Vince Barnett Biography

Fast Facts

• Began his comedy career on stage and performing at Hollywood parties, insulting the guests in German accents and dropping food trays, playing numerous practical jokes on his audience members
• Starred in the 1932 film "Scarface" as the dumb gangster of the group, Angelo
• Over his 45 years of performing, he would appear in films as the comedy relief
• Other than performing comedy acts, he was an avid pilot, flying mail planes for a few years after he graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology
• Would often pose as journalists who had heavy accents, pulling pranks on people such as Winston Churchill, Henry Ford, and Charles Lindbergh