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 didnt 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 nobudget flybynight productions When he wasnt acting he uncovered his typewriter and cranked out teleplays and movie scripts Perhaps his bestremembered 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 Englishdubbing 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 childrens programming in the world with such shows as XMen The Animated Series 1992 and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 1993