Robert D. Ballard

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Robert D. Ballard

Acting 84 June 30, 1942

Wichita, Kansas, USA

Dr. Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is a retired United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island, best known for his pioneer…

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Dr. Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is a retired United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island, best known for his pioneering work in underwater archaeology, including maritime archaeology and the study of shipwrecks, and for discovering the wreck of the RMS Titanic.

Filmography

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  1. 2026
    OceanGate Disaster: Minute by Minute

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2025
    Cleopatra's Final Secret

    Movie Self

  3. 2025
    Titanic: Secrets of the Shipwreck

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  4. 2023
  5. 2021
    Bob Ballard: An Explorer's Life

    Movie Self - Explorer

  6. 2019
  7. 2019
    Expedition Amelia

    Movie Self

  8. 2017
  9. 2015
  10. 2012
  11. 2010
    Gallipoli's Deep Secrets

    Movie Self

  12. 2004
    Titanic Revealed

    Movie Self

  13. 2003
    Sea Spies

    Movie Narrator

  14. 2002
    Titanic: 90 Years Below

    Movie Self

  15. 2000
    Lost Liners

    Movie Self

  16. 1998
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  1. 1994
    Titanic: The Complete Story

    Movie Himself

  2. 1986
  3. 1986
    Secrets of the Titanic

    Movie Self

  4. 1974
    NOVA

    TV show Self

  5. 1962