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name: "Frank Barnes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frank-barnes"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 July 1898"
died: "20 July 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:14:08.494515+00:00"
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# Frank Barnes

Actor. Born 31 July 1898 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 20 July 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 July 1898, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 20 July 1973
- **Also known as:** Frank Richard Allen
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18205391, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1070961/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14424

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The General*](https://film.one/film/the-general.md) (91)

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## Biography

Frank Barnes (1898–1973) was an American film crew member who worked primarily in the camera and electrical department as a grip. He contributed to productions including *The General* (1926), *Words and Music* (1948) and *Neptune's Daughter* (1949).

On *The General*, directed by and starring Buster Keaton, he also served uncredited as construction foreman and appeared as Annabelle's brother.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The General* (1926), Fi1m 91, as Annabelle's Brother — [page](https://film.one/film/the-general.md)

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