\"Scarlet Street\" Jess Barker Hand Signed TLS Dated 1957 For Sale

Up for sale "Scarlet Street" Jess Barker Hand Signed TLS Dated 1957. This item comes with a rare vintage 8X10 photo.

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Jess Barker (June 4, 1912 – August 8, 2000) was an

American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s. He is probably most famous for

being the first husband of actress Susan Hayward.  Barker began his film career

credited as Philip Barker until changing his stage name to Jess Barker

in the early 1940s. Barker's movie career was damaged because of the publicity

resulting from a custody dispute, but he still managed to find work as an actor

on radio and films in supporting roles. Barker appeared in Scarlet

Street (1945) and the Abbott and Costello film The Time of

Their Lives (1946). He also made two guest appearances on Perry Mason.

In 1961 he played defendant Walter Eastman in "The Case of the Injured

Innocent," and in 1965 he played Doug Hamilton in "The Case of the

Murderous Mermaid." Barker wed Hayward on July 23, 1944. They had twin

sons together during their ten-year marriage, whose custody was won by Hayward

after a bitter court battle. In 1956, Barker lost a paternity suit in Los

Angeles. Judge Walter H. Odemar ruled that Barker was the father of Morgana, a

daughter born to actress Yvonne Doughty. He died of liver failure.