Justus D. Barnes

Justus D. Barnes

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. In that film's memorable ending, Barnes points his pistol at the camera and slowly fires all six shots at the viewer. The Great Train Robbery became one of the most successful and best known commercial films of the early silent era. In July 1908, Barnes was hired as an actor in the stock company of the Edison Manufacturing Company, the film production company owned by Thomas Edison. In 1910, he signed on with the Thanhouser Company in New Rochelle, New York. Between 1910 and 1917, Justus appeared in more than seventy films for the Thanhouser, usually in the role of a villain. He played Ham Peggotty in David Copperfield, the earliest known film adaption of the 1850 novel by Charles Dickens. He also played supporting roles in Nicholas Nickleby (1912), Aurora Floyd (1912), and A Dog of Flanders (1914). In 1917, he was released from the Thanhouser Company due to the company's financial issues. Barnes made his final onscreen appearance for the Edison Studio in Cy Whittaker's Ward, in 1917. After retiring from acting, Barnes moved to Weedsport, New York, where he worked as a milkman. He later owned a cigar store. Barnes died on February 6, 1946, in Weedsport at the age of 83. He is buried in Weedsport Rural Cemetery, in Weedsport, New York.

  • Title: Justus D. Barnes
  • Popularity: 0.223
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1862-10-02
  • Place of Birth: Little Falls, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: George Barnes
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Justus D. Barnes Movies

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    The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery

    7 1903 HD

    After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit...

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  • 1917
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    It Happened to Adele

    It Happened to Adele

    1 1917 HD

    Adele has grown up in a tenement, but she longs for greater things. She gets her chance at the stage when her mother runs into an old friend,...

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  • 1912
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    Cousins

    Cousins

    1 1912 HD

    One little girl lived in the country. She was a model child, everybody admitted it, but it cannot be denied that she was more or less of a cry-baby...

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  • 1914
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    The Dancer

    The Dancer

    1 1914 HD

    The film's heroine is a dancer of world-wide reputation who, in the days of her struggle, has offended the story's villain.

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  • 1915
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    The Heart of the Princess Marsari

    The Heart of the Princess Marsari

    1 1915 HD

    The girl's father is Gunga Ras, a Hindu student of the occult. The girl's uncle is found dead and the lover blamed, but she personally investigates...

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  • 1914
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    Their Best Friend

    Their Best Friend

    1 1914 HD

    A young heiress was wooed and won by a man whom she believed would make her happy. She told of her engagement to her uncle, who was also her...

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  • 1914
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    A Dog of Flanders

    A Dog of Flanders

    1 1914 HD

    Nello was a little boy who lived with his aged grandfather near Antwerp. They were very poor, but because they loved each other so much were happier...

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  • 1917
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    Cy Whittaker's Ward

    Cy Whittaker's Ward

    1 1917 HD

    Returning to the village of Bayport after twenty-two years, retired sea captain Cyrus Whittaker finds the community under the power of political boss...

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  • 1913
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    The Dove in the Eagle's Nest

    The Dove in the Eagle's Nest

    1 1913 HD

    : Count Eberhard von Alderstein was one of the robber barons who flourished in Europe during the Middle Ages. He was cruel and lawless, plundered the...

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  • 1913
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    Peggy's Invitation

    Peggy's Invitation

    1 1913 HD

    A society woman who lives in the suburbs near the sea had laid her plans to insure the marriage of her daughter to a wealthy young banker.

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  • 1912
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    The Portrait of Lady Anne

    The Portrait of Lady Anne

    5.8 1912 HD

    The ghost of a selfish, inconsiderate woman must make up for her past transgressions by making sure that her descendant marries the man who is right...

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  • 1915
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    From the River's Depths

    From the River's Depths

    1 1915 HD

    A murder victim's spirit takes revenge on the man who killed him.

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  • 1912
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    Nicholas Nickleby

    Nicholas Nickleby

    5.8 1912 HD

    With The Old Curiosity Shop and David Copperfield, both released in 1911, and Nicholas Nickleby in 1912, Thanhouser established itself as producer of...

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  • 1913
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    Uncle's Namesakes

    Uncle's Namesakes

    5 1913 HD

    An American family in need of some money decides to pull a little innocent scam on a wealthy English relative.

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  • 1912
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    Star of Bethlehem

    Star of Bethlehem

    5 1912 HD

    Following a bright wandering star, three magi from the East travel to Bethlehem of Judea to meet a very special newborn baby. Meanwhile, King Herod,...

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  • 1913
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    When the Studio Burned

    When the Studio Burned

    5 1913 HD

    A recreation of the Thanhouser Studio fire of 13 January 1913, it includes the rescue of a small child from the flaming building.

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  • 1915
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    The Marvelous Marathoner

    The Marvelous Marathoner

    5 1915 HD

    An energetic and vivacious Falstaff comedy with good pacing combining physical comedy (without slapstick) with situation comedy.

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  • 1913
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    The Farmer's Daughters

    The Farmer's Daughters

    5 1913 HD

    Unable to find help to work his farm, a farmer gets a bright idea--he advertises that any man willing to work on his farm will be permitted to court...

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  • 1914
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    Joseph in the Land of Egypt

    Joseph in the Land of Egypt

    5 1914 HD

    Film realization of the Biblical story of Joseph, played here by future director James Cruze.

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  • 1912
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    The Voice of Conscience

    The Voice of Conscience

    4 1912 HD

    Two girls fall in love with the same man. Out motoring one day they are thrown from the machine and carried to the hospital. One of the girls poisons...

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  • 1910
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    Young Lord Stanley

    Young Lord Stanley

    4 1910 HD

    The son of wealthy Lord Stanley has been disinherited and thrown out of the house. He travels to Africa for fortune and adventure. He finds a job as...

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  • 1915
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    Old Jane of the Gaiety

    Old Jane of the Gaiety

    5 1915 HD

    A chorus girl in a theatrical show is being pursued by a "Stage Door Johnny" while her somewhat prudish boyfriend tries to "rescue" her from a life...

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  • 1911
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    David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

    1 1911 HD

    Thanhouser Company three-reel silent film based on Charles Dickens’s story of an English lad's tribulation-filled journey to adulthood,...

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  • 1915
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    Weary Walker's Woes

    Weary Walker's Woes

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1915
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    The Country Girl

    The Country Girl

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1914
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    A Debut in the Secret Service

    A Debut in the Secret Service

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1915
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    Love and Money

    Love and Money

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1915
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    Mr. Meeson's Will

    Mr. Meeson's Will

    1 1915 HD

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