Charles Barton
film director, actor (1902-1981)
0.23body-of-work score · ranked #1901 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- May 25, 1902 · San Francisco
- Died
- December 5, 1981 · Burbank
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, actor, film producer, cinematographer
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1948 · United States · comedy, horror
National Film Registry (inducted 2001)
0.231 citation
Complete filmography
All 68 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1934Wagon Wheels
- 1935Car 99
- 1935Nevada
- 1935Rocky Mountain Mystery
- 1935The Last Outpost
- 1936And Sudden Death
- 1936Murder with Pictures
- 1936Rose Bowl
- 1936Timothy's Quest
- 1937Born to the West
- 1937Forlorn River
- 1937The Crime Nobody Saw
- 1937Thunder Trail
- 1939Behind Prison Gates
- 1939Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
- 1939My Son Is Guilty
- 1940Babies for Sale
- 1940Five Little Peppers at Home
- 1940Five Little Peppers in Trouble
- 1940Island of Doomed Men
- 1940Nobody's Children
- 1940Out West with the Peppers
- 1940The Phantom Submarine
- 1941Harmon of Michigan
- 1941Honolulu Lu
- 1941Richest Man in Town
- 1941Sing for Your Supper
- 1941Two Latins from Manhattan
- 1942A Man's World
- 1942Laugh Your Blues Away
- 1942Lucky Legs
- 1942Parachute Nurse
- 1942Shut My Big Mouth
- 1942Sweetheart of the Fleet
- 1942The Spirit of Stanford
- 1943Is Everybody Happy?
- 1943Reveille with Beverly
- 1943She Has What It Takes
- 1943What's Buzzin', Cousin?
- 1944Beautiful But Broke
- 1944Hey, Rookie
- 1944Jam Session
- 1944Louisiana Hayride
- 1945Men in Her Diary
- 1946Smooth as Silk
- 1946The Time of Their Lives
- 1946White Tie and Tails
- 1947Buck Privates Come Home
- 1947The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
- 194810,000 Kids and a Cop
- 1948Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
- 1948Mexican Hayride
- 1948The Noose Hangs High
- 1949Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
- 1949Free for All
- 1950Africa Screams
- 1950The Milkman
- 1951Double Crossbones
- 1952Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
- 1956Dance with Me, Henry
- 1959The Shaggy Dog
- 1959Zorro, the Avenger
- 1960Toby Tyler
- 1962Swingin' Along
- 1992Ellarum Chollanu
- —The Beautiful Cheat
- —The Big Boss
- —Tramp, Tramp, Tramp