Robert V. Barron
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).
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.324 |
Birthday | 1932-12-26 |
Place of Birth | Charleston, West Virginia, USA |
Also Known As | Christian Anderson, |
1989
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
6.86/1811
Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school...
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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
1968
The Road Hustlers
2/2
A family of bootleggers fight against the sheriff and local gangsters.
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The Road Hustlers
1977
MacArthur
6.2/79
The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by...
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MacArthur
1988
The Big Turnaround
6/1
Two trained men, one angry local woman and the local priest take on the local crime lord and his crew of narcotic smugglers and human traffickers in a...
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The Big Turnaround
1989
The Spring
0/0
Archeologists Andy and Matty uncover a diary written by a member of Ponce de Leon's search party that provides clues to the location of the Fountain o...
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The Spring
1982
Eating Raoul
6.483/121
A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discover a bizarre, if not murderous way to get funding for opening a restaurant.
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Eating Raoul
1988
Daddy's Boys
2.5/2
A dark comedy set in 1930s America. Jimmy and Christie become celebrity bank robbers whose stardom ends in a bloody shootout when Daddy's Boys catch u...
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Daddy's Boys
1994
A Dangerous Place
6.6/7
When Ethan's older brother Greg is found dead, the police rule the case a suicide, but Ethan suspects foul play stemming from Greg's recent involvemen...
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A Dangerous Place
1989
The Brave Frog
2/1
Feature-length english language translation of the anime series about a male frog of humble origin who befriends a female frog of high social class.
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The Brave Frog
1986
Robotech: The Movie
7.167/12
In 1999 an alien spaceship crashed onto the earth. Hidden on board were the secrets of a unique science known as Robot technology. Databanks found in...
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Robotech: The Movie
1967
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
4/6
Darby Clyde Fenster and Jerry Martin are a pair of penniless nincompoop-drifters who hop a freight train on their way to Florida. Our intrepid heroes...
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Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
1966
Las Vegas Hillbillys
2.7/3
A Hillbilly hits the big time in Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas Hillbillys
1990
Thanksgiving Day
6/1
Light-hearted spoof about a dysfunctional upper-income family who have to come to terms with family and business problems around the titular holiday.
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Thanksgiving Day
1986
The Supernaturals
3.857/14
Nichelle Nichols is an army sergeant who leads her platoon into the woods of the deep south on a training exercise. Unfortunately, it is the site wher...
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The Supernaturals
1983
A Minor Miracle
6.3/3
A group of orphans and their guardian get together to try to save their orphanage.
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A Minor Miracle
1987
Disorderlies
4.9/41
As not-quite-orderlies who're downright Disorderlies, rap-music favorites The Fat Boys rule. Playing the freewheeling caretakers of the frail Dennison...
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Disorderlies
1980
The Private Eyes
6.163/40
The lord and lady of a capacious manor are killed, and the lord's ghost seems to have returned to knock off the staff one by one, causing Inspector Wi...
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The Private Eyes
1982
Honkytonk Man
6.366/172
During the Great Depression, a young boy leaves his family's Oklahoma farm to travel with his country musician uncle who is trying out for the Grand O...
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