Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

117

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-11-23

Deathday

2011-12-16 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Also Known As

Robert Easton Burke
Bob Easton

Robert 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.

Known For

7.0%

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Dec 6, 1991

6.6%

Working Girl

Dec 20, 1988

6.3%

Pete's Dragon

Nov 3, 1977

6.2%

Needful Things

Aug 27, 1993

5.4%

Pet Sematary II

Aug 28, 1992

6.3%

The Beverly Hillbillies

Oct 15, 1993

8.0%

The Munsters

Sep 24, 1964

7.9%

Get Smart

Sep 18, 1965

6.3%

Primary Colors

Mar 20, 1998

6.4%

Paint Your Wagon

Oct 15, 1969

7.0%

The Bionic Woman

Jan 14, 1976

6.3%

Gods and Generals

Feb 21, 2003

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Acting

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It's Always Sunday as Stanley Moran

2014

Filmed in Supermarionation as Self

2012

Horrorween as Neighbor

2008

Spiritual Warriors as Roger

2006

Azusa Street: The Movie

2004

Lost as Minister

2003		Red Roses and Petrol as Old geezer
2003		Gods and Generals as John Janney

2000

Just One Night as Drunk Cab Driver

1998

Primary Colors as Dr. Beauregard

1994

Storybook as Hoot (voice)

1993		The Beverly Hillbillies as Mayor Amos Jasper
1993		Needful Things as Lester Pratt

1992		Little Sister as M.C.
1992		Pet Sematary II as Priest

1991

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as Klingon Judge

1988

Working Girl as Armbriester

1987		Long Gone as Cletis Ramey
1987		Harry's Hong Kong as American Tourist

1986

Tai-Pan

1981		Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy as David Finley
1981		The Oklahoma City Dolls as Sheriff Mike Sorenson
1981		Invaders from the Deep as Lieutenant George Lee 'Phones' Sheridan / Corda / WSP Commander (voice)

1980

The Incredible Voyage of Stingray as Lieutenant 'Phones' Sheridan / X-2-Zero / Aquaphibian 1 (voice)

1979		When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? as Customs Man
1979		Charleston as Rev. Allen

1977		The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race
1977		Last of the Mohicans as David Gamut
1977		Pete's Dragon as Store Proprietor

1976		Almos' a Man as Mr. Joe
1976		The Bionic Woman

1975		Timber Tramps
1975		Mr. Sycamore as Fred Staines
1975		The Giant Spider Invasion as Kester

1974

Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Bernard Carmichael

1973		Heavy Traffic
1973		The Lie as Steve Olman

1972		A Very Missing Person as Onofre
1972		Squares as Frank Warren

1971		The Touch of Satan as Mr. Keitel
1971		Alias Smith and Jones

1970

The Andersonville Trial as Court Reporter

1969

Paint Your Wagon as Ezra Atwell

1968		The Mod Squad
1968		The Mod Squad as Gus Weldon
1968		The Doris Day Show as Albert Simpson

1966		One of Our Spies Is Missing as Mr. Bentley - the Texan
1966		Pistols 'n' Petticoats

1965		The Loved One as Dusty Acres
1965		Get Smart as Maestro
1965		Lost in Space as Newsman Lacy
1965		My Mother the Car
1965		Please Don't Eat the Daisies as Jud

1964		Stingray as Lieutenant George Lee Sheridan
1964		The Munsters as Moose Mallory
1964		The Cara Williams Show
1964		The Rogues as Barman

1963		Petticoat Junction as Henry Barton
1963		Petticoat Junction as Hector
1963		Burke's Law as Hapless Magician
1963		Come Fly with Me as Navigator

1962		The War Lover as Handown: Crew of 'The Body'
1962		The Saint as Benson
1962		Combat! as Woody Jones
1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		The Lucy Show as Iffie
1962		The Beverly Hillbillies as Beauregard Short
1962		The Nun and the Sergeant as Orville Nupert

1961

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Sparks

1960

The Andy Griffith Show as Pete Johnson

1959		Johnny Ringo as Billy Counts
1959		Rawhide as Bugler

1958		When Hell Broke Loose as Jonesie
1958		The Larkins as Doctor Brogan
1958		Wanted: Dead or Alive as Jeff

1957		The Real McCoys as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1957		Perry Mason as Ed Allison

1956		The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956		The First Traveling Saleslady as Delivery Boy
1956		Hold Back The Night as Ackerman, a soldier
1956		Somebody Up There Likes Me as Corporal Quinbury (uncredited)
1956		The Kettles in the Ozarks as Lafe
1956		Mobs Incorporated as Joe
1956		The Bold and the Brave as Soldier

1955		Screen Director's Playhouse as Stanley Moran
1955		Navy Log
1955		Gunsmoke as Magnus Goode
1955		Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955		The Millionaire as Florida Cates

1954		Father Knows Best as Carter
1954		The Raid as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
1954		The High and the Mighty as Cargo Clerk (uncredited)
1954		Annie Oakley as Abner Harkey

1953		Combat Squad as Lewis
1953		The Neanderthal Man as Danny, a townsman

1952		Cavalcade of America
1952		Cavalcade of America as George Merchant
1952		Feudin' Fools as Caleb Smith
1952		Adventures of Superman
1952		Fearless Fagan as Guard
1952		O. Henry's Full House as Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
1952		Belles on Their Toes as Franklin Dykes (uncredited)
1952		With a Song in My Heart as Soldier
1952		Dangerous Assignment

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951		The Red Skelton Show as Cpl. Reginald Plotz -- British Army
1951		The Red Skelton Show as Hippie
1951		The Red Badge of Courage as Thompson
1951		Drums in the Deep South as Jerry
1951		The Tall Target as Young Southerner (uncredited)
1951		Comin' Round the Mountain as Luke McCoy
1951		Savage Drums
1951		Cause for Alarm! as Tex

1950

Union Station as Con Victim (uncredited)

1949

Undertow as Fisher

1930

Murder! as Jury Member

Crew

2000

Drowning Mona as Dialect Coach

1997		Good Will Hunting as Dialect Coach
1997		Night Falls on Manhattan as Dialect Coach

1993		The Beverly Hillbillies as Dialect Coach
1993		Hard Target as Dialogue Coach

1989

Next of Kin as Dialect Coach

1985		North and South as Dialect Coach
1985		Flesh + Blood as Dialect Coach
1985		Volunteers as Dialect Coach

1984

The NeverEnding Story as Additional Dialogue

1975

Crazy Mama as Dialect Coach

1952

Feudin' Fools as Dialect Coach

Writing

1984

The NeverEnding Story as Dialogue

1975

The Giant Spider Invasion as Screenplay