Barry Dennen

Barry Dennen

  • Birthday: 1938-02-22
  • Deathday: 2017-09-26
  • Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barry Dennen (born February 22, 1938) is 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.

Filmography

The Juggler of Notre Dame

1970

As The Juggler

Jesus Christ Superstar

1973

As Pontius Pilate

Heavenly Sword

2014

As Flying Fox / Prophet Takashi (voice)

The Secret Cinema

1967

As Psychiatrist

Twin Sitters

1994

As Thomas

Brannigan

1975

As Julian

The Easter Story

1990

As Priest (voice)

Madhouse

1974

As Gerry Blount

Killer Instinct

1988

As Mr. Martin

Demonella

1993

As Adolf Hitler

The Shining

1980

As Watson

The Dark Crystal

1982

As Chamberlain / Podling (voice)

Ring of Passion

1978

As Adolf Hitler

Not for Publication

1984

As Senor Wopperico

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1991

As Stage Manager

She Woke Up

1992

As Dr. John Landover

The Chickening

2015

As (archive footage) (uncredited)

Fiddler on the Roof

1971

As Mendel

Shock Treatment

1981

As Irwin Lapsey

Justice League: Throne of Atlantis

2015

As Defense Advisor (voice)

Superman III

1983

As Dr. McClean

Rabbit Test

1978

As Mad Bomber

Clifford

1994

As Terry the Pterodactyl

Ragtime

1981

As Stage Manager

Titanic

1997

As Praying Man

Trading Places

1983

As Demitri

Production

Demonella

1993

As Writer

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