
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
MOVIE • 1925

Chicago
MOVIE • 1927

Kansas City Princess
MOVIE • 1934

Souls for Sale
MOVIE • 1923

Carnival
MOVIE • 1935

Hollywood
MOVIE • 1923

Women of All Nations
MOVIE • 1931

Too Much Wife
MOVIE • 1922

Aloha
MOVIE • 1931

Is Matrimony a Failure?
MOVIE • 1922

Village Tale
MOVIE • 1935

Life Begins at Forty
MOVIE • 1935

The Unknown Cavalier
MOVIE • 1926

Doubting Thomas
MOVIE • 1935

It's a Gift
MOVIE • 1934

A Blonde for a Night
MOVIE • 1928

The Go-Getter
MOVIE • 1923

Body and Soul
MOVIE • 1927