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Vince Barnett (July 4, 1902 – August 10, 1977) was an American film and television actor. He appeared on stage originally.
Barnett's initial involvement with Hollywood was as a screenwriter, writing screenplays for the two-reeler movies of the late 1920s. He began appearing in films in 1930, playing hundreds of comedy bits and supporting parts. One of his more sizable screen roles was the moronic, illiterate gangster "secretary" in Scarface (1932). Among his best-regarded early roles, apart from Scarface, were The Big Cage (1933), Thirty Day Princess (1934) and Princess O'Hara (1935).
In later years, Barnett played straight character parts, often as careworn little men, undertakers, janitors, bartenders and drunks in pictures ranging from films noir (The Killers, 1946) to westerns (Springfield Rifle, 1952). He was a welcome presence in "B" comedies and mysteries: as Runyonesque gangsters in Petticoat Larceny (1943), Little Miss Broadway (1947), and Gas House Kids Go West (1947), and notably as Tom Conway's enthusiastic sidekick in The Falcon's Alibi (1946).
After World War II, with the Hollywood studios making fewer films, Barnett became a familiar face on television.

Scarface
1932 · as Angelo

All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · as Assistant Cook (uncredited)

Brute Force
1947 · as Muggsy

The Killers
1946 · as Charleston

The Big Mouth
1967 · as Man at Telephone Booth (uncredited)

Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
1965 · as Janitor

Sixpack Annie
1975 · as Bartender

Seven Sinners
1940 · as Bartender

Springfield Rifle
1952 · as Cook (uncredited)

After the Thin Man
1936 · as Wrester's Manager (uncredited)

The Virginian
1946 · as Baldy

I Live My Life
1935 · as Clerk

Crazy Mama
1975 · as Homer

Knock on Any Door
1949 · as Carl Swanson - Bartender (uncredited)

The Mask of Dimitrios
1944 · as Card Game Kibitzer (uncredited)

Petticoat Larceny
1943 · as Stogie

The Jazz Singer
1953 · as Bartender

Carson City
1952 · as Henry