George D. Barrows was an American actor known for playing Ro-Man in the film Robot Monster

Robot Monster

Robot Monster is a 1953 American science fiction film made in 3-D by Phil Tucker. It is frequently considered one of the worst films ever made.- Plot :...

. He was the son of actor Henry A. Barrows

Henry A. Barrows

Henry Arthur Barrows was an American actor in films from 1913 to 1936.Henry Barrows was born in Saco, Maine. He died in Los Angeles, California in 1945 and was interred there in the Los Angeles National Cemetery...

. He often wore a gorilla suit

Gorilla suit

Gorilla suits or ape suits are full-bodied costumes resembling gorillas or other large primates.Gorilla suits have been used both to represent real gorillas in film and on stage, and also as a source of humour...

 for his film roles. Excluding his gorilla roles, Barrows usually played bit parts in films and was rarely credited for his work.

Barrows built the gorilla suit he used in Robot Monster, Gorilla at Large

Gorilla at Large

Gorilla at Large is a 1954 horror mystery B-movie made in 3-D. The film stars Cameron Mitchell, Anne Bancroft, Lee J. Cobb, Charlotte Austin, and Raymond Burr. Lee Marvin and Warren Stevens have supporting roles. The film was made by Panoramic Productions, and distributed through 20th Century Fox...

, and other films. It is currently in the collection of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opened in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA in 1913 as the Museum of History, Science, and Art. The moving force behind it was a museum association founded in 1910. Its distinctive main building, with fitted marble walls and domed and...

