Reginald Harry Barlow (June 17, 1866 â€" July 6, 1943) was a veteran
stage and screen character actor, author, and film director. He was a
busy performer in Hollywood films of the 1930s.A native of Cambridge,
Massachusetts, and son of the old-time minstrel, Milt G. Barlow
(1843â€"1904), Barlow made his stage debut at the age of twelve in his
father's minstrel troupe of Barlow, Wilson, Primrose, and West.Barlow
joined the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion of The Royal Canadian
Regiment on October 22, 1899, for service in South Africa during the
Second Boer War. According to newspaper and other accounts, he did
also serve in the United States Army during the Spanishâ€"American War
and World War I, and eventually rose to the rank of full colonel in
1923.Barlow had thoughts of quitting the stage for the church in 1908
and at the time remarked to an interviewer: "All my ancestors have
been soldiers, actors, and ministers, and some of them all three. I am
a direct descendant of Bishop Barlow of the days of Henry VIII."
stage and screen character actor, author, and film director. He was a
busy performer in Hollywood films of the 1930s.A native of Cambridge,
Massachusetts, and son of the old-time minstrel, Milt G. Barlow
(1843â€"1904), Barlow made his stage debut at the age of twelve in his
father's minstrel troupe of Barlow, Wilson, Primrose, and West.Barlow
joined the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion of The Royal Canadian
Regiment on October 22, 1899, for service in South Africa during the
Second Boer War. According to newspaper and other accounts, he did
also serve in the United States Army during the Spanishâ€"American War
and World War I, and eventually rose to the rank of full colonel in
1923.Barlow had thoughts of quitting the stage for the church in 1908
and at the time remarked to an interviewer: "All my ancestors have
been soldiers, actors, and ministers, and some of them all three. I am
a direct descendant of Bishop Barlow of the days of Henry VIII."
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