Buzz Barton

Acting

Buzz Barton

Born — Died

1913-09-03 — 1980-11-20

Known for

Acting

Credits

54 titles

Known for

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle poster
7.0

In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

1939

Where North Holds Sway poster
7.0

A Northwest mounted policeman leaves the service to seek revenge for his brother's murder.

Where North Holds Sway

1927

Paroled - To Die poster
5.0

Meline is taking money from his own bank to drill an oil well. When he finds Doug Redfern's bandana, he has his gang rob his bank and uses the bandana to frame Doug. When Doug is convicted but immediately paroled, Meline has another plan that he thinks will put him away permanently.

Paroled - To Die

1938

The Eagle's Claw poster
9.0

Dan Carson is a down-on-his-luck cattle hand. His fortunes improve when he inherits half of the Eagle's Claw gold mine. Dan becomes fast friends with his co-owners, rancher John Sherwood and his daughter Jessie. But their new fortune makes them a target of Zack Wilson and his gang. Dan will have to learn what it takes to be a hero if he is to keep the gold mine from falling into their hands...and win the heart of the lovely Jessie

The Eagle's Claw

1924

The Apache Kid's Escape poster
5.3

A former outlaw eludes the authorities by masquerading as a cowboy.

The Apache Kid's Escape

1930

So This Is Arizona poster
8.0

An Arizona Ranger's investigation results in his having to arrest the brother of the girl he loves.

So This Is Arizona

1931

Film credits

1940s · 4 titles

1930s · 29 titles

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle poster
7.0

In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

1939

Paroled - To Die poster
5.0

Meline is taking money from his own bank to drill an oil well. When he finds Doug Redfern's bandana, he has his gang rob his bank and uses the bandana to frame Doug. When Doug is convicted but immediately paroled, Meline has another plan that he thinks will put him away permanently.

Paroled - To Die

1938

The Apache Kid's Escape poster
5.3

A former outlaw eludes the authorities by masquerading as a cowboy.

The Apache Kid's Escape

1930

So This Is Arizona poster
8.0

An Arizona Ranger's investigation results in his having to arrest the brother of the girl he loves.

So This Is Arizona

1931

Romance Rides the Range poster
8.0

Baritone singer Barry Glendon, completing a successful season in opera, departs for his ranch in the west over the objections of his manager Tony. Arriving there with his double-talking friend Shorty, Barry learns that a parcel of his vast ranch has been fraudulently sold to Carol Marland and her ailing (and tiresome) young brother Johnny. Pretending he is only the foreman, and having his cowhands go along with it,Barry allows Carol and her whining, growing-ever-more-tiresome brother to believe that they are the actual owners in order to give him a free hand in running down the swindlers who victimized Carol who, with a brother like hers, was a victim to begin with.Barry learns that brothers Clem and Jonas Allen are the villains and,through a ruse in which they are led to believe there is a hidden treasure on the land they sold Carol, they try to buy it back bidding against Barry, who forces the price up.

Romance Rides the Range

1936

Feud of the West poster
4.0

A rodeo rider works himself into two different 'gangs' in order to end a range war over.

Feud of the West

1936

Breed of the West poster
8.0

There is a feud on the Colonel's ranch between his foreman Longrope and some of the hands. The Colonel is firing those that don't get along with Longrope and it looks like Wally will be next. But things change when Jim overhears Longrope's plan to rob the Colonel. Longrope shoots Jim and this sends Wally into action.

Breed of the West

1930

The Mexicali Kid poster
5.8

Looking for the killer of his brother, Jack saves the outlaw known as the Mexicali Kid who had collapsed on the desert. Jack joins up with the Kid who leads him to Gorson. Gorson is after a ranch and gets Jack to pose as the heir to the ranch. After the papers are signed he plans to have jack killed. But the Kid recognizes Gorson's henchmen as the men Jack is after and decides to help him.

The Mexicali Kid

1938

The Lone Defender poster
9.0

A prospector is murdered by The Cactus Kid and his gang, who hope to find the murdered man's goldmine. The miner's dog, Rin-Tin-Tin, recognizes the killers, who thereafter seek to use the dog to locate the lost mine. With the help of a government agent and a young girl, Rinty saves the mine and brings the bad guys to justice.

The Lone Defender

1930

Lone Star Pioneers poster
9.0

Wagon trains bringing supplies are being robbed and Marshal Pat Barrett has been sent to investigate. Posing as an outlaw he gets into Buck's gang. When the Ranger Captain sends for more troops, Buck's inside man brings the message to him. Buck then plans to substitute his men for the Rangers but he tells Pat and Pat rides off to try and warn the Ranger Captain.

Lone Star Pioneers

1939

No artwork available
6.5

Driving off an Indian attack, the soldiers capture one of the Indian rifles only to learn that it came from their own warehouse. With Lieutenant Bentley and Sergeant Luke having the only keys to the guns, Bentley finds himself under suspicion and starts to investigate.

