- Best known to the television generation as Gen. Peterson on I Dream of Jeannie (1965).
- Born on Christmas Day, just like Humphrey Bogart, his co-star in Chim Ưng Malta (1941), High Sierra (1940) and Kho Báu Ở Sierra Madre (1948).
- Because he so effectively and frequently played heavies, teenagers in the 1940s and 1950s who felt put upon by authorities would say "Don't give me that Barton MacLane".
- He played several musical instruments, including the violin, piano, and guitar. He was a published playwright and author, producing many plays, and starring in 'Black John' on Broadway.
- Was an outstanding college football player at Wesleyan University
- Was mentioned (not so favorably) in an Allan Sherman song entitled "Oh Boy".
- He had two children, William MacLane and Martha MacLane, with his wife Martha.
- His great-grandfather Henry Joel McLane served in the Confederate 17th South Carolina Infantry in the US Civil War.
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