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(3 September 1913, Galletin, Missouri
- 20 November 1980, Reseda, California)
 Born
William Andrew Lamoreaux
His first film experience came at the age of 13 in 1926 when he
appeared in the Rayart series with his mentor Jack Perrin, who
allegedly gave him the name of Billy Lamar and featured him in five
of his Rayart pictures (THE LAFFIN' FOOL, KNOCKOUT KID, MAN FROM
OKLAHOMA, WEST OF RAINBOW'S END, and THUNDERBOLT'S TRACKS). Also
during this period Buzz appeared with Tom Tyler in SPLITTING THE
BREEZE under the name of Red Lennox.
About this time, a nationwide emphasis was placed on youth in the
movies, and in 1927, at the age of 14, his parents, Floyd and Myrtle
Lamoreaux, signed a long-term contract for Buzz to star in a series
of westerns for F.B.O. (later RKO), making him the youngest actor to
star in a western series.
Trivia:
During WW II Barton enlisted in the US Navy, and was a crewman
aboard the USS Missouri when the Japanese signed surrender documents
on that ship in 1945. |