Fighting Pioneers

1935

Phantom Gold poster
7.0

A salted gold mine proves to be troublesome for a ghost town.

Phantom Gold

1938

Powdersmoke Range poster
10.0

Three cowboys buy a ranch but have to fight off gunmen to keep it.

Powdersmoke Range

1935

Silver on the Sage poster
6.5

Hoppy goes undercover as a gambler from the East when Bar 20 cattle are stolen by unknown rustlers. Brennan/Talbot are twin brothers (one a casino owner, the other a rancher) and Hoppy believes they provide alibis for each other while one is out committing crimes. Hoppy gets a job in the casino to learn more but is exposed when a gambling gunslinger notices him.

Silver on the Sage

1939

Outlaw Express poster
4.5

Bradley and sidekick Sharpe are sent west to investigate the murders of pony express riders who are being killed to prevent the Spanish Land Grant papers going to Washington for registration.

Outlaw Express

1938

Wild West Whoopee poster
9.0

A young cowboy is in love with the ranch owner's daughter. When they learn that the girl's father plans to send her to a nearby city to live with her aunt, the two decide to elope. The girl is not surprised when she is kidnapped from the stagecoach because she believes that her fiance planned the whole thing. Actually, it is the cowboy's rival who has arranged her kidnapping.

Wild West Whoopee

1931

Gunfire poster
8.0

The second of four films made by Resolute Productions, Inc. that had Rex Bell, Ruth Mix and Buzz Barton billed above the title, and the basic plot is rather basic as the McGregor clan--Ross, Dan and Alex, arch-enemies of Paradise Ranch owner Jerry Vance--frame him on a murder charge, and Danny Blake, a young cowhand befriended by Jerry, and Mary Vance, an Eastern girl who co-owns the ranch with Jerry, help him clear his name.

Gunfire

1934

The Feud Maker poster
7.0

When Tex is brought in to fight in a range war between the cowmen and the nesters, he meets his old outlaw boss Lassiter. He learns Lassiter is behind the feud when Lassiter asks him to join up with his gang. Tex refuses and instead sets out to stop the feud but no one will believe him that Lassiter is responsible.

The Feud Maker

1938

Saddle Aces poster
7.0

Two prisoners, Steve Brandt and Nick Montana, chained to each other, escape by jumping from the train that brought them to the penitentiary. Persued, they hide in the carriage with Jane Langton. Arriving at her ranch, they discover that she is fighting against a Pete Sutton, who wants to take her pasture. Not wanting to confront, Sutton offers the two escapees help by assisting them move to Mexico.

Saddle Aces

1935

The Riding Avenger poster
9.0

Buck Bonner, posing as the recently deceased Morning Glory Kid, is sent to round up the Mort Ringer gang. Buck finds Ringer and joins up with his gang. But he is in trouble when Slim and Bud who buried the Kid arrive and expose him as a Marshal.

The Riding Avenger

1936

Tangled Fortunes poster
10.0

A gang of crooks kills a gold miner while trying to find out the location of the mine. They then terrorize the miner's son to get him to reveal the mine's location.

Tangled Fortunes

1932

No artwork available
9.0

After rancher Harvey Comstock is killed by a rustler in a ploy to buy his ranch cheap, oil is discovered on the ranch.

The Cyclone Kid

1931

Canyon Hawks poster
5.0

Cattleman Benson finds Mildred and her brother George living in one of his cabins and their sheep are on his land. Attracted to Mildred, he not only lets her stay, he deeds part of his land to her. This leads to trouble with the other cattlemen.

Canyon Hawks

1930

Rolling Caravans poster
4.3

The strip is being opened to settlers and as everyone heads for the starting line, Thad and his outlaw gang are ready. Learning Rankin has a treasure map, Thad steals it. When Breezy attempts to recover the map he is captured by Thad. With Breezy tied up, Thad heads out to claim the treasure plot.

Rolling Caravans

1938

The Reckless Buckaroo poster
10.0

Bill saves a sheriff, left to die in the blazing sun by desert bandits.

The Reckless Buckaroo

1935

Human Targets poster
6.0

The Dale's need money for their sick mother and Bart Travis, having found gold, says he will provide it. Duke Remsden learns of the strike and waylays Buzz Dale as he tries to record Bart's deed. Then dressed as Bart, Duke kills and robs a man. With the Sheriff after Bart, Buzz escapes capture, finds the clothes worn to impersonate Bart, and heads for the Sheriff.

Human Targets

1932

The Mystery Trooper poster
5.5

Jack Logan is the heir to half of a map to a hidden Indian mine. The trader and villain Jean Gregg sends his chief henchman Mack to make life difficult for Jack. Jack is aided in his quest by the heirs to the other half of the map: Helen Holt and her younger brother Billy, and by a uniformed mystery man known as "The Mystery Trooper".

