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Vince Barnett was the son of Luke Barnett, a well-known comedian who specialized in insulting and pulling practical jokes on his audiences. Vince remained in the family business by hiring himself out to Hollywood parties, where he would insult the guests in a thick German accent, spill the soup and drop the trays--all to the great delight of hosts who enjoyed watching their friends squirm and mutter "Who hired that jerk?" The diminutive, chrome-domed Barnett also appeared in the 1926 edition of Earl Carroll`s Vanities. He began appearing in films in 1930, playing hundreds of comedy bits playing moronic, illiterate sidekicks, and supporting parts until retiring in 1975. Among Vince Barnett`s more sizeable screen roles was the moronic, illiterate gangster "secretary" in Scarface (1931).