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| 1 | Because he so effectively and frequently played heavies, teenagers in the 1940s and 1950s who felt put upon by authorities would say "Don't give me that Barton MacLane". |
| 2 | His great-grandfather Henry Joel McLane served in the Confederate 17th South Carolina Infantry in the US Civil War. |
| 3 | Was mentioned (not so favorably) in an Allan Sherman song entitled "Oh Boy". |
| 4 | He had two children, William MacLane and Martha MacLane. |
| 5 | Best known to the television generation as Gen. Peterson on I Dream of Jeannie (1965). |
| 6 | He played several musical instruments, including the violin, piano, and guitar. He was a published playwright and author, producing many plays, and starring in 'Black John' on Broadway. |
| 7 | Was an outstanding college football player at Wesleyan University |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Hit the Road | 1941 | | James J. Ryan |
| Barnacle Bill | 1941 | | John Kelly |
| Western Union | 1941 | | Jack Slade |
| Come Live with Me | 1941 | | Barney Grogan |
| High Sierra | 1941 | | Jake Kranmer |
| Melody Ranch | 1940 | | Mark Wildhack |
| The Secret Seven | 1940 | | Sam O'Donnell |
| Men Without Souls | 1940 | | Blackie Drew |
| Gangs of Chicago | 1940 | | Jim Ramsey |
| Mutiny in the Big House | 1939 | | Red Manson |
| Torchy Runs for Mayor | 1939 | | Steve McBride |
| Big Town Czar | 1939 | | Phil Daley |
| I Was a Convict | 1939 | | Ace King |
| Torchy Blane in Chinatown | 1939 | | Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride |
| Stand Up and Fight | 1939 | | Crowder |
| Torchy Gets Her Man | 1938 | | Detective Steve McBride |
| The Storm | 1938 | | Capt. Cogswell |
| Prison Break | 1938 | | Joaquin Shannon |
| You and Me | 1938 | | Mickey Bain |
| Gold Is Where You Find It | 1938 | | Slag Martin |
| The Kid Comes Back | 1938 | | Gunner Malone |
| Blondes at Work | 1938 | | Lt. Steve McBride |
| The Adventurous Blonde | 1937 | | Lt. Steve 'Stevie' MacBride |
| Wine, Women and Horses | 1937 | | Jim Turner |
| San Quentin | 1937 | | Lt. Druggin |
| Born Reckless | 1937 | | Jim Barnes |
| Ever Since Eve | 1937 | | Al McCoy |
| Fly Away Baby | 1937 | | Steve McBride |
| Draegerman Courage | 1937 | | Andrew Beaupre |
| The Prince and the Pauper | 1937 | | John Canty |
| You Only Live Once | 1937 | | Stephen Whitney |
| God's Country and the Woman | 1937 | | Bullhead |
| Smart Blonde | 1937 | | Steve McBride |
| Jailbreak | 1936 | | Detective Captain Rourke |
| Bengal Tiger | 1936 | | Cliff Ballenger |
| Bullets or Ballots | 1936 | | Al Kruger |
| Times Square Playboy | 1936 | | Casey, Vic's Butler / Trainer |
| The Walking Dead | 1936 | | Loder |
| Ceiling Zero | 1936 | | Al Stone |
| Man of Iron | 1935 | | Chris Bennett |
| Frisco Kid | 1935 | | Spikder Burke |
| I Found Stella Parish | 1935 | | Clifton Jeffords |
| Dr. Socrates | 1935 | | Red Bastian |
| The Case of the Lucky Legs | 1935 | | Police Chief Bisonette (as Barton Mac Lane) |
| Page Miss Glory | 1935 | | Blackie (as Barton McLane) |
| Stranded | 1935 | | Sharkey |
| Go Into Your Dance | 1935 | | Duke Hutchinson (as Barton Mac Lane) |
| 'G' Men | 1935 | | Collins |
| The Case of the Curious Bride | 1935 | | Detective Lucas |
| Black Fury | 1935 | | McGee |
| The Last Round-Up | 1934 | | Charley Benson |
| All of Me | 1934 | | First Cop (uncredited) |
