
Justus D. Barnes
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday2 October 1862
Died6 February 1946 (age 83)
Place of birthLittle Falls, New York, USA
Known credits34
Biography
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 p…

Cy Whittaker's Ward
1917 · Simmons

It Happened to Adele
1917 · Vincent's Uncle
The Candy Girl
1917 · Officer Quinn
Her Life and His
1917 · Political Boss

Mr. Meeson's Will
1915 · Mr. Meeson
Weary Walker's Woes
1915 · Lawyer

From the River's Depths
1915 · William Hewins - Dorothy's Father

The Marvelous Marathoner
1915 · Ewing Webster
His Two Patients
1915 · The Blacksmith

Old Jane of the Gaiety
1915
The Country Girl
1915 · The Squire, her Guardian
God's Witness
1915 · Judge
The Heart of the Princess Marsari
1915 · Paul's Wealthy Uncle
Love and Money
1915 · American Suitor's Father
A Dog of Flanders
1914 · The Rich Miller
A Debut in the Secret Service
1914 · Abdul
Their Best Friend
1914 · Jack's Father
The Dancer
1914 · N.Z. Wood
Joseph in the Land of Egypt
1914
Peggy's Invitation
1913

Uncle's Namesakes
1913
The Farmer's Daughters
1913 · Father

When the Studio Burned
1913 · Director
The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
1913

Star of Bethlehem
1912 · Mage Gaspar
The Voice of Conscience
1912 · Doctor

When a Count Counted
1912 · W.T. Wilson, Attorney at Law

Cousins
1912 · Father on Farm

The Portrait of Lady Anne
1912 · Lady Anne's Father in 1770

Nicholas Nickleby
1912 · Uncle Ralph

David Copperfield
1911 · Ham Peggotty (in part one)

A Circus Stowaway
1911 · Ringmaster
Young Lord Stanley
1910 · the girl's father

The Great Train Robbery
1903 · Bandit Who Fires at Camera (uncredited)
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