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Barton MacLane

Acting

Born December 25, 1902 · Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Died January 1, 1969

Also known as Ernest Barton MacLane · Barton Mac Lane · Barton Maclane

Biography

Barton MacLane was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He appeared in many classic films from the 1930s through the 1960s, including his role as General Martin Peterson on the 1960s NBC television comedy series I Dream of Jeannie, with Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman.

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Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography50+ titles

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948as Pat McCormick

The Underdog

1943as John Tate

The Munsters

1964

I Dream of Jeannie

1965as General Peterson

Perry Mason

1957as Senator Harriman Baylor

The Maltese Falcon

1941as Lt. of Detectives Dundy

Pocketful of Miracles

1961as Police Commissioner

High Sierra

1941as Jake Kranmer

You Only Live Once

1937as Stephen Whitney

Frisco Kid

1935as Spider Burke

The Glenn Miller Story

1954as General Arnold

Cheyenne

1947as Webb Yancey

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

1950as Lieutenant John Reece

Four Star Playhouse

1952as Milo

Marine Raiders

1944as Sgt. Maguire

Manpower

1941as Smiley Quinn

The Prince and the Pauper

1937as John Canty

Gunsmoke

1955as Willard Kerner

Lux Video Theatre

1950as Marvin Platt

All Through the Night

1942as Marty Callahan

You and Me

1938as Mickey

San Quentin

1937as Lt. Druggin

Bullets or Ballots

1936as Al Kruger

'G' Men

1935as Collins

Law of the Lawless

1964as Big Tom Stone

Telephone Time

1956

Backlash

1956as Sergeant George Lake

Best of the Badmen

1951as Joad

The Spanish Main

1945as Capt. Benjamin Black

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1941as Sam Higgins

The Cocoanuts

1929as Bather

Naked Gun

1956as Joe Barnum

Relentless

1948as Tex Brandow

The Geisha Boy

1958as Major Ridgley

Song of Texas

1943as Jim Calvert

Black Fury

1935as McGee

Man of the Forest

1933as Mulvey

Melody Ranch

1940as Mark Wildhack

Cheyenne

1955

Let's Dance

1950as Larry Channock

Silver River

1948as 'Banjo' Sweeney

Prison Break

1938as Joaquin Shannon

Noose for a Gunman

1960as Carl Avery

Three Violent People

1956as Yates

Western Union

1941as Jack Slade

Stand Up and Fight

1939as Crowder

The Case of the Lucky Legs

1935as Bisonette

Red Light

1949as Detective Strecker

The Dude Goes West

1948as Texas Jack Barton

To the Last Man

1933as Neil Stanley