Tony Barrett

Tony Barrett

Born: May 24, 1916
Died: November 16, 1974
in New York City, New York, USA
Tony Barrett was born on May 24, 1916 in New York City, New York, USA as Martin Lefkowitz. He was a writer and producer, known for Peter Gunn (1958), Mod Squad (1968) and Good Times (1967). He was married to Stephanie "Steffi" Nordli. He died on November 16, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Spouse (1)

Stephanie "Steffi" Nordli  (June 1956 - 16 November 1974) (his death)

Birth Name   Martin Lefkowitz

Movies for Tony Barrett...

Pushover
Title: Pushover
Character: Pickup Artist in Bar (uncredited)
Released: July 14, 1954
Type: Movie
A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
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Prisoners in Petticoats
Title: Prisoners in Petticoats
Character: Steve London
Released: September 18, 1950
Type: Movie
Joan Grey is a young pianist that falls for the good manners and nice clothes of a gang of mobsters. She is warned by Mark Hampton, an investigator, that she is associating with gangsters and she is heading for trouble. She refuses to believe him and becomes innocently involved in some robberies and killings.
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Flame of Youth
Title: Flame of Youth
Character: Deke Edwards
Released: September 22, 1949
Type: Movie
Outside the Wolf Club, wayward high school student Geraldine “Jerry” Briggs waits in the parking lot, while her partner in crime, Al, steals hubcaps from parked cars. When a patron named Steve Miller notices his hubcaps missing, he phones the police, and Jerry is apprehended.
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Impact
Title: Impact
Character: Jim Torrence
Released: March 20, 1949
Type: Movie
After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.
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Mystery in Mexico
Title: Mystery in Mexico
Character: Carlos
Released: August 21, 1948
Type: Movie
Insurance detective Steve Hastings is sent by his company to investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent. His first lead is the agent's fetching sister, Victoria, whom he trails to Mexico City. After charming his way into her confidence, Steve helps Vicki unravel the mystery.
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Guns of Hate
Title: Guns of Hate
Character: Matt Wyatt
Released: June 18, 1948
Type: Movie
Ben Jason has found a lost gold mine. When Morgan learns this, he and his henchman chase down Jason and kill him. Banning and sidekick Rafferty arrive on the scene only to be arrested and jailed for the murder. They escape from jail and now have to find the real killers to clear their name.
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Western Heritage
Title: Western Heritage
Character: Henchman Trigg McCord
Released: February 7, 1948
Type: Movie
A forger has made a copy of a Spanish land grant and Arnold is after it. Arnold and his men attack, shoot the forger, and take the deed while Russ tries unsuccessfully to stop them. Arnold presents it at the recorders office. It appears authentic and he starts evicting ranchers from their land. But Russ knows something is wrong as one of Arnold's men was a man he fought with during the attack.
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Wild Horse Mesa
Title: Wild Horse Mesa
Character: Jim Horn
Released: November 13, 1947
Type: Movie
Dave and Chito are working for Melburn who is looking for wild horses. Olmstead has his men looking for then also. When Dave finds them first, Olmstead buys them from Melburn and then kills him. A clue leads Dave to Olmstead's where he breaks in and finds the murder weapon. When he takes his evidence to the Marshal he learns Olmstead has been murdered and he is the one under arrest.
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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Title: Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Character: Melody
Released: September 26, 1947
Type: Movie
A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attracts the interest of Dick Tracy, and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, Tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them.
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Under the Tonto Rim
Title: Under the Tonto Rim
Character: Roy Patton
Released: August 1, 1947
Type: Movie
A stagecoach owner goes to jail to catch a holdup gang.
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Seven Keys to Baldpate
Title: Seven Keys to Baldpate
Character: Max Rogers
Released: June 5, 1947
Type: Movie
Writer Kenneth Magee has bet that he can finish a story at rural resort Baldpate Inn, now closed for the winter. The owner has given him the "only" key to the front door. But there are six other keys, and peculiar characters, some of them up to no good, keep turning up as the mystery deepens.
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Dick Tracy's Dilemma
Title: Dick Tracy's Dilemma
Character: Sam
Released: May 20, 1947
Type: Movie
Dick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand.
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Born to Kill
Title: Born to Kill
Character: Danny
Released: April 30, 1947
Type: Movie
Helen Brent has just received a Reno divorce. That night, she discovers her neighbor Laury Palmer and a gentleman caller murdered in Palmer's home. The killer is her neighbor's other boyfriend Sam Wilde, an insanely jealous man who won't abide anyone "cutting in" on him.
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Follow That Music
Title: Follow That Music
Released: January 31, 1947
Type: Movie
Two reel comedy starring Gene Krupa as an Orchestra leader trying to make it in New York.
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San Quentin
Title: San Quentin
Character: Steve Marlowe
Released: December 16, 1946
Type: Movie
An ex-con sets up a program to straighten out hard-core prisoners. Things don't go as planned.
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The Falcon's Adventure
Title: The Falcon's Adventure
Character: Paolo Ray
Released: December 13, 1946
Type: Movie
A society sleuth rescues a kidnapped woman, then is framed for murder.