
Barton MacLane
Highest Rated: 100% The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Lowest Rated: 33% The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
Birthday: Dec 25, 1902
Birthplace: Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Barton MacLane was a prolific film actor, making over 140 film appearances from the early 1930s to the late 1960s, but he is perhaps best known as General Peterson from the classic 1960s sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie." MacLane moved from theater to film in the early 1930s, playing a series of predominantly tough guy roles over the course of the decade. In 1938, he had the lead part in the crime drama "Prison Break." In 1941, he played the supporting part of Sam Higgins in the Spencer Tracy and Ingrid Bergman-starring sci-fi horror film, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." In 1941, MacLane landed a supporting role in the classic film noir mystery "The Maltese Falcon," starring Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade. Later that decade, in 1948, MacLane worked with Bogart again, in a classic of another genre, the adventure-western film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre." In 1954, MacLane appeared in an altogether different genre, with a supporting part in the James Stewart-starring biopic "The Glenn Miller Story." On TV, MacLane took a lead part in the 1960 western "Outlaws," and later in the decade appeared on two episodes of "Gunsmoke." But his most lasting pop-cultural legacy began in 1965, as the frequently befuddled General Peterson, Major Anthony Nelson's (Larry Hagman) boss on "I Dream of Jeannie," which starred Barbara Eden. MacLane passed away from cancer at age 69.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | 20% | Arizona Bushwhackers | Sheriff Lloyd Grover (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | 54% | The Rounders | Tanner (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Town Tamer | James Fenimore Fell (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Law of the Lawless | Big Tom Stone (Character) | - | 1964 |
50% | 72% | Pocketful of Miracles | Police Commissioner (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Noose for a Gunman | Carl Avery (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunfighters of Abilene | Seth (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | 67% | The Geisha Boy | Maj. Ridgley (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Frontier Gun | Simon Crayle (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girl in the Woods | Big Jim (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sierra Stranger | Lem Gotch (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Naked in the Sun | Wilson (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wetbacks | Karl Shanks (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man Is Armed | Det. Lt. Dan Coster (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Three Violent People | Yates (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | 38% | Backlash | Sgt. George Lake (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Naked Gun | Joe Barnum (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jail Busters | Captain Jenkins (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Foxfire | Mr. Mablett (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last of the Desperados | Mosby (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jaguar | Steve Bailey (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Treasure of Ruby Hills | "Chalk" Reynolds (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rails Into Laramie | Lee Graham (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | 35% | Kansas Pacific | Cal Bruce (Character) | - | 1953 |
88% | 80% | The Glenn Miller Story | Gen. Hap Arnold (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Captain Scarface | Captain Scarface (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jack Slade | Jules Reni (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sea of Lost Ships | Capt. Jack Matthews (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Half-Breed | Marshal Cassidy (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 22% | Drums in the Deep South | Sgt. Mac McCardle (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 27% | Best of the Badmen | Joad (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 73% | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Lt. John Reece (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Red Light | Detective Strecker (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | 17% | The Dude Goes West | Texas Jack Barton (Character) | - | 1948 |
100% | 93% | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Pat McCormick (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Silver River | "Banjo" Sweeney (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | 11% | Unknown Island | Capt. Tarnowski (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Walls of Jericho | Gotch McCurdy (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | 24% | Tarzan and the Huntress | Paul Weir (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jungle Flight | Case Hagin (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Cheyenne | Webb Yancey (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Mysterious Intruder | Detective Taggart (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | 20% | San Quentin | Nick Taylor (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | 29% | Tarzan and the Amazons | Ballister (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Treasure of Fear | George "Deacon" Markham (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | 52% | The Spanish Main | Capt. Benjamin Black (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | 23% | Nabonga | Carl Hurst (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secret Command | Red Kelly (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gentle Annie | Sheriff Tatum (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marine Raiders | Sgt. Maguire (Character) | - | 1944 |
33% | 19% | The Mummy's Ghost | Inspector Walgreen (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Gentle Gangster | Mike Hallit (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Underdog | John Tate (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crime Doctor's Strangest Case | Det. Rief (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Song of Texas | Jim Calvert (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Man of Courage |
John Wallace (Character), Screenwriter |
- | 1943 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Bombardier | Sgt. Archie Dixon (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | 59% | The Big Street | Case Ables (Character) | - | 1942 |
100% | 70% | All Through the Night | Marty Callahan (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Manpower | Smiley Quinn (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | 69% | Come Live With Me | Barney Grogan (Character) | - | 1941 |
80% | 58% | Western Union | Jack Slade (Character) | - | 1941 |
67% | 61% | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Sam Higgins (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnacle Bill | John Kelly (Character) | - | 1941 |
100% | 91% | The Maltese Falcon | Det. Lt. Dundy (Character) | - | 1941 |
90% | 78% | High Sierra | Jack "Jake" Kranmer (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Men Without Souls | Blackie Drew (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Melody Ranch | Mark Wildhack (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gangs of Chicago | Jim Ramsey (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Secret Seven | Sam O'Donnell (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big Town Czar | Phil Daley (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Was a Convict | Ace King (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mutiny in the Big House | Red Manson (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stand Up and Fight | Crowder (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Torchy Blane Runs for Mayor | Steve McBride (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Torchy Blane in Chinatown | Det. Lt. "Mac" McBride (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Storm | Capt. Cogswell (Character) | - | 1938 |
86% | 63% | You and Me | Mickey Bain (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Torchy Gets Her Man | Detective Steve McBride (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blondes at Work | Lt. Steve McBride (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Prison Break | Joaquin Shannon (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | 22% | Gold Is Where You Find It |
Slag Martin (Credits)/ |
- | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Draegerman Courage | Andrew `'Beau'` Beaupre (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Born Reckless | Jim Barnes (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fly-Away Baby | Steve McBride (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 26% | San Quentin | Lt. Druggin (Character) | - | 1937 |
67% | 63% | The Prince and the Pauper | John Canty (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Ever Since Eve | Al McCoy (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Kid Comes Back | Gunner Malone (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adventurous Blonde | Lt. Steve "Stevie" MacBride (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wine, Women and Horses | Jim Turner (Character) | - | 1937 |
100% | 78% | You Only Live Once | Stephen Whitney (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 56% | The Walking Dead | Loder (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bengal Tiger | Cliff Ballenger (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Times Square Playboy |
Casey/ |
- | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jailbreak | Detective Captain Rourke (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Smart Blonde | Steve McBride (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | 66% | Bullets or Ballots | Al Kruger (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | God's Country and the Woman | Bullhead (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stranded | Sharkey (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Man of Iron | Chris Bennett (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Go Into Your Dance | Duke Hutchinson (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Case of the Curious Bride | Detective Lucas (Character) | - | 1935 |
100% | 70% | Ceiling Zero | Al Stone (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Dr. Socrates | Red Bastian (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Black Fury | McGee (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Case of the Lucky Legs | Bisonette (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | 68% | G-Men | Collins (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Buffalo Stampede | Pruitt (Character) | - | 1934 |
95% | 70% | The Cocoanuts | Bather (Character) | - | 1929 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Dream of Jeannie | General Peterson (Guest Star) | 1965-1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Willard Kerner (Guest Star) | 1966-1967 |
83% | 83% | The Munsters | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Archer Osmond (Guest Star) | 1963-1964 1959-1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Cameron Gault (Guest Star) | 1962-1963 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Outlaws | Marshal Frank Caine (Character) | 1960-1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Circus Boy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheyenne | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1956 |
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