Big Bill Barton — I'm No Angel Character Profile

About Big Bill Barton

Boss of the Wonder Show sideshow who relies on Tira and Slick for profits. Loans Tira money for a lawyer but sabotages her engagement to retain her as a star act.

Character Facts

Played by

Edward Arnold

Appears in

I'm No Angel (1933)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Big Bill Barton — Professional Employer — Tira (Mae West)

  Big Bill employs Tira as a star performer in his circus sideshow.

• Big Bill Barton — Conflict Saboteur — Jack Clayton (Cary Grant)

  Big Bill orchestrates a scheme to destroy Jack and Tira's engagement to retain his star performer.

• Big Bill Barton — Professional Patron — Kirk Lawrence (Kent Taylor)

  Kirk supports Big Bill's circus financially as a high-paying customer while pursuing Tira.

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More characters from I'm No Angel

• Tira (Mae West)
• Jack Clayton (Cary Grant)
• Benny Pinkowitz (Gregory Ratoff)
• Beulah Thorndyke (Gertrude Howard)
• Slick Wiley (Ralf Harolde)
• Manicurist (uncredited) (Hattie McDaniel)
• Clayton's Attorney (uncredited) (Irving Pichel)
• Man in Crowd (uncredited) (Bobby Barber)
• Harry (uncredited) (Nat Pendleton)
• Kirk Lawrence (Kent Taylor)
• Rajah the Fortune Teller (uncredited) (Nigel De Brulier)
• Lawyer at Courtroom Defense Table (uncredited) (Larry Steers)