Barry Dennen
Acting
Born 1938-02-22
Died 2017-09-26
Chicago, Illinois, USA
60 credits
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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.
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Filmography
Acting
55 credits
Murder, She Wrote
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Batman: The Animated Series
Batman
American Playhouse
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Titanic
Animaniacs
L.A. Law
Newhart
Murphy Brown
DuckTales
The Shining
Tales from the Darkside
Batman Beyond
Amazing Stories
The Real Ghostbusters
Trading Places
Wonder Woman
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
Superman III
Cafe Americain
Jesus Christ Superstar
The Dark Crystal
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
Fiddler on the Roof
Beau Geste
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
Monster Squad
Oppenheimer
Oxbridge Blues
Codename
Q.E.D.
Ragtime
Twin Sitters
Clifford
Brannigan
Shock Treatment
She Woke Up
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Rabbit Test
Madhouse
Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942–1984
Heavenly Sword
Ring of Passion
Demonella
Manhood
Memed My Hawk
Batman Beyond: Tech Wars and Disappearing Inque
Killer Instinct
Not for Publication
The Easter Story
The Secret Cinema
The Juggler of Notre Dame
The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley
Other credits
4 credits
Writing
2 credits
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