George Barrows

George Barrows

Born: February 7, 1914
Died: October 17, 1994

Movies for George Barrows...

Horrible Horror
Title: Horrible Horror
Character: Ro-Man in 'Robot Monsters'
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
A collection of trailers and previews from various low-budget horror films of the '50s and '60s.
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Choices
Title: Choices
Character: Grandpa
Released: October 1, 1981
Type: Movie
A popular high school student seems to have it all; a spot on the football team, the love of playing music in the school orchestra and a girlfriend. His world seems to come apart when the school doctor discovers he is partially deaf, causing him to be cut from the football team on the advice of the doctor. The student's friends fight to keep him on the team; while he struggles with his problem by withdrawing from everything he loves and starts falling in with the wrong crowd.
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The Frisco Kid
Title: The Frisco Kid
Character: Ticket Purchaser
Released: July 6, 1979
Type: Movie
Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced traveller, he is tricked by con men to pay for the trip to go west, then they leave him and his belongings scattered along a deserted road. He is befriended by a stranger, Tommy, who is a bank robber and have many adventures during their journey.
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The Trophy Case
Title: The Trophy Case
Released: February 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A father encourages a son to do things he couldn't when he was young, then he realizes his son has his own ambitions.
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Spider-Man Strikes Back
Title: Spider-Man Strikes Back
Character: Guard
Released: December 21, 1978
Type: Movie
At the New York State University, one of Peter Parker's tutors has accidentally given three students all the materials they need to create an atomic bomb. While Peter Parker tries to find out what's happened, the police suspect him of the crime, and Peter has to deal with an attractive journalist determined to get an interview with Spider-Man. Then dastardly millionaire Mr. White shows up, and will stop at nothing to get his hands on the atomic bomb. Spider-Man must defeat this scheming villain and stop him blowing up the World Trade Centre.
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Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
Title: Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
Released: October 24, 1978
Type: Movie
A grim incident from American pioneer history is recreated as a determined group of settlers, facing almost insurmountable odds, struggles to reach California in 1846. Already divided by internal dissension over the choice of a leader and the selection of a route, the wagon train is soon decimated by Indian raids, a scarcity of food and water, and the unrelenting forces of nature. Finally after months of hardship, the party reaches the High Sierras, only to be stranded in the middle of the pass by an early snowstorm. And as fear of an agonizing death from starvation forces the abandonment of conventional rules of human behavior, the pioneers face a new enemy - each other.
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The President's Plane Is Missing
Title: The President's Plane Is Missing
Character: Mr. Meyers
Released: October 23, 1973
Type: Movie
When the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board, it is left to the seemingly weak Vice President to try to avert a nuclear exchange with the Chinese.
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Hacksaw
Title: Hacksaw
Character: Olney Curtis
Released: September 26, 1971
Type: Movie
A girl goes on vacation to the mountains where she finds a wild horse named Hacksaw. With a little help, she captures the stud and it doesn't take long until the man who helped her starts wagon racing, since Hacksaw refuses to have any man or woman on his back.
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Hello, Dolly!
Title: Hello, Dolly!
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: December 12, 1969
Type: Movie
Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.
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Panic in the City
Title: Panic in the City
Character: Ernest
Released: October 1, 1968
Type: Movie
An American agent is assigned to track down a renegade Soviet spy who is building an atomic device in Los Angeles and plans to destroy the city with it.
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Title: Adam-12
Character: Mr. Bunch
Released: September 21, 1968
Type: TV
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.
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Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Title: Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Character: Anatole the Gorilla
Released: May 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Country singers on their way to Nashville have car trouble, forcing them to stop at an old haunted mansion. Soon they realize that the house is not only haunted, but is also the headquarters of a ring of international spies after a top secret formula for rocket fuel.
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The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
Title: The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
Character: Monstro
Released: April 6, 1966
Type: Movie
A corpse has 24 hours to mastermind a good deed without leaving his crypt, to go "up there" and have his youth restored.
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Title: Batman
Character: Charles
Released: January 12, 1966
Type: TV
Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.
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Title: The Addams Family
Character: Gorgo
Released: September 18, 1964
Type: TV
A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.
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Title: The Lucy Show
Character: Hilda the Gorilla
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but when this title was declined, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy, before deciding on the title The Lucy Show. Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68.
