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Warren Burton

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Warren Burton (October 23, 1944 – October 2, 2017) was an American actor. During the late 1970s and throughout the 1990s, he was seen on several daytime soap operas usually in villainous roles. Burton was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and attended Roosevelt High School and the Art Institute of Chicago. 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. 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. 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). 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. 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.

Known For: Acting
Born: Chicago, Illinois, 1944-10-23
Died: 2017-10-02

Film

No.YearTitleRoleVote Average
11973Actor66
21977TV Reporter50
31977Greta Ga-Ga58
4197815
51978First Secret Service Man42
61982Ty Brown0
71992Max54
81993Maj. Gen. Henry Heth69
91996Major Knapp36
101996Michael Powell46
11199660
121997Colpart51
132013Narrator (voice)71
142017Paul Allen Warner43

Television

No.YearTitleRoleVote Average
1196454
21970Eddie Dorrance64
3197970
41979Dr. Glenning67
51984Phillip Hamilton49
6198667
7198760
81988Dennis72
91989Roland80
101994Mitch Henry20
112002Roger79