Griff Barnett

Griff Barnett

Born: November 12, 1884
Died: January 12, 1958
in Blue Ridge, Texas, USA

Movies for Griff Barnett...

The Spirit of St. Louis
Title: The Spirit of St. Louis
Character: "Dad"
Released: April 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo trans-Atlantic crossing.
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Angel Face
Title: Angel Face
Character: Judge
Released: January 2, 1953
Type: Movie
An ambulance driver gets involved with a rich girl that might have a darker side.
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The Duel at Silver Creek
Title: The Duel at Silver Creek
Character: Dan 'Pop' Muzik (uncredited)
Released: September 5, 1952
Type: Movie
When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silver Kid joins forces with the local marshal to free the tiny town of Silver City from the clutches of the dastardly villains.
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The Sellout
Title: The Sellout
Character: Atty. General J. R. Morrison
Released: May 30, 1952
Type: Movie
A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff.
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The Treasure of Lost Canyon
Title: The Treasure of Lost Canyon
Character: Judge Wade
Released: March 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Young David, orphaned en route to California, falls into the hands of medicine-show rascal Baltimore Dan. Years later, now a trained thief, he's adopted by eccentric 'Doc' Brown, retired miner and pharmacist. Doc and David become fast friends in their scenic outdoor rambles. But when they discover a hidden treasure, the idyllic interlude gives way to more troubles and a strange coincidence.
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Scandal Sheet
Title: Scandal Sheet
Character: Elroy Hacker
Released: January 16, 1952
Type: Movie
A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.
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Passage West
Title: Passage West
Character: Papa Emil Ludwig
Released: October 1, 1951
Type: Movie
In 1863, having escaped from a rock-quarry prison in Salt Lake, six inmates led by convicted murderer Pete Black take over a small wagon train headed by preacher Jacob Karns. Tensions and hardships grow as the travelers continue to trek toward California across dry, desolate country.
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Cattle Drive
Title: Cattle Drive
Character: Conductor O'Hara
Released: August 1, 1951
Type: Movie
The spoilt young son of a wealthy railroad owner manages to get himself lost in the middle of nowhere. He is found by a cowboy on a cattle drive and the lad must start learning the hard lessons of working in a team if he wants to make it to San Diego.
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Two of a Kind
Title: Two of a Kind
Character: William McIntyre
Released: July 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Brandy Kirby and crooked Lawyer Vincent Mailer plan to rob William and Maida McIntyre by producing a convincing double for their long-lost son. Brandy charms gambler Lefty Farrell into impersonating the missing son.
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Home Town Story
Title: Home Town Story
Character: Uncle Cliff Washburn
Released: May 18, 1951
Type: Movie
Blake Washburn blames manufacturer MacFarland for his defeat in the race for re-election to the state legislature. He takes over his uncle's newspaper to take on big business as an enemy of the people. Miss Martin works in the "Herald" newspaper office. When tragedy strikes, Blake must re-examine his views.
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When I Grow Up
Title: When I Grow Up
Character: Dr. Bailey
Released: April 19, 1951
Type: Movie
Josh is a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at home. Preparing to run away, he chances across an old diary once kept by his grandfather. Leafing through the yellowed pages, Josh discovers that Grandpa went through many of the same childhood travails that he is enduring at that moment. Armed with a renewed understanding of and appreciation for his elders, Josh decides to stick around for a while and see how things develop.
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Convicted
Title: Convicted
Character: Mr. Hufford (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1950
Type: Movie
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
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Peggy
Title: Peggy
Character: Dr. Philip Wilcox
Released: July 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Professor Brookfield along with daughters Peggy and Susan move to small town Pasadena, California. Their new neighbor Mrs. Fielding helps them move in, and urges the girls to participate in the annual Rose Bowl beauty pageant. Meanwhile Mrs. Fielding's son Tom makes eyes at Peggy but she's smitten with a famous football star so she tries to redirect his interest to Susan.
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Sierra
Title: Sierra
Character: Dr. Robbins
Released: May 26, 1950
Type: Movie
Ring Hassard and his father Jeff, wild horse breakers, live in a hidden mountain eyrie as Jeff is wanted for a murder he didn't commit. Things change when they take in a lost young lady, Riley Martin, who finds that Ring has "never seen a woman close up." Jeff is injured, Ring runs afoul of horse thieves and the law, and Riley (who is a lawyer) labors to clear the Hassards (who others would prefer dead).
