Robert Easton was born on November 23, 1930 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA as Robert Easton Burke. He is known for his work on Working Girl (1988), Stingray (1964) and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991). He was married to June Bettine Grimstead. He died on December 16, 2011 in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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1 | He was cremated. |
2 | He is survived by his daughter, Heather Woodruff Perry; and granddaughter. |
3 | His parents divorced when he was about 7 years old. He moved with his mother to San Antonio, Texas where he was first aware of regional dialect. He had a childhood stutter problem. |
4 | After his marriage to June Grimstead, an English woman, he lived several years in England and studied phonetics at University College in London, England. |
5 | Began his young career on radio as a teenager in 1945 when he was heard on "Quiz Kids". |
6 | Coached actor Forest Whitaker to an Oscar and Golden Globe with his Ugandan dialect as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland (2006). |
7 | Cast as "Sparks " in the film of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961), only 3 years later he had a regular spot on a submarine as the voice of "Phones" in the UK Children's TV series Stingray (1964). |
8 | Is known as the "Henry Higgins of Hollywood". Is a master of dialects, and frequently coaches other actors. |
9 | He appeared in the original The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) TV series, as well as the movie version (The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)). |
10 | Was a "Quiz Kid", a renowned group of high-IQ children in the 1930s and 1940s. |
11 | While a student at the University of Texas in the Spring of 1949, he was inititated into Phi Eta Sigma, a national honorary scholastic fraternity for men. |
12 | Lived for a time in San Antonio, Texas. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Hollywood Opening Night | 1953 | TV Series | |
Meet Millie | 1952 | TV Series | Red |
Feudin' Fools | 1952 | | Caleb Smith |
Fearless Fagan | 1952 | | Corpora - Fagan's Guard (uncredited) |
O. Henry's Full House | 1952 | | Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited) |
Dreamboat | 1952 | | Man in TV Hair Commercial (uncredited) |
Belles on Their Toes | 1952 | | Franklin Dykes (uncredited) |
With a Song in My Heart | 1952 | | Kansas GI (uncredited) |
Dangerous Assignment | 1952 | TV Series | Tennessee |
The Jack Benny Program | 1951 | TV Series | Lem |
Havana Rose | 1951 | | Hotel Clerk (as Bob Easton) |
Drums in the Deep South | 1951 | | Jerry |
The Tall Target | 1951 | | Young Southerner (uncredited) |
Comin' Round the Mountain | 1951 | | Luke McCoy (as Bob Easton) |
Savage Drums | 1951 | | Tex Channing (as Bob Easton) |
Cause for Alarm! | 1951 | | Tex (uncredited) |
The Red Badge of Courage | 1951 | | Thompson (as Robert Easton Burke) |
Call Me Mister | 1951 | | Tennessee (uncredited) |
Union Station | 1950 | | Con Victim (uncredited) |
Undertow | 1949 | | Fisher - Parking Lot Valet (uncredited) |
The Ones | | post-production | Don's Guru |
Horrorween | 2011 | | Neighbor |
Resistance: Retribution | 2009 | Video Game | British Commandos (voice) |
The Grift | 2008 | | Henry Addams |
Spiritual Warriors | 2007 | | Roger |
Azusa Street: The Movie | 2006 | Video | Narrator |
Daniel: The Movie | 2006 | Video | Gabriel |
Lost | 2004/I | | Minister |
Red Roses and Petrol | 2003 | | Old Geezer |
Gods and Generals | 2003 | | John Janney |
Just One Night | 2000 | | Drunk Cab Driver |
Titanic Explorer | 1998 | Video Game | Archibald Gracie Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon Charles Joughin ... (voice) |
Primary Colors | 1998 | | Dr. Beauregard |
Merchants of Venus | 1998 | | Oleg |
Storybook | 1996 | | Hoot (voice) |
The Beverly Hillbillies | 1993 | | Mayor Amos Jasper |
Needful Things | 1993 | | Lester Pratt |
Little Sister | 1992 | | M.C. |
Pet Sematary II | 1992 | | Priest |
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | 1991 | | Klingon Judge |
Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland | 1989 | | Hecht |
