Barry Dennen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 22, 1938
- Died
- September 26, 2017 (aged 79)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Barry Dennen (February 22, 1938–September 26, 2017) was an American actor, singer, and writer. Dennen was born in Chicago, Illinois. In New York City from 1960 to 1963, he had a relationship with Barbra Streisand, including living together for a year, during which time he helped her develop the nightclub act that began her successful career as a singer and actress. He moved to London for fifteen years and in 1968 landed the starring role of the master of ceremonies in the London version of Cabaret. In 1970, he played Pontius Pilate on the album of Jesus Christ Superstar, and he played the same role in the Broadway production (1971). In the same year, he played Mendel in Norman Jewison's film of Fiddler on the Roof. According to Dennen's website, he suggested to Jewison that he direct a film of Superstar. Jewison did so, and Dennen played Pilate again (1973). He was the voice actor who portrayed the Chamberlain SkekSil in The Dark Crystal. He has also done voice work on such cartoons as DuckTales, Batman: The Animated Series, The Pirates of Dark Water, Animaniacs, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Since that time Dennen has had a variety of small parts on American television shows and films, including: Batman; Superman III; The Kentucky Fried Movie; The Shining; Galtar and the Golden Lance; Tales from the Darkside and Titanic. He played auto dealer Irwin Lapsey in Shock Treatment, the sequel toThe Rocky Horror Picture Show. He has also done voices for many video games, including Fatman in Metal Gear Solid 2, Police Chief Bogen in Grim Fandango, Mimir in the recent video game Too Human, Dean Domino in Fallout: New Vegas expansion "Dead Money", and the Dark One in The Mark of Kri. He wrote the screenplay for an episode of Amazing Stories titled "The Secret Cinema" (1985) and cowrote an episode of The Comic Strip Presents... titled "Demonella" (1993). His autobiographical book, My Life With Barbra: A Love Story (1997), deals with their relationship and with his gradual realization that he was a homosexual. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Dennen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942–1984
Movie · as Self
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
Movie · as Defense Advisor (voice)
Superstars: The Documentary
Movie
Heavenly Sword
Movie · as Flying Fox / Prophet Takashi (voice)
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
TV · as Mandarin (voice) · 2 eps
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
TV · as Ramsis Dendup / Rebel / Citizen (voice), Ramsis Dendup (voice) · 2 eps
Avatar: The Last Airbender
TV · as General Sung (voice), Additional Voices (voice) · 1 ep
Manhood
Movie · as Singing Groom
Batman Beyond: Tech Wars and Disappearing Inque
Movie · as Captain
Batman Beyond
TV · as Captain (voice) · 1 ep
Titanic
Movie · as Praying Man
The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley
Movie · as Security
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
TV · as John Eric (voice) · 2 eps
Twin Sitters
Movie · as Thomas
Clifford
Movie · as Terry the Pterodactyl
Weird Science
TV · 1 ep
Demonella
Movie · as Adolf Hitler
Cafe Americain
TV · as Monsier Pare · 1 ep
Animaniacs
TV · as Czar (voice) · 1 ep
She Woke Up
Movie · as Dr. John Landover
Batman: The Animated Series
TV · as Shadow Agent (voice) · 1 ep
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Movie · as Stage Manager
The Easter Story
Movie · as Priest (voice)
Killer Instinct
Movie · as Mr. Martin
Murphy Brown
TV · as Waiter · 1 ep
DuckTales
TV · as Moorloon the Wizard / Vacation Van Honk (voice) · 1 ep
The Oldest Rookie
TV · 1 ep
L.A. Law
TV · as Clerk · 1 ep
The Real Ghostbusters
TV · as Charon / Governor (voice) · 1 ep
Amazing Stories
TV · as news dealer · 1 ep
Not for Publication
Movie · as Senor Wopperico
Memed My Hawk
Movie · as Hikmet
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Sheldon Persky · 1 ep
Tales from the Darkside
TV · as Aldo D · 1 ep
Oxbridge Blues
TV · as Dr Stein · 1 ep
Trading Places
Movie · as Demitri
Superman III
Movie · as Dr. McClean
The Dark Crystal
Movie · as Chamberlain / Podling (voice)
Newhart
TV · as Winston Bedell · 1 ep
Beau Geste
TV · as Buddy · 2 eps
American Playhouse
TV · as Isidor Rabi · 4 eps
Q.E.D.
TV · as Al Russell · 1 ep
Shock Treatment
Movie · as Irwin Lapsey
Ragtime
Movie · as Stage Manager
Hill Street Blues
TV · 1 ep
The Shining
Movie · as Watson
Oppenheimer
TV · as Isidor Rabi · 4 eps
Rabbit Test
Movie · as Mad Bomber
Ring of Passion
Movie · as Adolf Hitler
Monster Squad
TV · as Mr. Mephisto · 1 ep
Brannigan
Movie · as Julian
Wonder Woman
TV · as Hitler · 1 ep
Madhouse
Movie · as Gerry Blount
Jesus Christ Superstar
Movie · as Pontius Pilate
Fiddler on the Roof
Movie · as Mendel
The Juggler of Notre Dame
Movie · as The Juggler
Codename
TV · as Kirby · 1 ep
The Secret Cinema
Movie · as Psychiatrist
Batman
TV · as Fred · 2 eps
The Troubleshooters
TV · as Professor Knox · 1 ep