| Hell and High Water | 1933 | | Dance Hall Manager |
| Lone Cowboy | 1933 | | J.J. Baxter |
| Big Executive | 1933 | | Harry the Guide |
| Tillie and Gus | 1933 | | Commissioner McLennan |
| To the Last Man | 1933 | | Neil Stanley |
| Man of the Forest | 1933 | | Mulvey |
| Let's Dance | 1933 | Short uncredited | |
| The Thundering Herd | 1933 | | Pruitt |
| Your Hat | 1932 | Short | Customer (uncredited) |
| State's Attorney | 1932 | | Court Reporter (uncredited) |
| His Woman | 1931 | | Crewman |
| Naughty-Cal | 1930 | Short | Sailor |
| The Cocoanuts | 1929 | | Bather (uncredited) |
| The Quarterback | 1926 | | Football Player (uncredited) |
| I Dream of Jeannie | 1965-1969 | TV Series | General Peterson / Gen. Peterson |
| Buckskin | 1968 | | Dr. H. 'Doc' Raymond |
| Arizona Bushwhackers | 1968 | | Sheriff Grover |
| Hondo | 1967 | TV Series | Markham |
| The Monkees | 1967 | TV Series | Bart |
| Gunsmoke | 1966-1967 | TV Series | Willard Kerner / Herkimer Crawford |
| The Munsters | 1966 | TV Series | Big Roy |
| Town Tamer | 1965 | | James Fenimore Fell |
| The Rounders | 1965 | | Tanner |
| Perry Mason | 1959-1964 | TV Series | Archer Osmond / Harold Minter / Sheriff Eugene Norris / ... |
| Law of the Lawless | 1964 | | Big Tom Stone |
| Laramie | 1960-1963 | TV Series | Owen Richards / Ed Bishop / Mel Bishop / ... |
| Pocketful of Miracles | 1961 | | Police Commissioner (as Barton Maclane) |
| Outlaws | 1960-1961 | TV Series | Marshal Frank Caine / Marshal Frank Crane |
| Noose for a Gunman | 1960 | | Carl Avery |
| Tightrope | 1960 | TV Series | Vince Baron |
| Overland Trail | 1960 | TV Series | Big Jed Braddock |
| Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Bob Scanlon / Rawls Kettrick |
| Gunfighters of Abilene | 1960 | | Seth Hainline |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | 1958-1959 | TV Series | Wentworth / Matt Tranier |
| Black Saddle | 1959 | TV Series | Gen. Orester Fowler |
| Grand Jury | 1959 | TV Series | Sam Spanner |
| Frontier Gun | 1958 | | Simon Crayle |
| The Geisha Boy | 1958 | | Maj. Ridgley |
| 77 Sunset Strip | 1958 | TV Series | Brannigan |
| Girl on the Run | 1958 | | Francis J. Brannigan |
| Girl in the Woods | 1958 | | Big Jim |
| Kraft Theatre | 1958 | TV Series | Potter |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | 1957 | TV Series | Old Man Clanton |
| Naked in the Sun | 1957 | | Wilson |
| Lux Video Theatre | 1955-1957 | TV Series | Marvin Platt / Steve / Damon |
| Telephone Time | 1957 | TV Series | Pete Devlin |
| Circus Boy | 1957 | TV Series | Pinkerton Detective Nolan |
| Sierra Stranger | 1957 | | Lem Gotch |
| Conflict | 1956-1957 | TV Series | Glen Callister |
| Wire Service | 1957 | TV Series | Gen. Bailey |
| Hell's Crossroads | 1957 | | Pinkerton Agent Clyde O'Connell |
| Three Violent People | 1956 | | Yates |
| Naked Gun | 1956 | | Joe Barnum |
| The Man Is Armed | 1956 | | Det. Lt. Dan Coster |
| The Kaiser Aluminum Hour | 1956 | TV Series | Dan Royal |
| Wetbacks | 1956 | | Karl Shanks |
| Backlash | 1956 | | Sgt. George Lake |
| Crossroads | 1956 | TV Series | Truck Adams |
| Cheyenne | 1956 | TV Series | Martin Storm |
| Jaguar | 1956 | | Steve Bailey |
| Studio 57 | 1956 | TV Series | Capt. Sterling |
| Last of the Desperados | 1955 | | Mosby, Gang Leader |
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1955 | TV Series | Chief Brooks |
