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{{Short description|American actor (1912–2000)}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
|image=Jess Barker in Scarlet Street.jpg
|image=Jess Barker in Scarlet Street.jpg
|caption=''[[Scarlet Street]]'' (1945)
|caption=''[[Scarlet Street]]'' (1945)
|birth_date={{birth date|1912|6|4}}
|birth_date={{birth date|1912|6|4}}
|birth_place=[[Greenville, South Carolina]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|birth_place=[[Greenville, South Carolina]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2000|8|8|1912|6|4}}
|death_date={{death date and age|2000|8|8|1912|6|4}}
|death_place=[[North Hollywood, California]], U.S.
|death_place=[[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
|occupation=Actor
|occupation=Actor
|yearsactive=1943–1977
|yearsactive=1936–1977
|spouse=[[Susan Hayward]] (1944-1954)
|spouse={{marriage|[[Susan Hayward]]|1944|1954|end=divorced}}
|children=3
| children = Timothy & Gregory Barker (b. 1945)
}}
}}
'''Jess Barker''' (June 4, 1912 – August 8, 2000) was an American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s.He is probably most famous for being the first husband of actress [[Susan Hayward]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2284178/barker_hayward/|title=Persuaded Barker to Marry Her---Hayward|date=June 18, 1954|accessdate=April 24, 2015|agency=The Bakersfield Californian|page=26|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>
'''Jess Barker''' (June 4, 1912 – August 8, 2000) was an American actor who was active between the 1940s and 1970s. He was best known as the first husband of actress [[Susan Hayward]].

==Early years==
Barker was born in [[Greenville, South Carolina]].<ref name="opa">{{cite book|last1=Lentz|first1=Harris M. III|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2000: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture|date=2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786452057|pages=14–15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GnnGCwAAQBAJ&q=%22Jess+Barker%22+actor&pg=PA14|accessdate=20 November 2017|language=en}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Barker began his film career credited as '''Philip Barker''' until changing his stage name to Jess Barker in the early 1940s.
Barker began his film career credited as '''Philip Barker''' until changing his stage name to Jess Barker in the early 1940s.{{Citation needed |date=May 2024}}


Barker's movie career was damaged because of the publicity resulting from a custody dispute, but he still managed to find work as an actor on radio and films in supporting roles. Barker appeared in ''[[Scarlet Street]]'' (1945) and the [[Abbott and Costello]] film ''[[The Time of Their Lives]]'' (1946). He also made two guest appearances on ''[[Perry Mason]]''. In 1961 he played defendant Walter Eastman in "The Case of the Injured Innocent," and in 1965 he played Doug Hamilton in "The Case of the Murderous Mermaid."
Barker's movie career was damaged because of the publicity resulting from a bitter custody dispute, but he still managed to find work as an actor on radio and films in supporting roles.{{Citation needed |date=May 2024}} Barker appeared as an art critic in [[Fritz Lang]]'s ''[[Scarlet Street]]'' (1945) and the [[Abbott and Costello]] film ''[[The Time of Their Lives]]'' (1946). He also made two guest appearances on ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]''. In 1961 he played defendant Walter Eastman in "The Case of the Injured Innocent," and in 1965 he played Doug Hamilton in "The Case of the Murderous Mermaid."


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Barker wed Hayward on July 23, 1944.<ref>{{cite news|title=Susan Hayward and Jess Barker Wedded|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2284469/hayward_barker_wedding/|agency=The Piqua Daily Call|date=July 24, 1944|page=1|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = April 24, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref> They had twin sons together during their ten-year marriage, whose custody was won by Hayward after a bitter court battle.
Barker wed [[Susan Hayward]] on July 23, 1944.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2284178/barker_hayward/|title=Persuaded Barker to Marry Her---Hayward|newspaper=The Bakersfield Californian |date=June 18, 1954|accessdate=April 24, 2015|agency=The Bakersfield Californian|page=26|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Susan Hayward and Jess Barker Wedded|newspaper=The Piqua Daily Call |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2284469/hayward_barker_wedding/|agency=The Piqua Daily Call|date=July 24, 1944|page=1|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = April 24, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref> They had twin sons together during their ten-year marriage, whose custody was won by Hayward after a bitter court battle.{{Citation needed |date=May 2024}}


