Named one of the 10 sexiest guys in soaps by Playgirl,[1] Barton is probably best known as Scott Grainger on the daytime drama The Young and the Restless.
He is a graduate of Valley Stream North High School, where he played soccer and wrestled.
[3][better source needed] In the 1980s, teen magazines were looking for the next big cover, and Barton was featured on many of them, including Tiger Beat and 16,[2] typically in a sexy pose, shirtless.
However, he became involved in the burgeoning teen horror/thriller film genre, beginning with Hell Night (1981) and followed by Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984).
Little did I know.After outgrowing his ability to appear as a teenager, Barton acquired mostly television roles as an adult.
After leaving the show in 1993, he starred on Burke's Law with Gene Barry and the soap opera Sunset Beach.