Justus D. Barnes

Personal Info

Birthday

October 2, 1862

Day of Death

1946-02-06

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Little Falls, New York, USA

Also Known As

George Barnes

Justus D. Barnes

Biography

Justus D. Barnes (October 2, 1862 – February 6, 1946), named George Barnes in some sources, was an American stage and film actor.

He is best known for his role in the 1903 silent short The Great Train Robbery, which the American Film Institute and many film historians and critics recognize as the production that first established the Western genre, setting a new "narrative standard" in the motion picture industry. Barnes was born in Little Falls, New York. He was a veteran stage actor before he made his screen debut in 1903 in The Great Train Robbery.

Known For

The Great Train Robbery

Mr. Meeson's Will

David Copperfield

Nicholas Nickleby

The Farmer's Daughters

The Marvelous Marathoner

The Portrait of Lady Anne

The Voice of Conscience

Filmography

1917
Cy Whittaker's Ward
as Simmons
It Happened to Adele
as Vincent's Uncle
1915
Mr. Meeson's Will
as Mr. Meeson
Weary Walker's Woes
as Lawyer
From the River's Depths
as William Hewins - Dorothy's Father
The Marvelous Marathoner
as Ewing Webster
His Two Patients
as The Blacksmith
The Country Girl
as The Squire, her Guardian
God's Witness
as Judge
The Heart of the Princess Marsari
as Paul's Wealthy Uncle
Love and Money
as American Suitor's Father
1914
A Dog of Flanders
as The Rich Miller
A Debut in the Secret Service
as Abdul
Their Best Friend
as Jack's Father
The Dancer
as N.Z. Wood
1913
The Farmer's Daughters
as Father
When the Studio Burned
as Director
1912
Star of Bethlehem
as Mage Gaspar
The Voice of Conscience
as Doctor
Cousins
as Father on Farm
The Portrait of Lady Anne
as Lady Anne's Father in 1770
Nicholas Nickleby
as Uncle Ralph
1911
David Copperfield
as Ham Peggotty (in part one)
1910
Young Lord Stanley
as the girl's father
1903
The Great Train Robbery
as Bandit Who Fires at Camera (uncredited)