Charles Barton
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Charles Barton (1902 - 1981) was a film and vaudeville actor and film director. He won an Oscar for best assistant director in 1933. His first film as a director was the 1934 Zane Grey feature “Wagon Wheels”.
Barton worked in various Hollywood B-movie units. From 1946 on, he was a principal director of the Abbott and Costello comedies. He also directed Disney films The Shaggy Dog (1959) and Toby Tyler (1960).
He was married to actress/singer Julie Gibson.