Working Girl | 1988 | | Armbrister |
Long Gone | 1987 | TV Movie | Cletis Ramey |
Harry's Hong Kong | 1987 | TV Movie | American Tourist |
Tai-Pan | 1986 | | |
Invitation to the Wedding | 1983 | | American Husband |
The American Adventure | 1982 | | Thomas Jefferson (voice) |
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy | 1981 | TV Movie | David Finley |
The Oklahoma City Dolls | 1981 | TV Movie | Sheriff Mike Sorenson |
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? | 1979 | | Customs Man |
Charleston | 1979 | TV Movie | Reverend Allen |
Centennial | 1978 | TV Mini-Series | Major Sibley |
The Bionic Woman | 1978 | TV Series | Colonel |
Incredible Rocky Mountain Race | 1977 | TV Movie | |
Last of the Mohicans | 1977 | TV Movie | David Gamut |
Pete's Dragon | 1977 | | Store Proprietor |
Fernwood Tonight | 1977 | TV Series | Nelson Phipps |
Almos' a Man | 1976 | TV Short | Shopkeeper |
Timber Tramps | 1975 | | |
Mr. Sycamore | 1975 | | Fred Staines |
The Ghost Busters | 1975 | TV Series | Sparks |
The Giant Spider Invasion | 1975 | | Kester |
Kolchak: The Night Stalker | 1975 | TV Series | Bernard Carmichael |
Alias Big Cherry | 1975 | | |
Heavy Traffic | 1973 | | |
Jarrett | 1973 | TV Movie | Toby |
Lassie | 1973 | TV Series | Harley |
A Very Missing Person | 1972 | TV Movie | Onofre |
Squares | 1972 | | Frank Warren |
Alias Smith and Jones | 1971 | TV Series | Hank |
The Touch of Satan | 1971 | | Mr. Keitel |
Johnny Got His Gun | 1971 | | Third Doctor |
Mod Squad | 1969-1971 | TV Series | Gus Weldon / Wrangler |
The Andersonville Trial | 1970 | TV Movie | Court Reporter |
Paint Your Wagon | 1969 | | Atwell |
The Red Skelton Hour | 1952-1969 | TV Series | Cowboy Minstrel / Hippie / Irwin |
The Doris Day Show | 1968 | TV Series | Albert Simpson |
Get Smart | 1968 | TV Series | Maestro |
Judd for the Defense | 1968 | TV Series | Fred Sherwood |
The Lucy Show | 1967 | TV Series | Iffie |
Combat! | 1967 | TV Series | Woody Jones |
Pistols 'n' Petticoats | 1966 | TV Series | Will Dill |
Please Don't Eat the Daisies | 1966 | TV Series | Harold Hewley / Jud |
One of Our Spies Is Missing | 1966 | | Mr. Bentley - the Texan |
My Mother the Car | 1966 | TV Series | Fink |
Run for Your Life | 1966 | TV Series | Desk Clerk |
Lost in Space | 1965 | TV Series | Newsman Lacy |
Perry Mason | 1965 | TV Series | Ed Allison |
O.K. Crackerby! | 1965 | TV Series | Airport Desk Clerk |
The Loved One | 1965 | | Dusty Acres |
Petticoat Junction | 1964-1965 | TV Series | Hector / Henry Barton |
The Beverly Hillbillies | 1965 | TV Series | Beauregard Short |
The Rogues | 1965 | TV Series | Barman |
The Munsters | 1965 | TV Series | Moose Mallory |
Death Valley Days | 1964 | TV Series | Moore |
Burke's Law | 1964 | TV Series | Hapless Magician |
The Cara Williams Show | 1964 | TV Series | Carl |
Come Fly with Me | 1963 | | Navigator |
The War Lover | 1962 | | Handown: Crew of 'The Body' |
The Saint | 1962 | TV Series | Benson |
The Nun and the Sergeant | 1962 | | Orville Nupert |
The Real McCoys | 1961 | TV Series | Cab Driver |
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | 1961 | | Sparks |
Wanted: Dead or Alive | 1961 | TV Series | Jeff |
Harrigan and Son | 1960 | TV Series | Clem |
The Andy Griffith Show | 1960 | TV Series | Pete Johnson |
Rawhide | 1960 | TV Series | Bugler |
Johnny Ringo | 1960 | TV Series | Billy Counts |
The Millionaire | 1960 | TV Series | Florida Cates |
Riverboat | 1959 | TV Series | Cpl. John Chase |
How to Marry a Millionaire | 1959 | TV Series | Robert E Harper |
Playhouse 90 | 1959 | TV Series | |
Wagon Train | 1959 | TV Series | Slim |
When Hell Broke Loose | 1958 | | Jonesie |
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Swapper Sam Scott / Scott |
December Bride | 1958 | TV Series | |
The Adventures of Jim Bowie | 1958 | TV Series | Otie Jimson |
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Brian McAfee |
Circus Boy | 1957 | TV Series | Lem Clemens |
Navy Log | 1955-1957 | TV Series | Ensign Lee / Hi-Boats |
Telephone Time | 1956 | TV Series | Pvt. Grover Mackey |
The Ford Television Theatre | 1956 | TV Series | Cowboy |
Annie Oakley | 1956 | TV Series | Abner Harkey / 'Smiley' Douglas |
