Samuel Barton

"Can you really deny that you are involved in this case because you wanted to be involved? Maybe you, too, are attracted by the vast darkness."

- Barton questions Helen before his death. Professor Samuel Barton is a central character turned tertiary antagonist of the 1996 videogame ''Clock Tower. ''Barton is very interested in the Clock Tower case, even having a replica of the giant scissors Bobby Barrows used to murder his victims sitting on his desk.

He was voiced by Robert Spencer.

Clock Tower
Barton is a playable character for the first start of the game in which the player has the option to send the Demon Idol to either Rick or Sullivan. The player's choices through him also determine what scenario will be played: Jennifer or Helen's. As the story progresses, he helps organize the group to go to the Barrows Castle in England.

Jennifer's scenario
Barton is a central protagonist in Jennifer's scenario, but his fate is being dependent by the player. When the player goes to garden first, Barton will be alive, sitting near a tree. While interacting with him, he will translate the Door Spell for Jennifer

Helen's scenario
Barton serves as a dupe Scissorman in the Barrows Castle, having been drawn into the true Scissorman's dark soul. Upon entering the chapel, Helen encounters this Scissorman about to kill an unconscious cross-bounded Jennifer. The player may choose to save Jennifer or let her die.

When the player has Helen translate the Door Spell, the player will be entering the castle garden, then Helen will Barton corpse, hanging from a tree. While Helen inspecting his corpse, Helen is attack by Scissorman.

Trivia

 * Barton's alternate outfit turns his suit brown.
 * Helen's relationship with Barton seems to be one of faint antagonism, which is revealed in detail in Helen's Adventure Novel. Apparently Helen had slept with Barton in the past and regretted it ever since, not that Rose would ever let her live it down either.