Henry Arthur Barrows (April 29, 1875 – March 25, 1945) was an American actor who appeared in
film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
s from 1913 to 1936.
Burrows performed in supporting roles for American, Astra, Biograph, Brentwood, Pathe, Universal, and Vitagraph studios. He was "almost always cast as pillars of society, doctors, judges, bishops, and the like". His son,
George Barrows
George D. Barrows (New York, February 7, 1914 – Oxnard, October 17, 1994) was an American actor known for playing Ro-Man in the film ''Robot Monster''. He was the son of actor Henry A. Barrows. He often wore a gorilla suit for his film ...
, was also an actor.
Barrows was born in
Saco, Maine
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. He died in
Los Angeles, California
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in 1945 and was interred there in the
Los Angeles National Cemetery
The Los Angeles National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the Sawtelle unincorporated community of the West Los Angeles neighborhood in Los Angeles County, California.
Geography
The entrance to the cemetery is located at 950 Sou ...
. He is the father of actor
George Barrows
George D. Barrows (New York, February 7, 1914 – Oxnard, October 17, 1994) was an American actor known for playing Ro-Man in the film ''Robot Monster''. He was the son of actor Henry A. Barrows. He often wore a gorilla suit for his film ...
A Man of Sorrow
''A Man of Sorrow'' is a lost 1916 American drama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and starring William Farnum. Oscar Apfel directed and wrote the scenario based on a play, ''Hoodman Blind'', by Wilson Barrett.The Fires of Conscience
The Fires of Conscience is a lost 1916 American silent drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring William Farnum. It was produced and released by the Fox Film Corporation.
Cast
* William Farnum as George Baxter
* Gladys Brockwell as Marge ...
'' (1916)
* ''
The Man from Bitter Roots
''The Man from Bitter Roots'' is a lost 1916 American silent Western film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring William Farnum. It was produced and released by the Fox Film Corporation.On Record'' (1917)
* ''
The Silent Lie
''The Silent Lie'' is a 1917 silent drama film, produced and released by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Raoul Walsh, and starring Walsh's then-wife Miriam Cooper.
The film was reissued as ''Camille of the Yukon'' in 1920, and is now considered ...
'' (1917)
* ''The End of the Trail'' (1917)
* ''
The World Apart
''The World Apart'' is a lost 1917 silent film western directed by William Desmond Taylor and starring Wallace Reid and Myrtle Stedman. It was produced by Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company (Oliver Morosco) and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Charity Castle
''Charity Castle'' is a 1917 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Mary Miles Minter. As is the case with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film.
Plot
As described and illustrated in vario ...
'' (1917)
* ''Lost in Transit'' (1917)
* '' Her Country's Call'' (1917)
* ''Heir of all Ages'' (1917)
* ''
The Bride's Silence
''The Bride's Silence'' is a 1917 American silent mystery film directed by Henry King and starring Gail Kane, Lew Cody, and Henry A. Barrows.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 166
Cast
* Gail Kane as Syllvia Standish
* Lew C ...
The Stainless Barrier
''The Stainless Barrier'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and starring Irene Hunt, Jack Livingston and Henry A. Barrows.Lowe p.97
Cast
* Irene Hunt as Betsy Shelton
* Jack Livingston as Calvin Stone
* Henry A ...
'' (1917)
* ''
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin
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'' (1918)
* ''
Hungry Eyes
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'' (1918)
* ''
The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit
''The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Edgar Jones and starring Louise Lovely, Henry A. Barrows and Mark Fenton.Connelly p.95
Cast
* Louise Lovely as Joan Tracy
* Henry A. Barrows as Roscoe Tracy
* Mark ...
'' (1918)
* '' The Magic Eye'' (1918)
* ''The House of Silence'' (1918)
* ''The Claws of the Hun'' (1918)
* '' The Finger of Justice'' (1918)
* ''
For Husbands Only
''For Husband's Only'' is 1918 American silent comedy-drama film and directed by Lois Weber and her husband Phillips Smalley. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures. The film was apparently made in late 1917 but not released until just bef ...
The Temple of Dusk
''The Temple of Dusk'' is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by James Young. It was produced by Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation.
Plot
As described in a film magazine, Akira (Hayakawa), a Japanese poet who lives in Tok ...
'' (1918)
* ''
Quicksand
Quicksand is a colloid
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Come Again Smith
''Come Again Smith'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy-drama film distributed by Pathé Exchange and directed by E. Mason Hopper. It is based on a play ''Come Again Smith'' by John H. Blackwood.
Cast
* J. Warren Kerrigan as Joe Smith
* He ...
Gambling in Souls
''Gambling in Souls'' is a 1919 American silent crime drama film directed by Harry F. Millarde and starring Madlaine Traverse, Herbert Heyes, Murdock MacQuarrie, Lew Zehring, Mary McIvor, and Henry A. Barrows. The film was released by Fox Film Co ...
