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Barney Phillips

Barney Phillips

10 movies on Netflix

Biography

Barney Phillips was an American actor who worked in film, television, and radio. Raised and educated in St. Louis, he moved to Los Angeles after college and won a small part in the Grade-B Western Black Aces in 1937, then appeared on Broadway in Meet the People in 1940. After wartime service in the Army signal corps, he played minor film roles before becoming a regular on Dragnet as Sergeant Ed Jacobs, and he was heard on Frank Sinatra's radio program Rocky Fortune. A prolific character actor, he turned up on I Love Lucy, Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, and The Twilight Zone, where his best-known part was a diner cook who turns out to be an alien with three eyes in a 1961 episode. He was a series regular on Twelve O'Clock High and The Betty White Show and voiced Shazzan and Porthos in animated series. He died in 1982.

68years old at death

  • Born St. Louis
  • Died Los Angeles
  • Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
  • Also credited as Bernard Philip Ofner

Movie Career

Films
10
Career span
24 years1952 to 1976

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  1. First role

    Phillips had a small part in Black Aces, an independently produced Grade-B Western from 1937, after his interest in acting began, but his show business career then languished.

Barney Phillips movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. I Was a Teenage Werewolf1957 Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fias Detective Donovan

    IMDb rating 5.23.2K votes

  2. A Blueprint for Murder1953 Crime, Mystery, Thrilleras Detective Captain Pringle

    IMDb rating 6.72.1K votes

  3. Julie1956as Doctor on Flight 36

    IMDb rating 6.22.5K votes

  4. The Sand Pebbles1966as Franks

    IMDb rating 7.518K votes

  5. The True Story of Jesse James1957as Dr. Samuel

    IMDb rating 6.21.9K votes

  6. Cry Terror!1958as Dan Pringle

    IMDb rating 6.71.9K votes

  7. The Night Holds Terror1955as Stranske

    IMDb rating 6.31.2K votes

  8. Ruby Gentry1952as dr. Saul Manfred/Louis

    IMDb rating 6.72.0K votes

Most often with

Andrew L. Stone directed four of these films. Jack Kruschen appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Jack Kruschen, 4 films togetherSee the 4 films with Jack KruschenCarleton Young, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Carleton YoungEddie Marr, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Eddie MarrEd Hinton, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Ed HintonJames Hong, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with James HongJack Kelly, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Jack KellyAndrew L. StoneDirector, 4 filmsSee the 4 films by Andrew L. Stone

Films together

  • Jack Kruschen4 films together, 1953 to 1958
    Jack Kruschen's page
    • Cry Terror!1958IMDb rating 6.7Phillips as Dan PringleKruschen as Agent Charles Pope
    • Julie1956IMDb rating 6.2Phillips as Doctor on Flight 36Kruschen as Det. Mace
    • The Night Holds Terror1955IMDb rating 6.3Phillips as StranskeKruschen as Detective Pope
    • A Blueprint for Murder1953IMDb rating 6.7Phillips as Detective Captain PringleKruschen as Harold Y. Cole
  • Carleton Young3 films together, 1953 to 1958
    Carleton Young's page
    • Cry Terror!1958IMDb rating 6.7Phillips as Dan PringleYoung as Roger Adams
    • Julie1956IMDb rating 6.2Phillips as Doctor on Flight 36Young as Airport control tower official
    • A Blueprint for Murder1953IMDb rating 6.7Phillips as Detective Captain PringleYoung as Frank Connelly
  • Eddie Marr3 films together, 1955 to 1957
    Eddie Marr's page
  • Ed Hinton3 films together, 1953 to 1958
    Ed Hinton's page
    • Cry Terror!1958IMDb rating 6.7Phillips as Dan PringleHinton as Operative
    • Julie1956IMDb rating 6.2Phillips as Doctor on Flight 36Hinton as Captain of Flight 36
    • A Blueprint for Murder1953IMDb rating 6.7Phillips as Detective Captain PringleHinton as Ed
  • James Hong2 films together, 1966 to 1976
    James Hong's page
  • Jack Kelly2 films together, 1955 to 1956
    Jack Kelly's page
    • Julie1956IMDb rating 6.2Phillips as Doctor on Flight 36Kelly as Jack (co-pilot)
    • The Night Holds Terror1955IMDb rating 6.3Phillips as StranskeKelly as Gene Courtier
  • Andrew L. StoneDirector, 4 films, 1953 to 1958
    All films by Andrew L. Stone
  • Also two films together1 more actor
    • Joe Di RedaThe Sand Pebbles (1966) and The True Story of Jesse James (1957)

    When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.

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