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Robert Easton

Acting

Born November 23, 1930 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Died December 16, 2011

Also known as Robert Easton Burke · Bob Easton

Biography

Robert Easton (born Robert Easton Burke; November 23, 1930 – December 16, 2011) was an American radio, film, and television actor whose career spanned more than 60 years. His mastery of English dialect earned him the epithet "The Man of a Thousand Voices". For decades, he was a leading Hollywood dialogue or accent coach.

Filmography50+ titles

Good Will Hunting

1997Dialect Coach

Get Smart

1965as Maestro

The Munsters

1964as Moose Mallory

Combat!

as Woody Jones

Perry Mason

1957as Ed Allison

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

1974as Bernard Carmichael

The Andy Griffith Show

1960as Pete Johnson

North and South

1985Dialect Coach

Johnny Got His Gun

1971as Third Doctor

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

The Saint

1962as Benson

The Red Skelton Show

1951as Hippie

Filmed in Supermarionation

2014as Self

The NeverEnding Story

1984Additional Dialogue, Dialogue

Lost in Space

1965as Newsman Lacy

Rawhide

1959as Bugler

Somebody Up There Likes Me

1956as Corporal Quinbury (uncredited)

The Lucy Show

1962as Iffie

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

1991as Klingon Judge

The Bionic Woman

1976

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Jeff

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962as Beauregard Short

O. Henry's Full House

1952as Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)

Stingray

as Lieutenant George Lee Sheridan (voice)

The Boys from Brazil

1978Dialect Coach

Gunsmoke

1955as Magnus Goode

Father Knows Best

1954as Carter

Working Girl

1988as Armbriester

Flesh+Blood

1985Dialect Coach

Adventures of Superman

1952

Hard Target

1993Dialogue Coach

Union Station

1950as Con Victim (uncredited)

Gods and Generals

2003as John Janney

The Red Badge of Courage

1951as Thompson

Primary Colors

1998as Dr. Beauregard

Night Falls on Manhattan

1996Dialect Coach

The Beverly Hillbillies

1993as Mayor Amos Jasper

Needful Things

1993as Lester Pratt

Pete's Dragon

1977as Store Proprietor

Paint Your Wagon

1969as Ezra Atwell

The Loved One

1965as Dusty Acres

The Doris Day Show

as Albert Simpson

Murder!

1930as Jury Member

Buffalo Bill Jr.

Next of Kin

1989Dialect Coach

The Real McCoys

1957as Cab Driver (uncredited)

The High and the Mighty

1954as Cargo Clerk (uncredited)

Cause for Alarm!

1951as Tex

Petticoat Junction

1963as Hector

Lost

2004as Minister