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Charles Barton

Directing

Born May 25, 1902 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died December 5, 1981

Biography

Charles Barton was an American 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, starring Randolph Scott, in 1934.

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Awards & recognition

  • Academy Award — Best Assistant Director · 1934
  • Academy Award — Best Assistant Director · nominated

Filmography33 titles

Thunder Trail

1937Director

Zorro

1957Director

Reveille with Beverly

1943Director

Wings

1927as Soldier Flirting with Mary (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948Director

The Time of Their Lives

1946Director

Beau Geste

1939as Buddy McMonigal

The Noose Hangs High

1948Director, Producer

Family Affair

1966Director

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

1959Second Assistant Director

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

1952Director

Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff

1949Director

Merrily We Go to Hell

1932Assistant Director

Buck Privates Come Home

1947Director

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

1960Director

Forlorn River

1937Director

The Shaggy Dog

1959Director

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

1947Director

The Last Outpost

1935Director

Mexican Hayride

1948Director

Double Crossbones

1951Director

Out West with the Peppers

1940Director

Petticoat Junction

1963Director

The Real McCoys

1957Director

Africa Screams

1949Director

Murder with Pictures

1936Director

The County Fair

1920as Tim Vail

Dance with Me, Henry

1956Director

The Fighting Westerner

1935Director

Wagon Wheels

1934Director

Smooth as Silk

1946Director

Born to the West

1937Director

Dangerous Paradise

1930Assistant Director