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Customs Agent
Title: Customs Agent
Character: Charles McGraw
Released: May 18, 1950
Type: Movie
An undercover agent tracks a medicine black market from China to California.
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No Man of Her Own
Title: No Man of Her Own
Character: Dr. Parker
Released: February 21, 1950
Type: Movie
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
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Holiday Affair
Title: Holiday Affair
Character: Mr. Ennis
Released: December 12, 1949
Type: Movie
Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.
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Pinky
Title: Pinky
Character: Dr. Joe McGill
Released: September 28, 1949
Type: Movie
Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.
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The Fountainhead
Title: The Fountainhead
Character: Judge (uncredited)
Released: June 25, 1949
Type: Movie
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
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The Doolins of Oklahoma
Title: The Doolins of Oklahoma
Character: Deacon Burton
Released: May 27, 1949
Type: Movie
When the Daltons are killed at Coffeyville, gang member Bill Doolin, arriving late, escapes but kills a man. Now wanted for murder, he becomes the leader of the Doolin gang. He eventually leaves the gang and tries to start a new life under a new name, but the old gang members appear and his true identity becomes known. Once again he becomes an outlaw trying to escape from the law.
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Mother Is a Freshman
Title: Mother Is a Freshman
Character: Dean Gillingham
Released: March 12, 1949
Type: Movie
Widow Abby Abbott is having serious money problems and has to dip into the family trust in order to pay for her daughter Susan's college tuition. The catch: Abby must also become a co-ed or she can't touch the money. After passing her entrance exams, Abby goes to college and becomes very popular, especially with a handsome English professor whom Susan has a crush on.
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Criss Cross
Title: Criss Cross
Character: Pop
Released: February 4, 1949
Type: Movie
An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.
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The Walls of Jericho
Title: The Walls of Jericho
Character: Judge Hutto
Released: November 22, 1948
Type: Movie
In a small town in Kansas, a county attorney in an unhappy marriage falls in love with another woman.
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Apartment for Peggy
Title: Apartment for Peggy
Character: Dr. Philip Conway
Released: September 30, 1948
Type: Movie
Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be who charms him into renting out his attic as an apartment for her and her husband Jason, a former GI struggling to finish college.
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For the Love of Mary
Title: For the Love of Mary
Character: Timothy Peppertree
Released: September 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.
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Tap Roots
Title: Tap Roots
Character: Dr. MacIntosh
Released: August 25, 1948
Type: Movie
Set at the beginning of the Civil War, Tap Roots is all about a county in Mississippi which chooses to secede from the state rather than enter the conflict. The county is protected from the Confederacy by an abolitionist and a Native American gentleman. The abolitionist's daughter is courted by a powerful newspaper publisher when her fiance, a confederate officer, elopes with the girl's sister. The daughter at first resists the publisher's attentions, but turns to him for aid when her ex-fiance plans to capture the seceding county on behalf of the South.
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Fighting Father Dunne
Title: Fighting Father Dunne
Character: Governor
Released: May 12, 1948
Type: Movie
A dedicated priest tries to reform a group of homeless boys in turn-of-the-century St. Louis.
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Fury at Furnace Creek
Title: Fury at Furnace Creek
Character: Appleby
Released: April 30, 1948
Type: Movie
The Arizona wilderness, 1880. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell sends a message telling Capt. Walsh, who is escorting a wagon-train through Apache territory, heading for the fort at Furnace Creek, that he should cancel the escort and rush to another town. Apache leader "Little Dog" is leading the attack on the wagon-train and massacring everyone at the poorly manned fort. As a result the treaty is broken with the Indians and the white settlers take over the territory with the help of the cavalry, as the Apaches are wiped out and only "Little Dog" remains at large. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell is court-martial-led for treason.
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The Tender Years
Title: The Tender Years
Character: Senator Cooper
Released: January 3, 1948
Type: Movie
A progressive pastor takes on thoughtless brutality (and constitutional scruples against search and seizure) in order to promote animal cruelty protection laws.
