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Known ForDirecting

GenderMale

Born / DiedMay 25, 1902 (Died at 79)

Zodiac Sign♊Gemini

Place of BirthSan Francisco, California, USA

Career Span1920 – 1981

Known Credits86 Titles

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Charles Barton

Total Works

80 movies • 6 shows

Avg Rating

6.4 / 10

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Box Office

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles Barton (May 25, 1902 – December 5, 1981) was a film and vaudeville actor and film director. He won an Oscar for best assistant director in 1933. His first film as a director was the Zane Grey feature Wagon Wheels. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Barton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Top-rated highlights from Charles Barton's career

7.4

Spellbound

1945•movie

Role: Second Unit Director

7.1

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948•movie

Role: Director

7.2

Wings

1927•movie

as Soldier Flirting with Mary (uncredited)

7.6

Zorro

1957•series

Role: Director

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 86 titles featuring Charles Barton

7.4

Spellbound

1945•movie

Role: Second Unit Director

7.1

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948•movie

Role: Director

7.2

Wings

1927•movie

as Soldier Flirting with Mary (uncredited)

7.6

Zorro

1957•series

Role: Director

6.7

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

1959•movie

Role: Second Assistant Director

7.0

Beau Geste

1939•movie

as Buddy McMonigal

6.3

The Shaggy Dog

1959•movie

Role: Director

5.7

Africa Screams

1949•movie

Role: Director

6.6

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

1949•movie

Role: Director

7.2

The Time of Their Lives

1946•movie

Role: Director

6.4

Merrily We Go to Hell

1932•movie

Role: Assistant Director

6.7

Family Affair

1966•series

Role: Director

5.9

Petticoat Junction

1963•series

Role: Director

6.4

Buck Privates Come Home

1947•movie

Role: Director

6.4

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

1960•movie

Role: Director

4.9

Born to the West

1937•movie

Role: Director

6.9

The Noose Hangs High

1948•movie

Role: Director

6.2

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

1947•movie

Role: Director

5.5

Island of Doomed Men

1940•movie

Role: Director

5.2

Dance with Me, Henry

1956•movie

Role: Director

6.1

Mexican Hayride

1948•movie

Role: Director

5.0

Smooth as Silk

1946•movie

Role: Director

5.9

The Real McCoys

1957•series

Role: Director

5.2

The Fighting Westerner

1935•movie

Role: Director

8.6

Zorro, the Avenger

1959•movie

Role: Director

4.3

Dangerous Paradise

1930•movie

Role: Assistant Director

6.6

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

1952•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Double Crossbones

1951•movie

Role: Director

6.2

The Last Outpost

1935•movie

Role: Director

5.1

Wagon Wheels

1934•movie

Role: Director

5.4

Murder with Pictures

1936•movie

Role: Director

7.6

Amos 'n' Andy

1951•series

Role: Director

5.3

The County Fair

1920•movie

as Tim Vail

7.3

Reveille with Beverly

1943•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Five Little Peppers And How They Grew

1939•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Five Little Peppers at Home

1940•movie

Role: Director

7.2

Five Little Peppers in Trouble

1940•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Out West with the Peppers

1940•movie

Role: Director

7.8

White Tie and Tails

1946•movie

Role: Director

4.8

Nevada

1935•movie

Role: Director

5.5

The Crime Nobody Saw

1937•movie

Role: Director

6.1

The Big Boss

1941•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Jam Session

1944•movie

Role: Director

7.5

My Son Is Guilty

1939•movie

Role: Director

5.3

Timothy's Quest

1936•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Rose Bowl

1936•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Beautiful But Broke

1944•movie

Role: Director

7.0

The Milkman

1950•movie

Role: Director

6.3

Babies for Sale

1940•movie

Role: Director

6.3

Forlorn River

1937•movie

Role: Director

6.3

Free For All

1949•movie

Role: Director

8.3

Shut My Big Mouth

1942•movie

Role: Director

8.3

The Peter Tchaikovsky Story

1959•movie

Role: Director

5.3

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!

1942•movie

Role: Director

6.3

The Phantom Submarine

1940•movie

Role: Director

5.8

Honolulu Lu

1941•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Two Latins from Manhattan

1941•movie

Role: Director

6.0

The Spirit of Stanford

1942•movie

Role: Director

7.5

Car 99

1935•movie

Role: Director

7.5

Louisiana Hayride

1944•movie

Role: Director

7.5

Harmon of Michigan

1941•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Parachute Nurse

1942•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Thunder Trail

1937•movie

Role: Director

6.0

The Beautiful Cheat

1945•movie

Role: Director

7.0

10,000 Kids and a Cop

1948•movie

Role: Director

8.5

Hello, Annapolis

1942•movie

Role: Director

6.0

The Trumpet Blows

1934•movie

Role: Assistant Director

8.0

Sing for Your Supper

1941•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Swingin' Along

1961•movie

Role: Director

7.0

A Man's World

1942•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Behind Prison Gates

1939•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Nobody's Children

1940•movie

Role: Director

8.0

And Sudden Death

1936•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Is Everybody Happy?

1943•movie

Role: Director

10.0

The Richest Man in Town

1941•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Lucky Legs

1942•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Hey, Rookie

1944•movie

Role: Director

7.0

What's Buzzin', Cousin?

1943•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Men in Her Diary

1945•movie

Role: Director

9.0

She Has What It Takes

1943•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Laugh Your Blues Away

1942•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Let's Have Fun

1943•movie

Role: Director

6.0

The New Adventures of Spin and Marty

1957•series

Role: Director

The Shaggy Dog Kids

2006•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Meet the O'Briens

1954•movie

Role: Director

Hell Town

1937•movie

Role: Director