Robert V. Barron Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Robert V. Barron

Robert V. Barron

Acting

Biography

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

Acting

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure movie poster
MOVIE

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

6.8(2.1K)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Abraham Lincoln
The Road Hustlers movie poster
MOVIE

The Road Hustlers

4.3(0.0K)
The Road Hustlers
Luke Reedy
MacArthur movie poster
MOVIE

MacArthur

6.3(0.1K)
MacArthur
POW (uncredited)
The Big Turnaround movie poster
MOVIE

The Big Turnaround

4.7(0.0K)
The Big Turnaround
The Spring movie poster
MOVIE

The Spring

8.0(0.0K)
The Spring
Old Indian
Eating Raoul movie poster
MOVIE

Eating Raoul

6.5(0.1K)
Eating Raoul
Butler at Swingers Party
Daddy's Boys movie poster
MOVIE

Daddy's Boys

3.5(0.0K)
Daddy's Boys
Axelrod
A Dangerous Place movie poster
MOVIE

A Dangerous Place

6.3(0.0K)
A Dangerous Place
Homeless Man
The Brave Frog movie poster
MOVIE

The Brave Frog

5.3(0.0K)
The Brave Frog
Goliath / Narrator (voice)
Robotech: The Movie movie poster
MOVIE

Robotech: The Movie

7.1(0.0K)
Robotech: The Movie
Prof. Embry (voice)

Production

The Road Hustlers movie poster
MOVIE

The Road Hustlers

4.3(0.0K)
The Road Hustlers
Writer
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers movie poster
MOVIE

Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers

4.3(0.0K)
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
Writer
Codename: Robotech movie poster
MOVIE

Codename: Robotech

7.5(0.0K)
Codename: Robotech
Writer
Codename: Robotech movie poster
MOVIE

Codename: Robotech

7.5(0.0K)
Codename: Robotech
Director
Macross: Boobytrap movie poster
MOVIE

Macross: Boobytrap

Not rated yet
Macross: Boobytrap
Writer
Macross: Boobytrap movie poster
MOVIE

Macross: Boobytrap

Not rated yet
Macross: Boobytrap
Director
Tammy and the Millionaire movie poster
MOVIE

Tammy and the Millionaire

6.8(0.0K)
Tammy and the Millionaire
Writer
Perfect Victims movie poster
MOVIE

Perfect Victims

4.4(0.0K)
Perfect Victims
Screenplay

Gallery

Robert V. Barron portrait