Reginald Harry Barlow (June 17, 1866 – July 6, 1943) was a veteran stage and screen character actor, author, and film director. He was a busy performer in Hollywood films of the 1930s.
Native of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and son of the goodly old-time minstrel, Milt G. Barlow (1843-1904), he made his stage debut at the age of twelve in his father's minstrel troupe of Barlow, Wilson, Primrose, and West.
Barlow joined the 2nd (Special Se...
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Reginald Harry Barlow (June 17, 1866 – July 6, 1943) was a veteran stage and screen character actor, author, and film director. He was a busy performer in Hollywood films of the 1930s.
Native of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and son of the goodly old-time minstrel, Milt G. Barlow (1843-1904), he made his stage debut at the age of twelve in his father's minstrel troupe of Barlow, Wilson, Primrose, and West.
Barlow joined the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion of The Royal Canadian Regiment on October 22, 1899 for service in South Africa during the Second Boer War. According to newspaper and other accounts, he did also serve in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War and World War I, and eventually rose to the rank of full colonel in 1923.
Barlow had thoughts of quitting the stage for the church in 1908 and at the time remarked to an interviewer: "All my ancestors have been soldiers, actors, and ministers, and some of them all three. I am a direct descendant of Bishop...
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