In 1956, Barker lost a paternity suit in Los Angeles. Judge Walter H. Odemar ruled that Barker was the father of Morgana, a daughter born to actress Yvonne Doughty.<ref>{{cite news|title=Actor Jess Barker Loses Court Fight In Paternity Suit|newspaper=Moberly Monitor-Index |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2284238/jess_barker_paternity_suit/|agency=Moberly Monitor-Index|date=December 28, 1956|page=8|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = April 24, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
==Paternity suit==
In 1956, Barker lost a paternity suit in Los Angeles. Judge Walter H. Odemar ruled that Barker was the father of Morgana, a daughter born to actress Yvonne Doughty.<ref>{{cite news|title=Actor Jess Barker Loses Court Fight In Paternity Suit|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2284238/jess_barker_paternity_suit/|agency=Moberly Monitor-Index|date=December 28, 1956|page=8|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = April 24, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>


Barker died of [[liver failure]] in 2000.<ref name="opa">{{cite book|last1=Lentz|first1=Harris M. III|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2000: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture|date=2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786452057|pages=14–15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GnnGCwAAQBAJ&q=%22Jess+Barker%22+actor&pg=PA14|accessdate=20 November 2017|language=en}}</ref>
==Partial Filmography==

{{div col|2}}
==Filmography==
* ''[[The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936 film)|The Trail of the Lonesome Pine]]'' (1936)
{| class="wikitable"
* ''Good Luck, Mr. Yates'' (1943)
|-
* ''[[Government Girl]]'' (1944)
! Year
* ''[[Cover Girl (film)|Cover Girl]]'' (1944)
! Title
* ''She's a Soldier Too'' (1944)
! Role
* ''[[Jam Session (1944 film)|Jam Session]]'' (1944)
! Notes
* ''[[The Daltons Ride Again]]'' (1945)
|-
* ''[[Keep Your Powder Dry]]'' (1945)
| 1936
* ''[[Senorita from the West]]'' (1945)
| ''[[The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936 film)|The Trail of the Lonesome Pine]]''
* ''[[This Love of Ours]]'' (1945))
| Merd Falin
* ''[[Scarlet Street]]'' (1945)
| Film debut
* ''[[Girl on the Spot]]'' (1946)
|-
* ''Idea Girl'' (1946)
| rowspan=2|1943
* ''[[The Time of Their Lives]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Take One False Step]]'' (1949)
| ''[[Good Luck, Mr. Yates]]''
| Oliver B. Yates
* ''[[Reign of Terror (film)|Reign of Terror]]'' (1949)
|
* ''[[The Milkman]]'' (1950)
|-
* ''[[Marry Me Again]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Dragonfly Squadron]]'' (1954)
| ''[[Government Girl]]''
| Dana McGuire
* ''[[Kentucky Rifle (film)|Kentucky Rifle]]'' (1955)
|
* ''[[Shack Out on 101]]''(1955)
|-
* ''[[The Night Walker (film)|Night Walker]] (1964)
| rowspan=3|1944
* ''[[Murph the Surf (film)|Murph the Surf]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Sudden Death (1977 film)|Sudden Death]]'' (1977)
| ''[[Cover Girl (film)|Cover Girl]]''
| John Coudair as a Young Man
{{div col end}}
|
|-
| ''[[Jam Session (1944 film)|Jam Session]]''
| George Carter Haven
|
|-
| ''[[She's a Soldier Too]]''
| Dr. Bill White
|
|-
| rowspan=5|1945
| ''[[Keep Your Powder Dry]]''
| Junior Vanderheusen
|
|-
| ''[[Senorita from the West]]''
| Tim Winters
|
|-
| ''[[This Love of Ours]]''
| Chadwick
|
|-
| ''[[The Daltons Ride Again]]''
| Jeff Colton
|
|-
| ''[[Scarlet Street]]''
| Damon Janeway
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1946
| ''[[Girl on the Spot]]''
| Rick Crane
|
|-
| ''[[Idea Girl]]''
| Larry Brewster
|
|-
| ''[[The Time of Their Lives]]''
| Thomas Danbury
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1949
| ''[[Take One False Step]]''
| Arnold Sykes
|
|-
| ''[[Reign of Terror (film)|Reign of Terror]]''
| [[Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe Fréteau de Saint-Just|Saint Just]]
|
|-
| 1950
| ''[[The Milkman]]''
| John Carter
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Marry Me Again]]''
| Jenkins
|
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Dragonfly Squadron]]''
| Dixon
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1955
| ''[[Kentucky Rifle (film)|Kentucky Rifle]]''
| Daniel Foster
|
|-
| ''[[Shack Out on 101]]''
| Artie
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1956
| ''[[Three Bad Sisters]]''
| George Gurney
|
|-
| ''[[The Peacemaker (1956 film)|The Peacemaker]]''
| Ed Halcomb
|
|-
| 1961-1965
| ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]''
| Walter Eastman/Doug Hamilton
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1964
| ''[[The Night Walker (film)|Night Walker]]''
| Malone
|
|-
| 1968
| ''[[The Green Berets (film)|The Green Berets]]''
| Soldier
| Uncredited
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Murph the Surf (film)|Murph the Surf]]''
| Museum Guard
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Sudden Death (1977 film)|Sudden Death]]''
| Barnett
| Final film
|-
|}


