FILM DIRECTOR

Charles Barton

1902 - 1981

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Charles Barton (May 25, 1902 – December 5, 1981) was an American film and vaudeville actor and film director. He won an Oscar for best assistant director in 1933. His first film as a director was the Zane Grey feature Wagon Wheels, starring Randolph Scott, in 1934. Barton worked in Hollywood B-movie units. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Barton is the 570th most popular film director (up from 1,578th in 2019), the 4,197th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,435th in 2019) and the 149th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Charles Barton ranks 570 out of 2,041Before him are Michael Ritchie, Sergei Yutkevich, Rob Cohen, Yakov Protazanov, Georges Lautner, and Henry Koster. After him are Grigori Kozintsev, David Chase, Giovanni Pastrone, Damien Chazelle, Patricio Guzmán, and Boris Barnet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Charles Barton ranks 146Before him are Gustav Fröhlich, Tallulah Bankhead, Giovanni Colombo, Erik Eriksen, Hans von Dohnanyi, and Sylvain Arend. After him are Riccardo Morandi, Boris Barnet, Adolfo Zumelzú, Juan Evaristo, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and Solomon. Among people deceased in 1981, Charles Barton ranks 105Before him are Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, Michele Andreolo, Alexander Kotov, Sven Andersson, T. H. Marshall, and Gloria Grahame. After him are Edvard Kocbek, Mica Todorović, Hermann Esser, Zdeněk Burian, Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, and Roman Rudenko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Barton ranks 4,197 out of 20,380Before him are Richard Chase (1950), Nancy Spungen (1958), Chris O'Donnell (1970), Gordon Mitchell (1923), George Mikan (1924), and David Huddleston (1930). After him are George Dewey (1837), William Stevenson (1900), Muse Watson (1948), Parry O'Brien (1932), William Bates (1860), and Jerry Unser Jr. (1932).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Charles Barton ranks 149Before him are Delmer Daves (1904), Gene Deitch (1924), Martin Brest (1951), James Mangold (1963), Michael Ritchie (1938), and Rob Cohen (1949). After him are David Chase (1945), Damien Chazelle (1985), Dan O'Bannon (1946), Hal Ashby (1929), Jennifer Lee (1971), and John Lasseter (1957).