Robert V. Barron

Born: 1932-12-26

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).


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as Abraham Lincoln
Released: 1989-02-17

Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history...

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MacArthur

as POW (uncredited)
Released: 1977-07-15

The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time...

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Honkytonk Man

as Undertaker
Released: 1982-12-15

During the Great Depression, a young boy leaves his family's Oklahoma farm to travel with his...

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Eating Raoul

as Butler at Swingers Party
Released: 1982-03-24

A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discover a bizarre, if not murderous way to get funding...

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Disorderlies

as Funeral Home Director
Released: 1987-08-14

As not-quite-orderlies who're downright Disorderlies, rap-music favorites The Fat Boys rule....

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The Supernaturals

as Old Vet (as Robert Barron)
Released: 1986-05-09

Nichelle Nichols is an army sergeant who leads her platoon into the woods of the deep south on a...

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The Private Eyes

as Gas Station Attendant
Released: 1980-04-17

The lord and lady of a capacious manor are killed, and the lord's ghost seems to have returned...

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A Dangerous Place

as Homeless Man
Released: 1994-11-14

When Ethan's older brother Greg is found dead, the police rule the case a suicide, but Ethan...

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Robotech: The Movie

as Prof. Embry (voice)
Released: 1986-07-25

In 1999 an alien spaceship crashed onto the earth. Hidden on board were the secrets of a unique...

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The Big Turnaround

as uncredited
Released: 1988-01-01

Two trained men, one angry local woman and the local priest take on the local crime lord and his...

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Thanksgiving Day

as Father Joe
Released: 1990-11-19

Light-hearted spoof about a dysfunctional upper-income family who have to come to terms with...

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A Minor Miracle

as Drunk
Released: 1983-05-31

A group of orphans and their guardian get together to try to save their orphanage.

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The Road Hustlers

as Luke Reedy
Released: 1968-01-01

A family of bootleggers fight against the sheriff and local gangsters.

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Daddy's Boys

as Axelrod
Released: 1988-06-11

A dark comedy set in 1930s America. Jimmy and Christie become celebrity bank robbers whose...

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Las Vegas Hillbillys

as Donald
Released: 1966-05-11

A Hillbilly hits the big time in Las Vegas.

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Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers

as Cousin Elwood
Released: 1967-01-01

Darby Clyde Fenster and Jerry Martin are a pair of penniless nincompoop-drifters who hop a...

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The Brave Frog

as Goliath / Narrator (voice)
Released: 1989-01-01

Feature-length english language translation of the anime series about a male frog of humble...

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Falcon Crest

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-12-04

Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for...

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L.A. Law

as Wino
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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L.A. Law

as Leonard
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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Quantum Leap

as Old Convict
First aired: 1989-03-26

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the...

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Mannix

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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Night Court

as Red Ranger
First aired: 1984-01-04

Night Court is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 4, 1984 to...

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Judd for the Defense

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-08

High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases...

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Amazing Stories

as curator
First aired: 1985-09-29

A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and...

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The Virginian

as Chuck
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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Alien Nation

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-09-18

Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly works with "Newcomer" alien...

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Robotech

as Donald Hayes
First aired: 1985-03-04

Robotech is an 85-episode adaptation of three different anime television series made between...

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Wildside

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-03-21

Wildside is an American series aired by ABC from March to April 1985. The series stars William...

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Macron 1

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1986-01-03

In 1986, Saban Entertainment combined footage from GoShogun and Akū Dai Sakusen Srungle (Great...

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Detective School

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-07-31

Detective School is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC for four months in 1979, for...

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