Cast
Bobby Barber
Acting
Cast
Bobby Barber
Known for
Acting
Born
1894-12-17
From
New York City, New York, USA
Died
1976-05-24
Also known as Robert S. Barbera
Biography
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.
★8.3
MOVIE1936
Modern Times
as Worker (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1962
To Kill a Mockingbird
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
★7.6
MOVIE1944
Laura
as Newsboy (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1943
Swing Fever
as Soft Drink Vendor (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1938
Vivacious Lady
as Italian Waiter at Nightclub (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1945
Anchors Aweigh
as Salad Cook (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1942
Roxie Hart
as Bald Juror (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1941
Hold That Ghost
as Waiter (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1950
Let's Dance
as Bartender (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1948
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
as Waiter
★6.5
MOVIE1954
Living It Up
as Bellboy (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1943
Hit the Ice
as Candy Butcher (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1940
The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1933
I'm No Angel
as Man in Crowd (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1947
Riff-Raff
as Customs Inspector (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1957
The Buster Keaton Story
as Soda Fountain Customer (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Birthday Cake Waiter (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1941
The Gay Falcon
as Angelo (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1951
Across the Wide Missouri
as Gardipe (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1936
Dodsworth
as Italian Taxi Driver (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1952
Flesh and Fury
★8.1
MOVIE1957
The Joker is Wild
as Waiter (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1932
Horse Feathers
as Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1947
I Walk Alone
as Newsboy (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1944
And Now Tomorrow
as Mill Worker
★5.8
MOVIE1943
A Lady Takes a Chance
as Gambler
★6.5
MOVIE1940
Stranger on the Third Floor
as Giuseppe, the Italian Grocer (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1957
Man of a Thousand Faces
as The Miracle Man Extra (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1941
Second Chorus
as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1940
Primrose Path
as Benny (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1944
Follow the Boys
as Soldier - W.C. Fields Routine (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1951
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Sneaky (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1940
Broadway Melody of 1940
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1946
Two Sisters from Boston
as Stagehand (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1937
History Is Made at Night
as Paul - Waiter at Victor's (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1940
They Knew What They Wanted
as Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1957
The Midnight Story
as Party Guest (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1945
Lady on a Train
★7.3
MOVIE1941
The Lady Eve
as Ship's Waiter with Toupee (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1943
Presenting Lily Mars
as Busboy
★5.4
MOVIE1946
From This Day Forward
as Ice Man
★5.8
MOVIE1941
The Monster and the Girl
as Juryman (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1944
I Love a Soldier
as Funhouse Attendant
★6.7
MOVIE1956
Pardners
as Townsman (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Member of La'oa's Gang (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1938
Carefree
as (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1938
Give Me a Sailor
as Sailor (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1948
On an Island with You
as (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1947
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Waiter (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1941
In the Navy
as Sailor in Finale (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1949
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Dry Cleaning Man (uncredited)
★4.9
MOVIE1938
Having Wonderful Time
as Bartender (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1942
Who Done It?
as Test Technician in Booth (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1946
Calcutta
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1949
Africa Screams
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1943
The Sky's the Limit
as Canteen Waiter (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1946
Road to Utopia
as Bartender (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1942
My Favorite Spy
as Man in Park in Front of Kay
★7.0
MOVIE1928
All in Fun
★6.0
MOVIE1938
Professor Beware
as Handshaker - Paint-Brush Gag
★6.0
MOVIE1943
Crazy House
as Bald Man / Director
★6.0
MOVIE1938
Everybody's Doing It
as Short Slap Happy Henchman
★7.5
MOVIE1943
Reveille with Beverly
as Collins (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1950
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Arab on Jeep's Hood (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1938
Topper Takes a Trip
as Hotel Staffer Moving Bed (uncredited)
★4.4
MOVIE1942
Powder Town
as Waiter (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1949
Undertow
★5.9
MOVIE1930
Soup to Nuts
as Revolutionary (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1937
Super-Sleuth
as Photographer
★5.9
MOVIE1937
Breakfast for Two
as Window Washer (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1943
Hi Diddle Diddle
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1930
Doughboys
as Doughboy (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1943
Dizzy Pilots
as Private (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1940
Road to Singapore
as Man Hit with Soap Suds (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1942
Matri-Phony
as Snake Charmer (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1941
Pot o' Gold
as Prisoner (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1944
Rainbow Island
as Native Banana Man
★6.5
MOVIE1935
We're Only Human
as Counterman
★6.3
MOVIE1963
The Wheeler Dealers
as Workman in Night Club (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1936
Great Guy
as Grocery Clerk (Uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1938
Dangerous to Know
as Waiter (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1933
One Sunday Afternoon
as Man in Greased Pig Contest (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1936
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Prop Man (Uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1945
Earl Carroll Vanities
as Cab Driver
★6.9
MOVIE1940
Spring Parade
as Waiter Who Spills Tray (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1936
Walking on Air
as Silent Waiter at Beach Club (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1937
Fight for Your Lady
as Hotel Porter (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1944
Practically Yours
as Man on Subway (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1940
Nothing But Pleasure
as Snacking Bus Rider
★8.0
MOVIE1943
All by Myself
as Waiter
★4.5
MOVIE1936
Hollywood Boulevard
as Man with Gong (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1940
The Leather Pushers
★6.6
MOVIE1930
The Life of the Party
as Waiter
★10.0
MOVIE1943
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
as Bellhop
★4.3
MOVIE1947
Vigilantes of Boomtown
as Corbett's second
★7.1
MOVIE1939
Pest from the West
as Musician (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1942
A Date with the Falcon
as Spectator (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Cracked Nuts
as Waiter
★5.3
MOVIE1938
Cipher Bureau
★4.8
MOVIE1945
Sensation Hunters
as Waiter (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1941
King of the Texas Rangers
as Eduardo
★5.8
MOVIE1936
Smartest Girl in Town
as Hotel Porter (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1935
Alimony Aches
as Undertaker's Assistant
★5.0
MOVIE1935
I Don't Remember
as Dentist Patient
★7.5
MOVIE1932
The Night of June 13
as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1941
Las Vegas Nights
as Waiter Who Gets Slapped
★8.0
MOVIE1944
You Can't Ration Love
as Barber
★7.0
MOVIE1929
Pep Up
as clothing salesman on street