Barney Beasley


Barney Beasley was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s.

Biography

Born on June 20, 1895 in the small town of Blaine Bottom, Oklahoma, Beasley made his debut in films in 1930's Under Montana Skies, in a small un-credited role of a townsman. Almost all of his roles were small and un-credited, many of them nameless, with three of his most numerous being that of a townsman, barfly or henchman. Occasionally, he would be given a slightly larger role, as of that of Pete in 1935's Gun Play. His final performance was as a barfly in the 1944 film, The Last Horseman. Beasley died on June 1, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, and was buried in the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, California.

Partial filmography