Barnes appeared in over 50 films between 1920 and 1935, primarily in comedies. Barnes started his show career in vaudeville later turning to stage and film acting. During the 1920s, he often played "brash young go-getters" in supporting and leading roles. He’s best known for his roles as Buster Keaton's business partner Billy Meekin in Seven Chances (1925) and in W. C. Fields' comedy It's a Gift (1934), portraying an inquisitive Insurance Salesman. He retired from movies in 1935 and died two years later.
Seven Chances
(Billy Meekin)
Hollywood
(T. Roy Barnes)
It's a Gift
(Insurance Salesman)
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
(T. Roy Barnes)
How's My Baby?
Sally
(Otis Hooper)
A Blonde for a Night
(George)
Wide Open
(Bob Wyeth)
Village Tale
(Goggy Smith)
Kansas City Princess
(Alderman James 'Jim' Cameron)
A Trip to Paramountown
(Self)
The Unknown Cavalier
(Clout Pettingill)
Chicago
(Reporter)
Souls for Sale
(Self - Celebrity Actor in Commissary)
Adam and Eva
(The Salesman-Hero)
Body and Soul
(The Postman)
Aloha
(Johnny Marvin)
Women of All Nations
(Captain of the Marines)
Dangerous Curves
(Pa Spinelli)
The Four Star Boarder
(Felix)
Life Begins at Forty
(Simonds, the Salesman)
Doubting Thomas
(LaMaze)
Carnival
(Salesman)
The Crowded Hour
(Matt Wilde)
The Great White Way
(Jack Murray)
So Long Letty
(Harry Miller)
Reckless Romance
(Jerry Warner)
Young Ideas
(Pritchett Spence)
The Old Homestead
(Happy Jack)
Ladies of Leisure
A Regular Scout
(Steve Baxter)
Butterfly
(Cy Dwyer)
The Go-Getter
(Bill Peck)