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Robert V. Barron
Charleston, West Virginia, USA
Tall, gaunt, rawboned character actor with deep voice, reminiscent of John Carradine. Formal education at Morris Harvey College in Charleston, West Virginia and as Theater Arts ma…
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Tall, gaunt, rawboned character actor with deep voice, reminiscent of John Carradine. Formal education at Morris Harvey College in Charleston, West Virginia and as Theater Arts major at UCLA. Professional training at American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, and at Max Reinhardt Workshop in Los Angeles. Before attacking Hollywood, he spent several years working in regional theaters from one end of the US to the other, and had built an impressive resume of glowing reviews of his performances in such roles as "Cyrano de Bergerac", "Abe Lincoln in Illinois", "Sir Thomas More" in "A Man For All Seasons", "Henry Drummond" in "Inherit The Wind", "Richard III" and the like, but he was never offered such lofty challenges in films or television. Still, he didn't languish, but instead relished every chance he was given to play for the camera, whether in a quality major studio production or the cheesiest of no-budget fly-by-night productions. When he wasn't acting, he uncovered his typewriter and cranked out teleplays and movie scripts. Perhaps his best-remembered television script was his first, a lighthearted comedy episode of the Bonanza (1959) series, titled Bonanza: Hoss and the Leprechauns (1963). As a writer, he drifted into adapting English-dubbing scripts of foreign films. American producers began buying successful Japanese animated series and dubbing them into English, and Barron was a pioneer in that industry, which grew rapidly and enormously. He became executive director and story editor for "Saban Productions", which in the course of five years became one of the largest producers of children's programming in the world, with such shows as X-Men: The Animated Series (1992) and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993).
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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1994
A Dangerous Place
Movie Homeless Man
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1994
Jin Jin and the Panda Patrol
TV show Writer
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1991
A Christmas Adventure
Movie Joseph (voice)
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1991
Frankenstein: The College Years
Movie Prof. Lippzieg
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1990
Thanksgiving Day
Movie Father Joe
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1989
Quantum Leap
TV show Old Convict
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1989
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Movie Abraham Lincoln
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1989
The Brave Frog's Greatest Adventure
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1989
The Brave Frog
Movie Goliath / Narrator (voice)
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1989
The Spring
Movie Old Indian
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1988
Perfect Victims
Movie Screenplay
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1988
Daddy's Boys
Movie Axelrod
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1988
The Big Turnaround
Movie
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1987
Disorderlies
Movie Funeral Home Director
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1986
L.A. Law
TV show Wino
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1986
Robotech: The Movie
Movie Prof. Embry (voice)
More credits
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1986
The Supernaturals
Movie Old Vet (as Robert Barron)
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1986
Macron 1
TV show Narrator (voice)
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1985
Amazing Stories
TV show curator
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1985
Wildside
TV show
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1985
Robotech
TV show Donald Hayes
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1985
Codename: Robotech
Movie Writer
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1984
Night Court
TV show Red Ranger
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1984
Macross: Boobytrap
Movie Writer
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1983
A Minor Miracle
Movie Drunk
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1982
Honkytonk Man
Movie Undertaker
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1982
Eating Raoul
Movie Butler at Swingers Party
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1981
Falcon Crest
TV show Hippie
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1980
The Private Eyes
Movie Gas Station Attendant
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1979
Detective School
TV show
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1977
MacArthur
Movie POW (uncredited)
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1968
The Road Hustlers
Movie Luke Reedy
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1967
Mannix
TV show
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1967
Judd, for the Defense
TV show
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1967
Tammy and the Millionaire
Movie Writer
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1967
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
Movie Cousin Elwood
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1966
Las Vegas Hillbillys
Movie Donald
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1965
The Wild Wild West
TV show Servant #2
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1962
The Virginian
TV show Chuck
