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James Esward Barton (November 1, 1890 - February 19, 1962) was an American vaudevillian, stage performer, and a character actor in films and television.〔 ==Biography== He was born into a theatrical family on November 1, 1890 in Gloucester City, New Jersey. Barton began performing in minstrel shows and burlesque houses throughout the country in 1898.〔(James Barton at StreetSwing.com )〕 His years of experience working with African American performers led to his becoming one of the first jazz dancers in America.〔(James Barton at DanceUniverse.com )〕 After working with repertory companies in the South and Midwest, he made his Broadway debut in the musical revue ''The Passing Show of 1919'' in a role originally intended for Ed Wynn.〔〔 He frequently was the highlight in otherwise-mediocre productions, and a critic for the ''Daily News'' noted, "Whenever the book failed him, he shuffled into one or more of his eccentric dances." 〔 Barton's other theatre credits include ''Sweet and Low'' in 1930, ''Tobacco Road'' in 1933, ''Bright Lights of 1944'' (which ran only four performances), ''The Iceman Cometh'' in 1946, and ''Paint Your Wagon'' in 1951. While appearing on Broadway, Barton also achieved the highest pinnacle of status in vaudeville, headlining at the Palace Theater on Broadway not once but ''eight'' times, from March 1928 through April 1932.〔Encyclopedia of Vaudeville, Anthony Slide, page 26〕 Barton's film career was also concurrent to his stage performances. It began in the silent era, in 1923, and he appeared in a number of Paramount short subjects in 1929. On television he appeared in ''The Ford Television Theatre'', ''Lux Video Theatre'', ''Studio One'', ''The Kaiser Aluminum Hour'', ''Playhouse 90'', ''Kraft Television Theatre'', ''The Rifleman'', ''The Americans'', ''Adventures in Paradise'', ''Naked City'', and ''Frontier Circus''. Bing Crosby considered James Barton to be one his ten favorite performers of all time, alongside names such as Al Jolson, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Judy Garland, and Nat King Cole.〔David Wallechinsky, Irving Wallace, Amy Wallace, ''The Book of Lists'', 1977, p. 118〕 Barton died of a heart attack at Nassau Hospital in Mineola, New York. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Barton (vaudeville)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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