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Title: The Lucy Show
Character: Prisoner
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but when this title was declined, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy, before deciding on the title The Lucy Show. Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68.
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Title: The Lucy Show
Character: Gorilla
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but when this title was declined, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy, before deciding on the title The Lucy Show. Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68.
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Title: The Lucy Show
Character: Bruiser
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but when this title was declined, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy, before deciding on the title The Lucy Show. Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68.
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Title: The Beverly Hillbillies
Released: September 26, 1962
Type: TV
Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.
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Title: Mister Ed
Released: January 5, 1961
Type: TV
Wilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his new barn, he finds that the former owner left his horse behind. This horse is no ordinary horse . . . he can talk, but only to Wilbur, which leads to all sorts of misadventures for Wilbur and his trouble-making sidekick Mister Ed.
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Imitation of Life
Title: Imitation of Life
Character: Furniture Mover
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: Movie
In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.
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Frankenstein's Daughter
Title: Frankenstein's Daughter
Character: Loading Dock Worker Mack
Released: December 15, 1958
Type: Movie
Dr. Frankenstein's insane grandson attempts to create horrible monsters in modern day L.A.
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Title: Peter Gunn
Released: September 22, 1958
Type: TV
Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and featuring Henry Mancini music that could tell you the action with your eyes closed, Peter Gunn worked in style. Known as Pete to his friends and simply as Gunn to his enemies, he did his job in a calm cool way.
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Brooba
Title: Brooba
Character: Gorilla
Released: October 25, 1955
Type: Movie
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Timber Country Trouble
Title: Timber Country Trouble
Character: LaFarge, the foreman
Released: May 8, 1955
Type: Movie
A short feature western comprising two episodes of the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series, the episodes being "Lumber Camp Story" (4/21/1952) and "Boy And The Bandit" (5/5/1952).
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The Outlaw's Daughter
Title: The Outlaw's Daughter
Character: 'Rock' Swenson
Released: November 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Led astray by outlaw leader Jess, the "outlaw's daughter" Kate joins Jess' gang and follows in her dad's footsteps. Town marshal Dan tries his best to reform the girl, but this proves difficult inasmuch as Kate holds Dan responsible for her father's death. Only after most of the bad guys have been decimated by Dan does Kate discover the true identity of her dad's murderer. Having fallen in love with Kate, marshal Dan offers to let her escape prosecution, but she's made of sterner stuff than that.
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Gorilla at Large
Title: Gorilla at Large
Character: Goliath the Gorilla (uncredited)
Released: May 1, 1954
Type: Movie
At a carnival called the Garden of Evil, a man is murdered, apparently by a gorilla...or someone in a gorilla suit.
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Duffy of San Quentin
Title: Duffy of San Quentin
Character: Convict
Released: March 16, 1954
Type: Movie
San Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.
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Robot Monster
Title: Robot Monster
Character: Ro-Man the Monster / Great Guidance
Released: June 25, 1953
Type: Movie
Ro-Man, an alien robot who greatly resembles a gorilla in a diving helmet, is sent to earth to destroy all human life. Ro-Man falls in love with one of the last six remaining humans, and struggles to understand how his programming can instruct him to kill her while his heart demands that he can't.
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Mesa of Lost Women
Title: Mesa of Lost Women
Character: George
Released: June 17, 1953
Type: Movie
A mad scientist, Dr. Aranya (Jackie Coogan), has created giant spiders in his Mexican lab in Zarpa Mesa to create a race of superwomen by injecting spiders with human pituitary growth hormones. Women develop miraculous regenerative powers, but men mutate into disfigured dwarves. Spiders grow to human size and intelligence.
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Loose in London
Title: Loose in London
Released: May 24, 1953
Type: Movie
The Bowery Boys take on British crooks when one of them thinks he's inherited a title.
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Les Miserables
Title: Les Miserables
Character: Gendarme (uncredited)
Released: August 14, 1952
Type: Movie
Jean Valjean, a Frenchman of good character, has nevertheless been convicted for the minor crime of stealing bread. A minor infraction leads to his pursuit by the relentless policeman Javert, a pursuit that consumes both men's lives for many years.
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Title: Dragnet
Released: December 16, 1951
Type: TV
Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
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The Whip Hand
Title: The Whip Hand
Character: Federal Agent (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A small-town reporter investigates a mysterious group holed up in a country lodge.
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M
Title: M
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.
