
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.

Hollywood

キートンのセブン・チャンス

A Trip to Paramountown

Doubting Thomas

Ladies of Leisure

Sally

It's a Gift

Souls for Sale

Dangerous Curves

Chicago

A Blonde for a Night

Wide Open

Village Tale

Kansas City Princess

A Regular Scout

Women of All Nations

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5

How's My Baby?

The Unknown Cavalier

Adam and Eva

Body and Soul

Aloha

The Four Star Boarder

Life Begins at Forty

Carnival

The Crowded Hour

The Great White Way

So Long Letty

Young Ideas

The Old Homestead

Butterfly

The Go-Getter

A Kiss in Time

Her Face Value

Too Much Wife

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent

Don't Get Personal

See My Lawyer

Exit the Vamp

Is Matrimony a Failure?