The Mystery Trooper

1931

The Tonto Kid poster
6.5

Lawyer Creech is after the ranch of the dying Cartwright. First he brings in Cahill to pose as the only living relative. Then when the Tonto Kid finds platinum on the ranch, Creech frames him for murder.

The Tonto Kid

1934

Flying Lariats poster
8.0

There is trouble between the Dunbar brothers when Wally proposes to Bonnie on his brother's behalf only to have her accept him. Their feud is interrupted when they have to go after a con man who has cheated the bank out of $5000 by using a gold brick. With the outlaw captured, Wally now tries to get his brother and Bonnie together.

Flying Lariats

1931

1920s · 21 titles

Where North Holds Sway poster
7.0

A Northwest mounted policeman leaves the service to seek revenge for his brother's murder.

Where North Holds Sway

1927

The Eagle's Claw poster
9.0

Dan Carson is a down-on-his-luck cattle hand. His fortunes improve when he inherits half of the Eagle's Claw gold mine. Dan becomes fast friends with his co-owners, rancher John Sherwood and his daughter Jessie. But their new fortune makes them a target of Zack Wilson and his gang. Dan will have to learn what it takes to be a hero if he is to keep the gold mine from falling into their hands...and win the heart of the lovely Jessie

The Eagle's Claw

1924

Orphan of the Sage poster
8.0

A boy hero saves a wagon train from an impending Indian attack.

Orphan of the Sage

1928

Thunderbolt's Tracks poster
9.0

A couple of war veterans search for the family of a fallen friend.

Thunderbolt's Tracks

1927

Young Whirlwind poster
8.0

Red foils a plan to steal the airmail and in one especially exciting scene takes to the air armed only with a (very effective) slingshot.

Young Whirlwind

1928

The Little Buckaroo poster
7.0

The plucky boy rider Red discovers the dead body of Jim Crawford in the desert. A message scratched on a canteen begs the finder to protect Jim's daughter Ann from the killer, Luke Matthews.

The Little Buckaroo

1928

No artwork available
7.0

The Slingshot Kid is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Louis King and written by Oliver Drake.

The Slingshot Kid

1927

No artwork available
8.0

Old timer Hank Robbins and his young pal,"Red" Hepner ride into the town of Cajon, Mexico and find it under a reign of terror imposed by a mysterious outlaw known as El Lobo. Don Jose Valencia is also upset over the romance between his son Francisco and saloon girl Dolores. Pete Sangor, an American resident, has his eye on the girl also. "Red" and Hank discover that Sangor is El Lobo, and ride to rescue the kidnapped Francisco.

Pals of the Prairie

1929

Splitting the Breeze poster
8.0

Splitting the Breeze is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Robert De Lacey.

Splitting the Breeze

1927

No artwork available
7.0

The Pinto Kid is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Louis King and starring Buzz Barton, Frank Rice and Jim Welch.

The Pinto Kid

1928

Wizard of the Saddle poster
8.0

1928 American silent Western film directed by Frank Howard Clark.

Wizard of the Saddle

1928

West of the Rainbow's End poster
10.0

A returning war veteran who finds his father murdered and the family ranch in the hands of outlaws.

West of the Rainbow's End

1926

The Fightin' Redhead poster
10.0

Red Hepner and his sidekick Sidewinder Steve go in search of an outlaw

The Fightin' Redhead

1928

The Knockout Kid poster
9.0

Jack Lanning defies his father by becoming a prizefighter. Although he is successful, Jack is exiled to Texas by his father. There he falls in love with Jenny Jenkins, a pretty girl whose widowed aunt has fallen in love with Jack. Jack helps the widow recover her ranch payroll, stolen by outlaws, and tries to find a way to marry Jenny without causing trouble with her aunt.

The Knockout Kid

1925

The Freckled Rascal poster
9.0

Red attempts to save the townspeople whose water supply is held hostage by a villain.

The Freckled Rascal

1929

Hi-Jacking Rustlers poster
7.0

When Montana cowpuncher Larry Benson, riding his horse Starlight and accompanied by his dog Rex, tied up at the hitching post in front of McAvoy's hotel in Dam, Texas, he had little idea of the extraordinary series of adventures that were in store for him, Starlight and Rex.

Hi-Jacking Rustlers

1926

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Boy Rider

1927

Rough Ridin' Red poster
7.0

Rough Ridin' Red is a 1928 silent Western.

Rough Ridin' Red

1928

No artwork available
8.0

The railroad wants to extend a line across the Briggs' ranch, and hires a gang to get rid of John Briggs and his daughter, Nan sweetheart of the local sheriff. Wanderers "Sidewinder" Steve and his young friend "Red" Hepner take a hand in the proceedings and manage to save Briggs and his daughter, the ranch, and the romance.

The Bantam Cowboy

1928

No artwork available
NR

Red saves his prospector sidekick Hank Robbins from the hangman.

The Vagabond Cub

1929

No artwork available
8.0

Once again, diminutive hero Red tries to help the adult characters in their fight against the villains.

The Little Savage

1929