==References==
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Jess Barker
Scarlet Street (1945)
Born(1912-06-04)June 4, 1912
Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
DiedAugust 8, 2000(2000-08-08) (aged 88)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1936–1977
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1944; div. 1954)​
Children3

Jess Barker (June 4, 1912 – August 8, 2000) was an American actor who was active between the 1940s and 1970s. He was best known as the first husband of actress Susan Hayward.

Early years[edit]

Barker was born in Greenville, South Carolina.[1]

Career[edit]

Barker began his film career credited as Philip Barker until changing his stage name to Jess Barker in the early 1940s.[citation needed]

Barker's movie career was damaged because of the publicity resulting from a bitter custody dispute, but he still managed to find work as an actor on radio and films in supporting roles.[citation needed] Barker appeared as an art critic in Fritz Lang's Scarlet Street (1945) and the Abbott and Costello film The Time of Their Lives (1946). He also made two guest appearances on Perry Mason. In 1961 he played defendant Walter Eastman in "The Case of the Injured Innocent," and in 1965 he played Doug Hamilton in "The Case of the Murderous Mermaid."

Personal life[edit]

Barker wed Susan Hayward on July 23, 1944.[2][3] They had twin sons together during their ten-year marriage, whose custody was won by Hayward after a bitter court battle.[citation needed]

In 1956, Barker lost a paternity suit in Los Angeles. Judge Walter H. Odemar ruled that Barker was the father of Morgana, a daughter born to actress Yvonne Doughty.[4]

Barker died of liver failure in 2000.[1]

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1936 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Merd Falin Film debut
1943 Good Luck, Mr. Yates Oliver B. Yates
Government Girl Dana McGuire
1944 Cover Girl John Coudair as a Young Man
Jam Session George Carter Haven
She's a Soldier Too Dr. Bill White
1945 Keep Your Powder Dry Junior Vanderheusen
Senorita from the West Tim Winters
This Love of Ours Chadwick
The Daltons Ride Again Jeff Colton
Scarlet Street Damon Janeway
1946 Girl on the Spot Rick Crane
Idea Girl Larry Brewster
The Time of Their Lives Thomas Danbury
1949 Take One False Step Arnold Sykes
Reign of Terror Saint Just
1950 The Milkman John Carter
1953 Marry Me Again Jenkins
1954 Dragonfly Squadron Dixon
1955 Kentucky Rifle Daniel Foster
Shack Out on 101 Artie
1956 Three Bad Sisters George Gurney
The Peacemaker Ed Halcomb
1961-1965 Perry Mason Walter Eastman/Doug Hamilton 2 episodes
1964 Night Walker Malone
1968 The Green Berets Soldier Uncredited
1975 Murph the Surf Museum Guard
1977 Sudden Death Barnett Final film

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Lentz, Harris M. III (2001). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2000: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. pp. 14–15. ISBN 9780786452057. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Persuaded Barker to Marry Her---Hayward". The Bakersfield Californian. The Bakersfield Californian. June 18, 1954. p. 26. Retrieved April 24, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "Susan Hayward and Jess Barker Wedded". The Piqua Daily Call. The Piqua Daily Call. July 24, 1944. p. 1. Retrieved April 24, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Actor Jess Barker Loses Court Fight In Paternity Suit". Moberly Monitor-Index. Moberly Monitor-Index. December 28, 1956. p. 8. Retrieved April 24, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon

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