Claudia Barrett

Acting

Claudia Barrett

Born November 3, 1929 · Sherman Oaks, California, USA

Died April 30, 2021 · aged 91

Claudia Barrett (born Imagene Williams) was an American actress best known for her prolific television career in the 1950s and her starring role in the cult science-fiction film Robot Monster (1953). Though she appeared in major films like White Heat (1949), she is frequently celebrated by fans of campy cinema for playing Alice, the woman pursued by an alien in a gorilla suit and diving helmet.

Known For

TaggartTaggart · 1965
Taggart
5.51965
MovieWestern
Taggart's family is slaughtered by a rival rancher. Taggart mortally wounds the rancher and kills his son. Before he dies the rancher hires three bounty hunters to avenge him with the promise of $5000 as a reward. Taggart must flee into Apache territory to escape the wrath of the trio of hired killers.
White HeatWhite Heat · 1949
White Heat
7.61949
MovieCrimeDrama
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
The Last Time I Saw ArchieThe Last Time I Saw Archie · 1961
The Last Time I Saw Archie
6.01961
MovieComedyWar
Two Air Force friends have fun during their enlistment.
Seven Ways from SundownSeven Ways from Sundown · 1960
Seven Ways from Sundown
5.91960
MovieWestern
A Texas Ranger must capture an outlaw and take him-in, while tangling with savage Apaches and greedy bounty-hunters on the way back to jail.
The Old FrontierThe Old Frontier · 1950
The Old Frontier
10.01950
MovieWestern
Monte Hale is cast as town marshal Barney Regan. It is Barney's formidable task to round up a gang of bank robbers and expose the "Mr. Big" behind all the robberies.
The Happy YearsThe Happy Years · 1950
The Happy Years
7.51950
MovieComedyRomance
Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperkink "Dink" Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whose family, in Eastcester, New York, have just about given up on his education because he is an incorrigible student. He gets into one situation after another and incurs the dislike of his classmates, who think he is cowardly but he changes their opinion when he challenges several of them to a fight. When he returns home for the summer, he meets Miss Dolly Travers and increases his 'hatred of women' because she does not accept his schoolboy pranks. Back at school, in the fall, he is more difficult than ever until his philosophy is changed by a teacher.
Robot MonsterRobot Monster · 1953
Robot Monster
4.51953
MovieScience FictionHorror
Ro-Man, an alien robot who greatly resembles a gorilla in a diving helmet, is sent to earth to destroy all human life. Ro-Man falls in love with one of the last six remaining humans, and struggles to understand how his programming can instruct him to kill her while his heart demands that he can't.
A Life at StakeA Life at Stake · 1955
A Life at Stake
5.31955
MovieDrama
An out-of-work architect meets a married woman who has a business proposition for him. The architect begins to suspect the woman's interest in him is not just financial and may actually be deadly.

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Man with a CameraMan with a Camera · 1958
Man with a Camera
5.51958
SeriesCrimeDrama
Man with a Camera is an American 1950s television crime drama starring Charles Bronson. Former combat cameraman Mike Kovac (Bronson) is now a freelance photographer in New York City, specializing in difficult and dangerous assignments where he can get the kinds of pictures that other photographers can't, or won't take. He sometimes gets help, often reluctantly, from his contact in the police department, Lt. Donovan, and advice from his immigrant father Anton. Throughout the 1950s, Bronson spent most of his early acting career performing in TV shows as well as small parts in films, until he landed the lead in this ABC series. This is the only series in which he played the lead role. He would go on to have supporting roles either as a guest star or a recurring character in dozens of TV shows after this series was cancelled.