The Trembling Hour
''The Trembling Hour'' is a 1919 American silent mystery film directed by George Siegmann and starring Helen Jerome Eddy, Kenneth Harlan and Henry A. Barrows.Codori p.233
Cast
* Helen Jerome Eddy as Margy Webb
* Kenneth Harlan as Major Ralph Du ...
'' (1919)
* ''
The Lion Man
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'' (1919)
* ''
The Phantom Melody
''The Phantom Melody'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Douglas Gerrard, and starring Monroe Salisbury, Henry A. Barrows, Ray Gallagher, Charles West and Jean Calhoun. The film was released by Universal Film Manufacturing Compan ...
'' (1920)
* ''
The House of Toys
''The House of Toys'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by George L. Cox and starring Seena Owen, Pell Trenton, and Helen Jerome Eddy.Goble p. 803
Cast
* Seena Owen as Shirley Lord
* Pell Trenton as David Quentin
* Helen Jerome E ...
A Master Stroke
''A Master Stroke'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Chester Bennett and starring Earle Williams, Vola Vale and Lee Hill.Spehr & Lundquist p.45
Cast
* Earle Williams as Yale Durant
* Vola Vale as Minnie Patton
* Lee Hill as J ...
The Purple Cipher
''The Purple Cipher'' is a 1920 American silent mystery film directed by Chester Bennett and starring Earle Williams, Vola Vale and Ernest Shields. Shot by Vitagraph at the company's Brooklyn studios, it was based on the short story ''The Purple ...
'' (1920)
* ''
Tiger True
''Tiger True'' is a 1921 American silent mystery film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Frank Mayo, Fritzi Brunette and Elinor Hancock.Connelly p.421
Cast
* Frank Mayo as Jack Lodge
* Fritzi Brunette as Mary Dover
* Elinor Hancock as Mrs. L ...
The Law and the Woman
''The Law and the Woman'' is a lost 1922 American silent drama film directed by Penrhyn Stanlaws and starring Betty Compson. This film is a version of Clyde Fitch's play '' The Woman in the Case'' and a remake of a 1916 silent version '' The Woma ...
'' (1922)
* ''
The Woman's Side
''The Woman's Side'' is a 1922 American silent film, silent drama film directed by J.A. Barry and starring Katherine MacDonald, Edmund Burns and Henry A. Barrows.Munden p.922
Cast
* Katherine MacDonald as Mary Gray
* Edmund Burns as Theodore Van ...
'' (1922)
* ''
The Wise Kid
''The Wise Kid'' is a lost 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Tod Browning.
Plot
As described in a film magazine, restaurant cashier Rosie Cooper (Walton) is in love with bakery worker Freddie Smith (Butler), but when she helps out cu ...
'' (1922)
* ''
The Man from Downing Street
''The Man from Downing Street'' is a 1922 American silent starring Earle Williams, Charles Hill Mailes, Betty Ross Clark and Boris Karloff. The screenplay was written by Bradley J. Smollen, based on a screen story by Clyde C. Westover, Lottie ...
The Great Night Great Night may refer to:
* Great Night of Shiva, festival
*"Great Night", song by William Beckett
*"Great Night", song by Needtobreathe '' Hard Love''
* ''The Great Night'' (novel), a 2011 novel by American author Chris Adrian
* ''The Great Night ...
'' (1922)
* ''
The Footlight Ranger
''The Footlight Ranger'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and written by Dorothy Yost. The film stars Buck Jones, Fritzi Brunette, James Mason, Lillian Langdon, Lydia Yeamans Titus and Henry A. Barrows. The f ...
'' (1923)
* ''
Jazzmania
''Jazzmania'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring his then-wife Mae Murray. In keeping with Murray's previous films and a few of her succeeding films, the movie possesses some of the most provocative ...
Mary of the Movies
''Mary of the Movies'' is a 1923 American silent semi-autobiographical comedy film based on the career of Marion Mack. It was written by Mack and her husband Louis Lewyn, and stars Mack and Creighton Hale. Hale and director John McDermott play ...
Broadway Gold
''Broadway Gold'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Edward Dillon and starring Elaine Hammerstein, Elliott Dexter, and Kathlyn Williams.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Cedric Gibbons
Austin Cedric Gibbon ...
Sporting Youth
''Sporting Youth'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Harry A. Pollard and starring Reginald Denny. It was produced and distributed by the Universal Pictures.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, Jimmy Wood, chauffeur, i ...
'' (1924)
* ''
The Marriage Cheat
''The Marriage Cheat'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by John Griffith Wray and written by C. Gardner Sullivan. The film stars Leatrice Joy, Adolphe Menjou, Percy Marmont, Laska Winter, Henry A. Barrows, and J. P. Lockney. The f ...
The Sea Hawk
''The Sea Hawk'' is a 1915 novel by Rafael Sabatini. The story is set over the years 1588–1593 and concerns a retired Cornish seafaring gentleman, Sir Oliver Tressilian, who is villainously betrayed by a jealous half-brother. After being ...
