Facts:   - death place: mineola , new york    - alt: james barton 1962    - caption: barton 's '' frontier circus '' -lrb- 1962 -rrb- . in one of his last roles on cbs    - death cause: heart attack    - death date: 19 february 1962      - birth date: 1 november 1890    - name: james barton    - image: james barton 1962.jpg    - birth place: gloucester city , new jersey , usa    - occupation: vaudevillian , character actor   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james barton -lrb- vaudeville -rrb- .
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james esward barton -lrb- november 1 , 1890 - february 19 , 1962 -rrb- was an american vaudevillian , stage performer , and a character actor in films and television .