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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.
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2026
OceanGate Disaster: Minute by Minute
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2025
Cleopatra's Final Secret
Movie Self
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2025
Titanic: Secrets of the Shipwreck
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2023
Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron
Movie Self
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2021
Bob Ballard: An Explorer's Life
Movie Self - Explorer
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2019
Save the Titanic: Treasures From the Deep
Movie Self
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2019
Expedition Amelia
Movie Self
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2017
Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron
Movie Self
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2015
Nazi Attack on America
Movie
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2012
Save the Titanic With Bob Ballard
Movie Self
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2010
Gallipoli's Deep Secrets
Movie Self
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2004
Titanic Revealed
Movie Self
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2003
Sea Spies
Movie Narrator
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2002
Titanic: 90 Years Below
Movie Self
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2000
Lost Liners
Movie Self
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1998
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
Movie Self
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1994
Titanic: The Complete Story
Movie Himself
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1986
Titanic: The Nightmare and the Dream
Movie Self
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1986
Secrets of the Titanic
Movie Self
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1974
NOVA
TV show Self
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self