Hold Back the Night | 1956 | | Ackerman (as Bob Easton) |
Somebody Up There Likes Me | 1956 | | Cpl. Quinbury (uncredited) |
The Bold and the Brave | 1956 | | Tall Blonde G.I. (uncredited) |
The Kettles in the Ozarks | 1956 | | Lafe (uncredited) |
TV Reader's Digest | 1956 | TV Series | Horton |
Screen Directors Playhouse | 1956 | TV Series | Stanley Moran |
The Bob Cummings Show | 1955 | TV Series | Warren the Bird Watcher |
Father Knows Best | 1955 | TV Series | Carter Mawson |
Gunsmoke | 1955 | TV Series | Magnus Goode |
Schlitz Playhouse | 1955 | TV Series | |
My Little Margie | 1953-1955 | TV Series | Luke Tolliver |
Buffalo Bill, Jr. | 1955 | TV Series | Telegrapher Danny Crockett |
Deep in My Heart | 1954 | | Cumberly (uncredited) |
The Raid | 1954 | | Rebel Soldier (uncredited) |
The High and the Mighty | 1954 | | Cargo Clerk (uncredited) |
Cavalcade of America | 1953-1954 | TV Series | George Merchant |
Fireside Theatre | 1954 | TV Series | |
McCoy of Abilene | 1953 | TV Movie | |
Combat Squad | 1953 | | Lewis |
Racket Squad | 1951-1953 | TV Series | Tex / Joe - Desk Clerk |
Take Me to Town | 1953 | | Train Vendor (uncredited) |
The Neanderthal Man | 1953 | | Danny - Townsman |
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms | 1953 | | Deckhand (uncredited) |
Adventures of Superman | 1953 | TV Series | Marvin |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Au Pairs | 2010 | Short technical advisor | |
Days of Our Lives | 2008 | TV Series dialect coach - 1 episode | |
The Last King of Scotland | 2006 | dialogue coach: Mr. Whitaker - as Bob Easton | |
Transit | 2005 | TV Movie accent coach | |
A Little Trip to Heaven | 2005 | additional voice coaching | |
Volare | 2004/II | Short dialect coach | |
Face of Terror | 2004 | dialogue coach | |
Shade | 2003 | dialect coach | |
The Night We Called It a Day | 2003 | dialect coach: Mr. Hopper | |
The Lizzie McGuire Movie | 2003 | dialect coach | |
Snapshots | 2002/I | dialogue coach: Julie Christie | |
Drowning Mona | 2000 | dialect coach | |
Homegrown | 1998 | dialect coach: Mr. Azaria | |
Good Will Hunting | 1997 | dialect coach | |
The Maker | 1997 | dialect/dialogue coach | |
The Empty Mirror | 1996 | dialogue coach | |
Night Falls on Manhattan | 1996 | dialect coach | |
Wild Bill | 1995 | dialect coach | |
The Neverending Story III | 1994 | dialogue coach | |
The Beverly Hillbillies | 1993 | dialect coach | |
The Amy Fisher Story | 1993 | TV Movie dialogue coach | |
Pet Sematary II | 1992 | dialogue coach | |
Cruel Doubt | 1992 | TV Mini-Series dialect coach - 2 episodes | |
Noises Off... | 1992 | dialect coach | |
Mobsters | 1991 | dialect coach | |
The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter | 1990 | dialogue coach | |
Catchfire | 1990 | dialogue coach - as Bob Easton | |
Stella | 1990 | dialect coach | |
Next of Kin | 1989 | dialect coach | |
Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland | 1989 | additional dialogue / dialogue coach | |
Loverboy | 1989 | dialogue coach | |
Red Heat | 1988 | dialogue coach | |
Sledge Hammer! | 1987 | TV Series dialect coach - 1 episode | |
Revolution | 1985 | dialect coach | |
Kane & Abel | 1985 | TV Mini-Series dialogue coach - 1 episode | |
North and South | 1985 | TV Mini-Series dialect coach - 6 episodes | |
Volunteers | 1985 | dialogue coach | |
Flesh+Blood | 1985 | dialect coach | |
Florence Nightingale | 1985 | TV Movie dialect coach | |
The NeverEnding Story | 1984 | dialogue coach | |
Scarface | 1983 | dialogue coach | |
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy | 1981 | TV Movie dialect coach | |
Inchon | 1981 | dialect coach: Laurence Olivier | |
Falling in Love Again | 1980 | dialogue director: 1940's sequence | |
Love and Bullets | 1979 | dialogue coach | |
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel | 1979 | TV Movie dialogue coach | |
Magic | 1978 | accent consultant | |
Crazy Mama | 1975 | dialect coach | |
The Molly Maguires | 1970 | dialogue coach - uncredited | |
Khartoum | 1966 | accent coach - uncredited | |
Feudin' Fools | 1952 | dialect coach | |
Havana Rose | 1951 | dialect coach | |
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