Bradley Barker
{{Short description|American actor (1883–1951)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bradley Barker
| image = Bradley Barker MPW 1915-11.jpg
| caption = Barker in 1915
| birth_date = {{birth date|1883|1|18}}
| birth_place = Long Island, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1951|9|29|1883|1|18}}
| death_place = New York City, U.S.
| occupation = Actor, film director
| yearsactive = 1915–1930
}}
Bradley Barker (January 18, 1883 – September 29, 1951) was an American actor and director of the silent film era.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ajXwxJuYd5gC&q=%22Bradley+Barker%22+silent+film&pg=PA14|title=American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929|first1=John T.|last1=Soister|first2=Henry|last2=Nicolella|first3=Steve|last3=Joyce|date=January 10, 2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786487905|access-date=April 14, 2019|via=Google Books}} He also created sound effects for film and radio.
Biography
Born in Long Island, New York, Barker was a vaudeville performer and an actor in stock theater.{{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Alvin H. |title=Big Noise in Radio and Screen World |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60106715/bradley-barker/ |access-date=September 27, 2020 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=December 13, 1942 |page=66|via = Newspapers.com}} He appeared in 70 films between 1915 and 1928. He also directed seven films between 1929 and 1930.
After he worked as an actor, Barker began creating sound effects for radio programs and films. He provided the sound of the MGM lion on screen before the studio began using a recording of a real lion and provided sounds of a variety of animals on radio. Radio programs on which he worked included Let's Pretend{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows|date=1999|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|isbn=978-0-7864-4513-4|page=195}} and Little Orphan Annie.{{r|rp|page1=303}}
On September 29, 1951, Barker died at his home in New York City at age 68.{{cite news |title=Bradley Barker Dies; MGM's 1st Lion Mimic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60117083/bradley-barker/ |access-date=September 28, 2020 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |agency=Associated Press |date=September 30, 1951 |page=13|via = Newspapers.com}}
Selected filmography
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- What Happened to Jones (1915)
- The Moth and the Flame (1915)
- The House with Nobody in It (1915)
- The Little Gypsy (1915)
- The Jury of Fate (1917)
- Little Miss Fortune (1917)
- Billy and the Big Stick (1917)
- The Road Between (1917)
- The Eyes of Mystery (1918)
- Men (1918)
- A Woman's Experience (1919)
- Erstwhile Susan (1919)
- Wanted: A Husband (1919)
- The Master Mind (1920)
- Away Goes Prudence (1920)
- The Fear Market (1920)
- Devotion (1921)
- Silas Marner (1922)
- The Secrets of Paris (1922)
- The Leavenworth Case (1923)
- Twenty-One (1923)
- Into the Net (1924)
- Playthings of Desire (1924)
- The Man Without a Heart (1924)
- The Live Wire (1925)
- Ermine and Rhinestones (1925)
- The Crackerjack (1925)
- The Police Patrol (1925)
- False Pride (1925)
- The Early Bird (1925)
- Rainbow Riley (1926)
- The Brown Derby (1926)
- The Potters (1927)
- His Rise to Fame (1927)
- Combat (1927)
- Inspiration (1928)
- Mother's Boy (1929)
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References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|0054830}}
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Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male radio actors
Category:American male silent film actors
Category:Film directors from New York (state)