Dan Barton

September 20, 1921 (age 88)

Chicago, Cook County, United States of America

In the late 1940s, Dan Barton appeared on stage in the successful stage production “Mr. Roberts” alongside Cliff Robertson, Lee Van Cleef, John Forsythe and Brian Keith. He had a long career in television from the 1950s through the 1980s, playing in a variety of different shows including the highly acclaimed "Playhouse 90." He was cast as Jim Ellis, a schoolmaster with a mysterious past who claims to have killed a bank robber, in the 1957 season premiere, "Incident at Indian Springs", of the American Broadcasting Company/Warner Brothers western television series, Cheyenne, with Clint Walker in the title role. Among other series in which he appeared were Dick Powell"s Zane Grey Theater, Bonanza, Barnaby Jones, The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ironside, The Streets of San Francisco, The Rockford Files, Battlestar Galactica and Quincy Mechanical Engineering Barton also portrayed Earl Carnes, the character you loved to hate on National Broadcasting Company"s Days of Our Lives. In his later years, Barton was highly in demand as a voice-over talent. He narrated documentaries, worked in commercials and provided the voices for many characters in video games. He also spent several years recording books for the blind for The Braille Institute. He was the spokesman for Northrup Aviation for twelve years and did voice-over work for companies such as Coca-Cola, Kelloggs, Microsoft and Nike. Barton also was the voice in many political campaign commercials, including prominent Republicans Arnold Schwarzenegger and Elizabeth Dole, despite his own position as a lifelong Democrat. On December 13, 2009, Dan Barton died at the age of 88 from heart failure and kidney disease.

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Dan Barton was born as Daniel George Berman in Chicago, Illinois.

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In the late 1940s, Dan Barton appeared on stage in the successful stage production “Mr. Roberts” alongside Cliff Robertson, Lee Van Cleef, John Forsythe and Brian Keith. He had a long career in television from the 1950s through the 1980s, playing in a variety of different shows including the highly acclaimed "Playhouse 90." He was cast as Jim Ellis, a schoolmaster with a mysterious past who claims to have killed a bank robber, in the 1957 season premiere, "Incident at Indian Springs", of the American Broadcasting Company/Warner Brothers western television series, Cheyenne, with Clint Walker in the title role.

Among other series in which he appeared were Dick Powell"s Zane Grey Theater, Bonanza, Barnaby Jones, The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ironside, The Streets of San Francisco, The Rockford Files, Battlestar Galactica and Quincy Mechanical Engineering Barton also portrayed Earl Carnes, the character you loved to hate on National Broadcasting Company"s Days of Our Lives.

In his later years, Barton was highly in demand as a voice-over talent. He narrated documentaries, worked in commercials and provided the voices for many characters in video games.

He also spent several years recording books for the blind for The Braille Institute. He was the spokesman for Northrup Aviation for twelve years and did voice-over work for companies such as Coca-Cola, Kelloggs, Microsoft and Nike.

Barton also was the voice in many political campaign commercials, including prominent Republicans Arnold Schwarzenegger and Elizabeth Dole, despite his own position as a lifelong Democrat.

On December 13, 2009, Dan Barton died at the age of 88 from heart failure and kidney disease.

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