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Law of the Badlands
Title: Law of the Badlands
Character: Barfly (uncredited)
Released: February 24, 1951
Type: Movie
The Texas Rangers send Dave and Chito into the badlands to see if they can locate a counterfeiting operation. They arrive posing as wanted outlaws and this gets them into the gang. But as soon as they uncover the operation and locate the printing press, one of Chito's girl friends arrives to expose their identity and they find themselves trapped by the entire gang.
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Walk Softly, Stranger
Title: Walk Softly, Stranger
Character: Man at Bar (uncredited)
Released: October 14, 1950
Type: Movie
A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.
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Tarzan and the Slave Girl
Title: Tarzan and the Slave Girl
Released: June 23, 1950
Type: Movie
The Lionians, a tribe of lion worshippers, make a desperate attempt to find a cure for the mysterious disease plaguing their village. Their Chief decides to kidnap Jane and Lola, a half-breed nurse, in order to help repopulate his civilization. Tarzan must rescue them while fending off blowgun attacks from people called the Waddies who are disguised as bushes.
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Trapped
Title: Trapped
Character: Federal Agent (uncredited)
Released: September 27, 1949
Type: Movie
Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plates, but he plans to double-cross them.
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Wake of the Red Witch
Title: Wake of the Red Witch
Character: Seaman
Released: December 30, 1948
Type: Movie
Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.
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The Street with No Name
Title: The Street with No Name
Character: Bouncer at Gym (Uncredited)
Released: July 14, 1948
Type: Movie
After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to go undercover in the shadowy Skid Row area (alias George Manly) as a potential victim of the same racket. Soon, Gene meets Alec Stiles, neurotic mastermind who's "building an organization along scientific lines." Stiles recruits Cordell, whose job becomes a lot more dangerous.
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The Exile
Title: The Exile
Character: Loyalist (uncredited)
Released: October 17, 1947
Type: Movie
In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwell. Charles ends up in the Netherlands, where he falls for local beauty Katie and spends his days happily in the quiet countryside. Unfortunately, Cromwell's associate Col. Ingram and his men track Charles down, and the would-be monarch must resort to swashbuckling his way to freedom.
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Desperate
Title: Desperate
Character: Train Passenger (uncredited)
Released: June 20, 1947
Type: Movie
An innocent trucker takes it on the lam when he's accused of robbery.
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Suddenly It's Spring
Title: Suddenly It's Spring
Character: Military Policeman at Dock
Released: February 13, 1947
Type: Movie
A WAC officer returns from the war to find her husband wants a divorce.
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Magnificent Doll
Title: Magnificent Doll
Character: Jedson
Released: December 8, 1946
Type: Movie
While packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the impending British invasion of Washington D.C., Dolly Payne Madison thinks back on her childhood, her first marriage, and later romances with two very different politicians, Aaron Burr and his good friend James Madison. She plays each against the other, not only for romantic reasons, but also to influence the shaping of the young country. By manipulating Burr's affections, she helps Thomas Jefferson win the presidency, and eventually she becomes First Lady of the land herself.
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Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Title: Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Character: Crewman (uncredited)
Released: November 22, 1946
Type: Movie
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
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Something to Shout About
Title: Something to Shout About
Character: Aloysius
Released: February 25, 1943
Type: Movie
A press agent, a composer and a landlord of a theatrical boardinghouse revive vaudeville on Broadway.
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Fall In
Title: Fall In
Character: Fifth Columnist in Brawl
Released: November 20, 1942
Type: Movie
An Army sergeant's photographic memory puts him in conflict with a Nazi spy.
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King of the Texas Rangers
Title: King of the Texas Rangers
Character: Dirigible Lieutenant
Released: October 3, 1941
Type: Movie
Tom King Jr. seeks to discover who murdered his father, a Texas Ranger; the trail leads to a network of Axis spies.
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Seven Sinners
Title: Seven Sinners
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 25, 1940
Type: Movie
Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.
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Buck Benny Rides Again
Title: Buck Benny Rides Again
Character: Dancer
Released: May 31, 1940
Type: Movie
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is maneuvered by her sisters to the same Nevada town. Jack's losing battle to prove his manhood to Joan means broad slapstick burlesque of Western cliches.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Title: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: December 29, 1939
Type: Movie
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.
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College Holiday
Title: College Holiday
Character: Dancer
Released: December 19, 1936
Type: Movie
College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.