| Jail Busters | 1955 | | Captain Jenkins, Head Guard |
| Foxfire | 1955 | | Jim Mablett |
| The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | 1955 | TV Series | Capt. Hansen |
| The Silver Star | 1955 | | Henry 'Tiny' Longtree (as Barton McLane) |
| Four Star Playhouse | 1955 | TV Series | Capt. Webber / Milo |
| Treasure of Ruby Hills | 1955 | | 'Chalk' Reynolds |
| Hell's Outpost | 1954 | | Sheriff Olson |
| Climax! | 1954 | TV Series | |
| The Whistler | 1954 | TV Series | McKay |
| Rails Into Laramie | 1954 | | Lee Graham |
| Waterfront | 1954 | TV Series | McClurg |
| Jubilee Trail | 1954 | | Deacon Bartlett |
| The Glenn Miller Story | 1954 | | General Arnold |
| Jack Slade | 1953 | | Jules Reni |
| Sea of Lost Ships | 1953 | | Capt. Jack Matthews |
| Captain Scarface | 1953 | | Captain Scarface |
| Fireside Theatre | 1953 | TV Series | Sgt. James Simmon / Big Red |
| Cow Country | 1953 | | Marvin Parker |
| Your Jeweler's Showcase | 1953 | TV Series | |
| Kansas Pacific | 1953 | | Cal Bruce |
| Thunderbirds | 1952 | | Sgt. Durkee |
| The Half-Breed | 1952 | | Marshal Cassidy |
| Bugles in the Afternoon | 1952 | | Capt. Myles Moylan |
| Drums in the Deep South | 1951 | | Sgt. Mac McCardle |
| Best of the Badmen | 1951 | | Joad |
| The Bandit Queen | 1950 | | Sheriff Jim Harden |
| Let's Dance | 1950 | | Larry Channock |
| Rookie Fireman | 1950 | | Captain Jess Henshaw |
| Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | 1950 | | Lt. John Reece |
| Red Light | 1949 | | Detective Strecker |
| Unknown Island | 1948 | | Capt. Tarnowski |
| Angel in Exile | 1948 | | Max Giorgio |
| The Walls of Jericho | 1948 | | Gotch McCurdy |
| The Dude Goes West | 1948 | | Texas Jack Barton |
| Silver River | 1948 | | 'Banjo' Sweeney |
| Relentless | 1948 | | Tex Brandow |
| The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | 1948 | | McCormick (as Barton Mac Lane) |
| Cheyenne | 1947 | | Webb Yancey |
| Jungle Flight | 1947 | | Case Hagin |
| Tarzan and the Huntress | 1947 | | Paul Weir (as Barton Maclane) |
| San Quentin | 1946 | | Nick Taylor |
| Santa Fe Uprising | 1946 | | Crawford |
| Mysterious Intruder | 1946 | | Detective Taggart |
| The Spanish Main | 1945 | | Capt. Benjamin Black |
| Scared Stiff | 1945 | | George 'Deacon' Markham |
| Tarzan and the Amazons | 1945 | | Ballister (as Barton Maclane) |
| Gentle Annie | 1944 | | Sheriff Tatum |
| Cry of the Werewolf | 1944 | | Lt. Barry Lane |
| Secret Command | 1944 | | Red Kelly |
| The Mummy's Ghost | 1944 | | Inspector Walgreen |
| Marine Raiders | 1944 | | Sgt. Maguire |
| Nabonga | 1944 | | Carl Hurst |
| The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case | 1943 | | Detective Rief |
| The Underdog | 1943 | | John Tate |
| Song of Texas | 1943 | | Jim Calvert |
| Bombardier | 1943 | | Sgt. Archie Dixon |
| A Gentle Gangster | 1943 | | Mike Hallit |
| Man of Courage | 1943 | | John Wallace |
| Highways by Night | 1942 | | Leo Bronson |
| The Big Street | 1942 | | Case Ables |
| In This Our Life | 1942 | | Extra at a Roadhouse Table (uncredited) |
| All Through the Night | 1941 | | Marty Callahan |
| The Maltese Falcon | 1941 | | Lt. of Detectives Dundy |
| Wild Geese Calling | 1941 | | Pirate Kelly |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 1941 | | Sam Higgins |
| Manpower | 1941 | | Smiley Quinn |
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