---
name: "T. Roy Barnes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/t-roy-barnes"
fi1m_id: "t-roy-barnes"
imdb_id: "nm0055797"
tmdb_id: 99377
wikidata_id: "Q23618819"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 August 1880"
died: "30 March 1937"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T06:13:47.889701+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# T. Roy Barnes

## Identity

T. Roy Barnes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/t-roy-barnes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** t-roy-barnes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0055797
- **TMDB ID:** 99377
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23618819
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Roy_Barnes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23618819, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055797/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99377

Actor. Born 11 August 1880 in Lincolnshire, England, UK. Died 30 March 1937.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 August 1880, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 30 March 1937
- **Active:** 1925–1934
- **Also known as:** Thomas Roy Barnes
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 78 (1), 1930s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Roy_Barnes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23618819, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055797/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99377

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Seven Chances*](https://film.one/film/seven-chances.md) (78)

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## Biography

T. Roy Barnes (also credited as Thomas Roy Barnes) was a British-American actor. Born on 11 August 1880 in Lincolnshire, England, he moved to the United States as a child. He began his career in vaudeville, appearing with his wife, actress Bessie Crawford, in an act billed as 'Package of Smiles'. He later performed on the stage from 1914 before entering films.

Barnes appeared in over 50 films between 1920 and 1935, primarily comedies. In the 1920s he often played brash young go-getters in supporting and leading roles. He is known for his performance as Billy Meekin, His Partner, in *Seven Chances* (1925) and as the Insurance Salesman in *It's a Gift* (1934). He retired from films in 1935 and died on 30 March 1937 in Hollywood, California.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *It's a Gift* (1934), Fi1m 81, as Insurance Salesman — [page](https://film.one/film/its-a-gift.md)
- *Seven Chances* (1925), Fi1m 78, as Billy Meekin, His Partner — [page](https://film.one/film/seven-chances.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Virginia Judge* (1935), as Advertising Man
- *Doubting Thomas* (1935), as LaMaze
- *Village Tale* (1935), as Goggy Smith
- *The Four Star Boarder* (1935), as Felix
- *Life Begins at Forty* (1935), as Simonds, the Salesman
- *Carnival* (1935), as Salesman
- *It's a Gift* (1934), as Insurance Salesman — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/its-a-gift.md)
- *Kansas City Princess* (1934), as Alderman James 'Jim' Cameron
- *Women of All Nations* (1931), as Captain of the Marines
- *Aloha* (1931), as Johnny Marvin
- *Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5* (1930), as T. Roy Barnes
- *How's My Baby?* (1930), Actor
- *Wide Open* (1930), as Bob Wyeth
- *Sally* (1930), as Otis Hooper
- *Dangerous Curves* (1929), as Pa Spinelli
- *A Blonde for a Night* (1928), as George
- *Chicago* (1927), as Reporter
- *Body and Soul* (1927), as The Postman
- *A Regular Scout* (1926), as Steve Baxter
- *The Unknown Cavalier* (1926), as Clout Pettingill
- *Ladies of Leisure* (1926), as Eric Van Norden
- *The Crowded Hour* (1925), as Matt Wilde
- *Seven Chances* (1925), as Billy Meekin, His Partner — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/seven-chances.md)
- *The Re-Creation of Brian Kent* (1925), as Harry Green
- *Reckless Romance* (1924), as Jerry Warner
- *Butterfly* (1924), as Cy Dwyer
- *Young Ideas* (1924), as Pritchett Spence
- *The Great White Way* (1924), as Jack Murray
- *Hollywood* (1923), as T. Roy Barnes
- *The Go-Getter* (1923), as Bill Peck
- *Adam and Eva* (1923), as The Salesman-Hero
- *The Old Homestead* (1922), as Happy Jack
- *Is Matrimony a Failure?* (1922), as Arthur Haviland
- *Don't Get Personal* (1922), as John Wainwright
- *Too Much Wife* (1922), as Jack Morgan
- *Exit the Vamp* (1921), as John Shipley
- *Her Face Value* (1921), as Jimmy Parsons
- *A Kiss in Time* (1921), as Brian Moore
- *See My Lawyer* (1921), as Robert Gardner
- *So Long Letty* (1920), as Harry Miller

## Gallery

- ![Stage actor T. Roy Barnes. Subjects: actors (1922)](https://film.one/media/person/3850165/gallery-a487439f52e2.jpg) Stage actor T. Roy Barnes. Subjects: actors (1922) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Stage_actor_T_Roy_Barnes_%28SAYRE_2341%29.jpg/1280px-Stage_actor_T_Roy_Barnes_%28SAYRE_2341%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stage actor T. Roy Barnes, from the American film Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922). Subjects: actors](https://film.one/media/person/3850165/gallery-ec9893b40b58.jpg) Stage actor T. Roy Barnes, from the American film Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922). Subjects: actors — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Stage_actor_T_Roy_Barnes_%28SAYRE_2044%29.jpg/1280px-Stage_actor_T_Roy_Barnes_%28SAYRE_2044%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![So Long Letty Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses (1929)](https://film.one/media/person/3850165/gallery-5b8a43d8c652.jpg) So Long Letty Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses (1929) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/So_Long_Letty_%28SAYRE_14001%29.jpg/1280px-So_Long_Letty_%28SAYRE_14001%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![T. Roy Barnes](https://film.one/media/person/3850165/gallery-31b704ab8c51.jpg) T. Roy Barnes — Image via TMDB
- ![T. Roy Barnes](https://film.one/media/person/3850165/gallery-7e0a97d5f79d.jpg) T. Roy Barnes — Image via TMDB

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