Background
Barron, Robert V. was born on December 26, 1932 in Charleston, West Virginia, United States. Son of Raymond John and Opal Edith (Estep) Barron.
Barron, Robert V. was born on December 26, 1932 in Charleston, West Virginia, United States. Son of Raymond John and Opal Edith (Estep) Barron.
Barron"s attended Morris Harvey College in Charleston, West Virginia and later University of California, Los Los Angeles He later had acting training at American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, and at Max Reinhardt Workshop in Los Los Angeles
He is also well known for playing the role of Abraham Lincoln in Bill & Ted"s Excellent Adventure in 1989. Tall, gaunt, rawboned character actor with deep voice, reminiscent of John Carradine. Barron got his entertainment start in radio co-prodcing a two-hour Saturday morning radio program, the "Bop Shop." which aired for a two years on radio station WGKV-Department of Administration and Management (later WHMS) in his hometown of Charleston, West Virginia. Before permanently moving to California, and also before his Hollywood work, he spent several years working in regional theaters from one end of the United States. 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 Manitoba Foreign 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
In Hollywood, as an actor, he not only made appearances in television shows such as Quantum Leap, Get a Life, Father Dowling Mysteries and movies such as The Spring and A Dangerous Place but he also wrote episodes of the National Broadcasting Company television western series Bonanza and the Columbia Broadcasting System-television western/spy series Wild, Wild West.
Perhaps his best-remembered television script was his first, a lighthearted comedy episode of the Bonanza, titled "Hoss and The Leprechauns". 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 (1992) and Mighty Morphin" Power Rangers (1993).
He also made appearances on television series such as Bonanza, Mannix, Love American Style and Night Court.
He also played a pool player in an episode of Columbia Broadcasting System-television"s Dukes of Hazzard. Barron also co-wrote the standard song "Cindy, Oh Cindy" with Bert Long. Barron died in Salinas, California.
His interment was in Salinas"s Garden of Memories Memorial Park.
With United States Army, 1952-1954. Member Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of television and Radio Artists, Writers Guild of America, Actors Equity Association.
Married Dayna Pearson, December 23, 1979.