Sabreur (assistant director)

1927 Wings (assistant director - uncredited)

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Producer (5 credits)

1955 The Amos 'n Andy Show (TV Series) (producer - 12 episodes)

- Story of the Invisible Glass (1955) ... (producer)

- The Kingfish Becomes a Press Agent (1955) ... (producer)

- Kingfish Teaches Andy to Fly (1955) ... (producer)

- The Insurance Policy (1955) ... (producer)

- The Uranium Mine (1955) ... (producer)

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1953-1954 The Ray Milland Show (TV Series) (producer - 7 episodes)

- Swimming Problem (1954) ... (producer)

- The Tree (1954) ... (producer)

- Ray's Other Life (1954) ... (producer)

- Skylark (1953) ... (producer)

- Episode #1.7 (1953) ... (producer)

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1948 The Noose Hangs High (producer)

1945 Men in Her Diary (associate producer)

1945 The Beautiful Cheat (producer)

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Art department (3 credits)

1927 Wings (property master - uncredited)

1926 The Cat's Pajamas (assistant property master - uncredited) / (property assistant)

1926 You Never Know Women (assistant property master - uncredited)

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Actor (3 credits)

1939 Beau Geste
Buddy McMonigal

1927 Wings
Soldier Flirting with Mary (uncredited)

1920 The County Fair
Tim Vail

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Cinematographer (1 credit)

1925 The Adventures of Algy

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Archive footage (1 credit)

2006 The Shaggy Dog Kids (Video documentary short)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Unsold pilot: Directed a sitcom pilot for CBS called "Vernon's Volunteers." The plot concerned an enthusiastic but incompetent volunteer fire department who protects the small town of Vernon from burning to the ground.

Alternate Names:

Charles T. Barton

Height:

5' 2" (1.57 m)

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Personal Quote:

[on Universal Pictures studio heads Leo Spitz and William Goetz] Mr. Spitz was a nice man, but he wouldn't talk to either Bud [Bud Abbott] or Lou [Lou Costello]. I think he was scared of them. Mr. Goetz was a very fine independent producer. But you had two people in charge of the studio who didn't know anything about comedy at all.

Trivia:

Two films he can be seen in are Beau Geste (1926) (He plays a Foreign Legionnaire) and Wings (1927) (He plays the soldier "injured" by Clara Bow's ambulance).

Nickname:

Charlie

Star Sign:

Gemini

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