Warren Burton

Warren Burton (October 23, 1944 – October 2, 2017[1]) was an American actor. During the late 1970s and throughout the 1990s, he was seen on several daytime soap operas, usually in villainous roles.[2][3][4]

For the American clergyman and writer, see Warren Burton (writer).
Warren Burton
Born(1944-10-23)October 23, 1944
Chicago, Illinois, U.S
DiedOctober 2, 2017(2017-10-02) (aged 72)
United States
OccupationActor

Burton was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and attended Roosevelt High School and the Art Institute of Chicago.[2] He began his acting career in Chicago theatre before moving to New York to pursue a career there. He appeared in a number of Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre productions such as Gypsy and Hair.[2]

He played the role of Eddie Dorrance #3 on All My Children from 1978 to 1979 and won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor at the 1980 awards broadcast.[2] Other daytime roles included Jason Dunlap on Another World (1980-82); Warren Andrews on Guiding Light (1983-87); Phillip Hamilton on Santa Barbara (1988-89) and Dr. Hepler on The Bold And the Beautiful (1995).[2] He appeared in the made-for-TV movie The Girl Most Likely to... in 1973. Burton portrayed Confederate general Henry Heth in the 1993 film Gettysburg.[2]

Since the late 1990s, Burton was a voice actor for numerous video games, including the Jak and Daxter series, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Psychonauts, Battlezone II: Combat Commander, and Nox, among several others.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1976Baby Blue MarineSecond Serviceman
1977ChatterboxTV Reporter
1977The World's Greatest LoverLudwig
1978Rabbit TestFirst Secret Service Man
1978Jokes My Folks Never Told Me
1992Poison IvyMax
1993Bodies, Rest & MotionRadio PreacherVoice
1993GettysburgMaj. Gen. Henry Heth
19962090Wilson
1996Bloodfist VIII: Trained to KillMichael Powell
1997Strategic CommandColpart
2011Green LanternFirst Guardian

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1989Freddy's NightmaresDennisEpisode: "Photo Finish"
1990Tales from the CryptRolandEpisode: "Television Terror"
2014ReviewKing of the OrgyEpisode: "Road Rage; Orgy"

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
1996Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of FleshPaul Allen Warner
1997Betrayal in AntaraFinch, Krrrflak, Birge
1997Blade RunnerRunciter, Tyrell Guard
1997Lands of Lore: Guardians of DestinyBaccata
1999Lands of Lore IIIEric LeGre, Finch Boris
1999Wu-Tang: Shaolin StyleMong Zhu
1999Battlezone II: Combat CommanderKossieh
2000NoxAldwyn, Mine Worker 2, Morgan
2001Jak and Daxter: The Precursor LegacySamos the Sage[5]
2002Age of MythologyBrokk, Skult
2003Jak IISamos the Sage[5]
2003Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimeKing Sharaman[5]
2004Jak 3Samos the Sage[5]
2005PsychonautsSt. Bernard[5]
2005Jak X: Combat RacingSamos the Sage[5]
2006Daxter[5]
2011RangoBeans' Daddy[5]
2016Edge of NowhereCaptain Simon Edwards

References
  1. "Warren Burton's Obituary on Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  2. Hart, Marla (February 9, 1995). "Burton Is Happy As A Working-class Actor". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
  3. Reichardt, Nancy M. (April 11, 1988). "Soap world welcomes back Warren Burton". Beckley Register Herald. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
  4. "Soap Opera Scene: Burton's villainy lives on". Escanaba Daily Press. July 2, 1984. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
  5. "Behind the Voice Actors – Warren Burton". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
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