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Saigon
Title: Saigon
Character: Surgeon (uncredited)
Released: December 5, 1947
Type: Movie
After World War II Larry learns that his flying buddy Mike will only live a short time despite the efforts of the doctors. He takes on a profitable flying job for profiteers Maris to finance a good time for his buddy. As the plane takes off he shoves Maris' secretary Susan on board. When Mike falls for her, Larry tells her to play along for Mike's sake. She, of course, falls for Larry.
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The Gangster
Title: The Gangster
Character: Dorothy's father
Released: November 25, 1947
Type: Movie
Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is the slumming society girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.
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Unconquered
Title: Unconquered
Character: Brother Andrews of Pennsylvania
Released: October 10, 1947
Type: Movie
England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slave in the colony of Virginia, whose inhabitants begin to hear and fear the sinister song of the threatening drums of war that resound in the wild Ohio valley.
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Wild Harvest
Title: Wild Harvest
Character: Rankin
Released: September 26, 1947
Type: Movie
Joe is the head of an itinerant combine crew, working the harvests against rival crew boss Alperson. Joe's buddy Jim joins the crew with startup money. Farmer's niece Fay falls for Joe. He puts her off. To get back she marries Jim whom she prods into high-grading the grain (skimming off some for private sale). The last payment on Joe's machinery is due just as he discover's what his buddy has been doing.
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Michigan Kid
Title: Michigan Kid
Character: Prentiss Dawson
Released: August 11, 1947
Type: Movie
A former U.S. marshal rescues an instant heiress from an outlaw's gang.
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Gunfighters
Title: Gunfighters
Character: Mr. Banner
Released: July 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Gunfighter "Brazos" Kane lays aside his guns "forever" when he is forced to shoot his best friend, and decides to join another friend, Bob Tyrell, as a cowhand on the Inskip ranch. Upon arriving there he finds the bullet-riddled body of his friend. He carries the body to the Banner ranch, the largest in the territory, and is accused by Banner of murdering Tyrell; Banner orders Deputy Sheriff Bill Yount, who is in Banner's pay, to arrest Kane. But Kane has the sympathy of Banner's daughter, Jane, who notifies Inskip of Kane's plight, and Inskip arrives in time to prevent a lynching. Sheriff Kiscade dismisses the murder charge for lack of evidence. Brazos then sets out to find the killer of his friend. Bess Bannister, Jane's sister, is in love with the Banner ranch foreman, Bard Macky, and knowing that Bard killed Tyrell and that Kane will track him down, then hampers Kane's mission somewhat by pretending to be in love with him.
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Stepchild
Title: Stepchild
Character: Burns
Released: June 7, 1947
Type: Movie
Although Dale and Ken Bullock should be a happily married couple, their marriage is on the verge of a break-up, because Dale refuses to give up her well-paying job in order to devote more time to Ken and their two children Jimmy, age 9, and Tommy, age 6. They sue for divorce and the Judge rules that the children be placed in the custody of their father. Dale realizes what she has lost but she is too proud to say anything to Ken, whom she still loves. Ken, shopping for the perfect stay-at-home wife to take care of his children, falls for the charms of his secretary, Millie Lynch. Not quite.
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Possessed
Title: Possessed
Character: Coroner
Released: May 29, 1947
Type: Movie
After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.
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The Millerson Case
Title: The Millerson Case
Character: Doc Sam Millerson
Released: May 29, 1947
Type: Movie
While on vacation, a criminal psychologist investigates a murder during a typhoid epidemic.
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Sweet and Low
Title: Sweet and Low
Character: Harlan Kane
Released: March 28, 1947
Type: Movie
Part of the Paramount Musical Parade shorts (production number FF6-1)
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Suddenly It's Spring
Title: Suddenly It's Spring
Character: Train conductor
Released: February 13, 1947
Type: Movie
A WAC officer returns from the war to find her husband wants a divorce.
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Duel in the Sun
Title: Duel in the Sun
Character: Bordertown Jailer (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1946
Type: Movie
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.
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Danger Woman
Title: Danger Woman
Character: Dr. George Carey
Released: July 12, 1946
Type: Movie
A woman plots to steal secrets from her Atomic-expert husband.
