| Griff Barnett | |
| Birth Date: | 12 November 1884 |
| Birth Place: | Blue Ridge, Texas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | El Monte, California, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, California |
| Occupation: | Actor |
Griff Barnett (born Manley Griffith, November 12, 1884 – January 12, 1958) was an American actor.[1]
Barnett was born in Blue Ridge, Texas in 1884. In the early 20th century, Barnett was a member of the Mack-Hillard stock theater company in Wichita, Kansas.[2] He also worked with stock theater companies in the Chicago area.[3]
He played the role of the Rexall family druggist in commercials on The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show on radio in the late 1940s and early 1950s.[1] He also appeared in numerous films from the 1930s through the 1950s, including To Each His Own (1946), Apartment for Peggy (1948), and Pinky (1949). He frequently played doctors or lawyers.[1] In 1954, he appeared in episode 131 of the TV series, The Lone Ranger.
Barnett died of pneumonia and heart trouble[4] at home in El Monte, California, on January 12, 1958, aged 73.[1] He is buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California.