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Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1936	College Holiday College Holiday College Holiday is a 1936 Paramount comedy with a plot elements related to eugenics. The film stars Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, and Martha Raye. It was directed by Frank Tuttle....	Dancer	Uncredited
1939		Minor role	Uncredited
1940	Buck Benny Rides Again Buck Benny Rides Again Buck Benny Rides Again is a 1940 Paramount Pictures feature film starring Jack Benny and Ellen Drew. The film featured regulars from Benny's radio show including Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Andy Devine, Phil Harris, and Dennis Day. The film was directed and produced by Mark Sandrich and produced...	Dancer	Uncredited
1940		Bit role	Uncredited
1941	King of the Texas Rangers King of the Texas Rangers King of the Texas Rangers is a Republic film serial.King of the Texas Rangers is slightly anachronistic in that it features a mix of period western and modern elements, which was not unknown in the B-Western films also produced by Republic. In this case, Cowboys vs. Nazis...	Dirigible Lieutenant	Uncredited
1942	Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is a 1934 comedy-genre film, directed by Norman Taurog, and based on the 1901 novel by Alice Hegan Rice. It also appeared as a radio series between 1936 and 1938. It is one of two movies that feature a rare film performance by famed Broadway stage actress Pauline...	Unknown role	Uncredited
1942	Fall In	Fifth Columnist in Brawl	Uncredited
1946	Magnificent Doll	Jedson	Uncredited
1948		Bouncer at Gym	Uncredited
1948	Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (1948 film) Joan of Arc is a 1948 Technicolor film directed by Victor Fleming; starring Ingrid Bergman as the French religious icon and war heroine. It was produced by Walter Wanger. It is based on Maxwell Anderson's successful Broadway play Joan of Lorraine, which also starred Bergman, and was adapted for the...	French Soldier	Uncredited
1948	Wake of the Red Witch Wake of the Red Witch Wake of the Red Witch is a 1948 drama film from Republic Pictures starring John Wayne and Gail Russell, produced by Edmund Grainger, and based upon the novel by Garland Roark...	Seaman	Uncredited
1949	Tulsa Tulsa (film) Tulsa is a 1949 Technicolor film that was directed by Stuart Heisler and starred Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Lloyd Gough, Chill Wills , and featured Ed Begley in one of his earliest film roles, billed as Edward Begley....	Table player at Gambling Emporium	Uncredited
1950	Cargo to Capetown	Seaman at Engine	Uncredited
1952		Marine Sentry	Uncredited
1952	Dreamboat Dreamboat (film) Dreamboat is a 1952 comedy film starring Clifton Webb as a college professor with a mysterious past.-Plot:The respectable lives of Professor of English literature Thornton Sayre and his daughter Carol are severely disrupted when it is revealed that he was once a matinee idol known as "Dreamboat"...	Commandant in Silent Movie	Uncredited
1952		Bingo's Father/Gorilla	Television series; 2 episodes: The Haunted Castle and Safari
1953	Jalopy Jalopy (film) Jalopy is a 1953 comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on February 15, 1953 by Allied Artists and is the twenty-ninth film in the series.-Plot:...	Jalopy Driver	Uncredited
1953	Robot Monster Robot Monster Robot Monster is a 1953 American science fiction film made in 3-D by Phil Tucker. It is frequently considered one of the worst films ever made.- Plot :...	Ro-Man/Great Guidance	Dual roles
1953	Mesa of Lost Women Mesa of Lost Women Mesa of Lost Women is a 1953 black-and-white science fiction film. It is available on DVD, with a theatrical trailer. Wade Williams describes it on the DVD case as a "must-see for fans of the bizarre and unexplainable"...	George, the male nurse
1953	All the Brothers Were Valiant All the Brothers Were Valiant All the Brothers Were Valiant is a 1953 adventure drama film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , based on the 1919 novel All the Brothers Were Valiant by Ben Ames Williams...	Fighter in mutiny	Uncredited
1954	I Led 3 Lives	Mako	One episode
1954		Joe Reed	One episode
1954	Duffy of San Quentin	Convict	Uncredited
1954	Stories of the Century Stories of the Century Stories of the Century is a Western television series that ran in syndication through Republic Pictures between January 23, 1954, and March 11, 1955.-Synopsis:...	Henchman in saloon	One episode
1954	Gorilla at Large Gorilla at Large Gorilla at Large is a 1954 horror mystery B-movie made in 3-D. The film stars Cameron Mitchell, Anne Bancroft, Lee J. Cobb, Charlotte Austin, and Raymond Burr. Lee Marvin and Warren Stevens have supporting roles. The film was made by Panoramic Productions, and distributed through 20th Century Fox...	Goliath the Gorilla	Uncredited
1954	Outlaw's Daughter	'Rock' Swenson
1955	Captain Midnight Captain Midnight Captain Midnight is a U.S. adventure franchise first broadcast as a radio serial from 1938 to 1949. Sponsored by the Skelly Oil Company, the radio program was the creation of radio scripters Wilfred G. Moore and Robert M...	Fleck	One episode
1955	Son of Sinbad Son of Sinbad Son of Sinbad is a 1955 American film directed by Ted Tetzlaff. The movie takes place in the Middle East and consists of a wide variety of characters including over 127 women.Initially, the film was shot in 1953 and planned to be released in 3D...	Khalif Officer	Uncredited
1956	Sergeant Preston of the Yukon	Freighter/Sourdough	TV series; 2 episodes
1956		Card player	Uncredited
1956	Behind the High Wall	Guard	Uncredited
1956	Flight to Hong Kong	Janvoort	Uncredited
1956	Science Fiction Theatre Science Fiction Theatre Science Fiction Theatre is an American science fiction anthology series that aired in syndication from April 1955 to April 1957. It was produced by Ivan Tors and Maurice Ziv.-Overview:...	Adam the watchman/Naval officer	TV series; 2 episodes
1956	Cheyenne Cheyenne (TV series) Cheyenne is a western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season...	Buck	TV series; one episode
1957	Highway Patrol Highway Patrol (TV series) Highway Patrol is a syndicated action crime drama series produced 1955-1959.-Overview:Highway Patrol stars Broderick Crawford as Dan Mathews, the gruff and dedicated head of a police force in an unidentified Western state...	George Bennett	TV series; one episode
1966	The Beverly Hillbillies (TV series)	The Gorilla-Thomas F. Kelly	TV series; two episodes

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