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Without Reservations
Title: Without Reservations
Character: Train Conductor (uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1946
Type: Movie
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.
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To Each His Own
Title: To Each His Own
Character: Daniel J. Norris
Released: March 12, 1946
Type: Movie
During World War I, small-town girl Josephine Norris has an illegitimate son by an itinerant pilot. After a scheme to adopt him ends up giving him to another family, she devotes her life to loving him from afar.
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Strange Holiday
Title: Strange Holiday
Character: Regan
Released: October 19, 1945
Type: Movie
An American businessman returns from a hunting trip to find fascists have overrun the country in this propaganda film.
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Shadows on the Sage
Title: Shadows on the Sage
Character: Steve Jackson
Released: August 24, 1942
Type: Movie
Shadows on the Sage is a 1942 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Lester Orlebeck. The Three Mesquiteers, Tucson, Stony, and Lullaby arrive to help Sheriff Lippy fight the outlaws. But when the gang leader Curly Joe captures Tucson and notices the resemblance, he assumes Tucson's identity.
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Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Title: Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Character: Plant Watchman
Released: December 27, 1941
Type: Movie
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
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Gangs of Sonora
Title: Gangs of Sonora
Released: July 10, 1941
Type: Movie
Commissioner Tredwell is the law of the land and he gets whatever he wants with the help of hired guns and lackey lawyer Conners. The only one who publicly stands up to Tredwell is Beecham of the Clarion. Beecham has his paper burned to the ground and when he starts a petition to make Wyoming a state, taking the power away from Tredwell, he is killed. But when Kansas Kate comes in to visit her son Conners, she sees what is going on and she takes over the paper and keeps the pressure on Tredwill. With this Conners has mixed emotions, but the boys do everything they can to protect Kate and the paper. Written by Tony Fontana
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The Lady from Cheyenne
Title: The Lady from Cheyenne
Character: Cork Supporter
Released: April 11, 1941
Type: Movie
Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founded railroad town of Laraville, Boss Jim Cork hopes to manipulate the sale of town lots to give him control, but Quaker schoolmarm Annie Morgan bags one of the key lots. Cork's lawyer Steve Lewis tries romancing Annie to get the lot back, finding her so overpoweringly liberated she leaves him dizzy. Still, Steve attains his nefarious object...almost...then has cause to deeply regret having aroused the sleeping giant of feminism!
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Arizona
Title: Arizona
Character: Sam Hughes
Released: December 25, 1940
Type: Movie
Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie. But Peter won't be distracted from his journey and Phoebe is left alone and plenty busy with villains Jefferson Carteret and Lazarus Ward plotting at every turn to destroy her freighting company. She has not seen the last of Peter, however.
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Frontier Vengeance
Title: Frontier Vengeance
Character: Joel Hunter (as Griff Barnette)
Released: October 10, 1940
Type: Movie
Jim Sanders (Don 'Red' Barry), young cowboy, returns to his hometown for a reunion with his boyhood friend Clay Blackburn (George Offerman Jr.). Once there he learns that Clay's father, Frank Blackburn (Ivan Miller), is the unscrupulous proprietor of a stagecoach line and is out to bankrupt the line run by Joel Hunter (Griff Barnett' ), the father of Jim's sweetheart Ruth Hunter (Betty Moran). Jim is forced to lead the fight against his best friend.
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The Shadow
Title: The Shadow
Character: Stephen Prescott
Released: January 5, 1940
Type: Movie
The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.
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The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Title: The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Character: E.B. Tully
Released: February 25, 1939
Type: Movie
Homesteaders are moving into the valley settled many years ago by rancher Craig Dolan. He wants to keep them out by legal means but his nephew Bart brings in outlaws to drive them out. The Lone Ranger is on hand to help the homesteaders battle Bart's men as he overcomes traps, ambushes, burning buildings and other obstacles in his attempt to bring peace to the valley.
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Santa Fe Stampede
Title: Santa Fe Stampede
Character: Townsman Henry Jones
Released: November 18, 1938
Type: Movie
The Mesquiteers capture a horse thief who escapes justice through a crooked judge. They gather signatures urging the governor to investigate but a friend with the petition is murdered. Stony is accused.