'' (1924)
* ''
The Reckless Age
''The Reckless Age'' is a 1924 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Harry A. Pollard and starring Reginald Denny. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is based on the novel ''Love Insurance'' by Earl Derr Biggers a ...
Drusilla with a Million
''Drusilla with a Million'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by F. Harmon Weight and written by Lois Zellner. It is based on the 1916 novel ''Drusilla With a Million'' by Elizabeth Cooper. The film stars Mary Carr, Priscilla Bonner ...
'' (1925)
* ''
Mistaken Orders
''Mistaken Orders'' is a 1925 silent film action adventure directed by J. P. McGowan. It starred Helen Holmes (actress), Helen Holmes and Henry A. Barrows.
Prints held by Library of Congress, Academy Film Archive and British Film Institute, BFI ...
Crack o' Dawn
''Crack o' Dawn'' is an extant 1925 silent action adventure film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Reed Howes.
Cast
*Reed Howes - Earle Thorpe Jr.
* J. P. McGowan - Earle Thorpe Sr.
* Ruth Dwyer - Earl Thompson
* Henry A. Barrows - Henr ...
'' (1925)
* ''
Big Pal
''Big Pal'' is a 1925 American silent sports drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring William Russell, Julanne Johnston and Mary Carr. A newly restored copy exists at the Library of Congress. It was released in Britain in 1926, distr ...
The Man on the Box
''The Man on the Box'' is a 1914 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and co-directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It was based on the 1904 novel of the same name by Harold MacGrath and stars Horace B. Carpenter.
Max Figman had s ...
The Little Irish Girl
''The Little Irish Girl'' is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros., directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Dolores Costello. Based on the story ''The Grifters'', written by Edith Joan Lyttleton, it ...
Footloose Widows
''Footloose Widows'' is a 1926 silent film feature comedy produced and distributed by Warner Bros., directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Louise Fazenda and Jacqueline Logan.
A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. A 16mm co ...
Atta Boy
''Atta Boy'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Monty Banks, Virginia Bradford and Ernest Wood.Munden p.29
Cast
* Monty Banks as Monty Milde
* Virginia Bradford as The Girl
* Ernest Wood as Crave ...
'' (1926)
* ''
The Lost Limited
''The Lost Limited'' is a 1927 American silent action film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Reed Howes, Ruth Dwyer and Henry A. Barrows.Munden p.452
Cast
* Reed Howes as Leonard Hathaway
* Ruth Dwyer as Nora Murphy
* Henry A. Barrows ...
The Sunset Derby
''The Sunset Derby'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Mary Astor, William Collier Jr., and Ralph Lewis.
'' (1927)
* ''
White Pants Willie
''White Pants Willie'' is a 1927 American comedy film directed by Charles Hines and written by Howard J. Green. It is based on the 1924 novel ''White Pants Willie'' by Elmer Davis. The film stars Johnny Hines, Leila Hyams, Henry A. Barrows, ...
'' (1927)
* ''
Three's a Crowd
''Three's a Crowd'' (also known as ''Three's Company, Too'' in the ''Three's Company'' syndication package) is an American sitcom television series produced as a spin-off continuation of ''Three's Company'' that aired on ABC from September 25 ...
'' (1927)
* ''
The Man Who Laughs
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The Wright Idea
''The Wright Idea'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Hines and starring Johnny Hines, Louise Lorraine and Edmund Breese.Munden p. 928
Plot
Cast
* Johnny Hines as Johnny Wright
* Louise Lorraine as Helen
* Edmund Brees ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Some Mother's Boy
''Some Mother's Boy'' is a 1929 American silent drama film directed by Duke Worne and starring Mary Carr, Jason Robards Sr. and Jobyna Ralston.Munden p.742
Synopsis
When two young tearaways are fleeing from the scene of a crime one is shot and ...
Guilty Hands
''Guilty Hands'' is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film starring Lionel Barrymore, Kay Francis and Madge Evans and directed by W. S. Van Dyke, with uncredited assistance from Barrymore. The story concerns an attorney who murders a man who w ...
'' (1931)
* ''
The Animal Kingdom
''The Animal Kingdom'' (also known as ''The Woman in His House'' in the UK) is a 1932 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith based upon a comedy of manners play of the same name by Philip Barry. ...
'' (1932)
* ''
Broadway Bill
''Broadway Bill'' is a 1934 American comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy. Screenplay by Robert Riskin and based on the short story "Strictly Confidential" by Mark Hellinger, the film is about a man' ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Dangerous Waters Dangerous Waters may refer to:
* Dangerous Waters (video game)
* Dangerous Waters (1936 film), American film
* Dangerous Waters (1995 film)
''Dangerous Waters'' ( no, Farlig farvann) is a 1995 Norwegian action film directed by Lars Berg.
Refe ...