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Barry Dennen (February 22, 1938 – September 26, 2017) was an American actor, singer, and writer. He played Pontius Pilate on the original recording and later in the film of Jesus Christ Superstar.[2]

Barry Dennen
Dennen at a performance of Jesus Christ Superstar of May 6, 2017
Born	(1938-02-22)February 22, 1938[1] Chicago, Illinois, U.S.[1]
Died	September 26, 2017(2017-09-26) (aged 79)[1] Burbank, California, U.S.[1]
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Occupation	Actor singer writer
Years active	1966–2016

Life and career

Dennen was born in Chicago, Illinois in February 22, 1938. His brother is Lyle Dennen.[1]

In New York City from 1960 to 1961, he had a relationship with Barbra Streisand. They lived together for a year, during which time he helped her develop the nightclub act that began her successful career as a singer and actress.[3]

He moved to London for 15 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 version of Jesus Christ Superstar. Jewison did so, and Dennen played Pilate again (1973).

Dennen also played a variety of small parts on American television shows including: Batman, Wonder Woman, Galtar and the Golden Lance, Tales from the Darkside and Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, and films, such as Madhouse (1974), Brannigan (1975), The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), The Shining (1980), Ragtime (1981), Trading Places (1983), Superman III (1983), Twin Sitters (1994) and Titanic (1997). He also played auto dealer Irwin Lapsey in Shock Treatment (1981). In 1982, Dennen played the role of Buddy in the TV adaptation of Beau Geste.

Dennen also ventured into voice acting. He portrayed the Chamberlain SkekSil in The Dark Crystal (1982) as well as Tulku in The Shadow (1994). He also did voice work on cartoons such as DuckTales, Batman: The Animated Series, The Pirates of Dark Water, Animaniacs, Avatar: The Last Airbender and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He also did voices for many video games, including Fatman in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Master Li in Jade Empire, Police Chief Bogen in Grim Fandango, Mimir in the video game Too Human, Dean Domino in Fallout: New Vegas expansion "Dead Money", The Dark One in The Mark of Kri, the Kangxi Emperor in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties, Benedict Burgess Batteric III in Infinity Blade III, Chaos Knight, Phantom Lancer, and Rubick in Dota 2, and the venerable Odo and meister Glimmerheim in Dungeon Siege III.

In 1984, Dennen wrote the lyrics for the children's musical revue Wanna Play?!, which was produced in Kansas City and later produced on television twice. The show, written with writer Linda Bergman and composer Jeff Rizzo, is licensed by Samuel French. 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 gay.[4]

In June 2017, Dennen suffered a fall in his home in Burbank, California and required hospital care. He never fully recovered and died on September 26.[1][5]

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	The Juggler of Notre Dame	The Juggler
1971	Fiddler on the Roof	Mendel
1973	Jesus Christ Superstar	Pontius Pilate
1974	Madhouse	Gerry Blount
1975	Brannigan	Julian
1977	The Kentucky Fried Movie	Claude LaMont	Segment "High Adventure"
1978	Rabbit Test	Mad Bomber
1980	The Shining	Bill Watson
1981	Shock Treatment	Irwin Lapsey
1981	Ragtime	Stage Manager
1982	The Dark Crystal	Chamberlain / Podling	Voice[6]
1983	Trading Places	Demitri
1983	Superman III	Dr. McClean
1984	Memed, My Hawk	Hikmet
1984	Not for Publication	Señor Wopperico
1991	Liquid Dreams	The Major
1994	Clifford	Terry the Pterodactyl
1994	The Shadow	Tulku	voice, uncredited
1994	Twin Sitters	Thomas
1997	Titanic	Praying Man
2003	Manhood	Singing Groom
2014	Heavenly Sword	Flying Fox / Prophet Takashi	voice[6]
2015	Justice League: Throne of Atlantis	Defense Advisor	voice, direct-to-video[6]
2015	Superstars: The Documentary	Himself/Pontius Pilate
2016	Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival	Heaven's Denizen	uncredited

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1968	Batman	Fred	2 Episodes
1976	Monster Squad	Mr. Mephisto	Ep. "Mr. Mephisto"
1977	The New Adventures of Wonder Woman	Hitler	Ep. "Anschluss '77"
1987	Tales from the Darkside	Aldo the Puppeteer	Ep. "No Strings"
1992	Batman: The Animated Series	Shadow Agent (voice)	Ep. "Off Balance"	[6]
1993	Animaniacs	Czar (voice)	Ep. "Pavlov's Mice"
1999	Batman Beyond	Captain (voice)	Ep. "Disappearing Inque"	[6]
2006	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Gepetto, Blubbery Joe, Salesperson (voice)	2 Episodes
2006	Avatar: The Last Airbender	General Sung, Additional Voices	2 Episodes	[6]
2010	The Dalton's	Jack Dalton, Peabody (voice)	Ep. "Cowed"	[6]
2012	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	King Ramsis Dendup, Citizen, Rebel (voice)	3 Episodes
2013	Mad	Shifu, Gatored Community Announcer	Ep. "POblivion/Umbrellamentary"
2013	Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload	Mandarin (voice)		[6]

Video games
Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1995	Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom	Melek
1998	Grim Fandango	Chief Bogen, 1st Thunder Boy, Blue Casket's Waiter		[6]
1999	Star Trek: Hidden Evil	Adm. Ratok
2001	Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	Fatman	English Dub	[6]
2001	Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura	King Loghaire Thunderstone
2002	Star Trek: Bridge Commander	Gul Oden, Captain Terrik
2002	The Mark of Kri	The Dark One		[6]
2003	Lionheart: Legacy Of The Crusader	Goblin King
2003	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Vizier		[6]
2005	Jade Empire	Master Li
2005	Fantastic Four	Mole Man
2007	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Crime Scene Tech, George Bennett, Frederick Grant, others
2007	Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth	additional voices
2008	Too Human	Mimir
2009	Dragon Age: Origins	Uldred, Rogek, Senior Enchanter Torrin
2010	Fallout: New Vegas	Dean Domino	Dead Money DLC	[6]
2011	White Knight Chronicles II	Lorias		[6]
2011	Dungeon Siege III	The Venerable Odo, Mayor Moritz Grimmelhaus, additional voices
2012	Darksiders II	The Chancellor, Eternal Throne Guard 2, Human Soul 2		[6]
2013	Dota 2	Chaos Knight, Phantom Lancer, Rubick		[6][7]
2013	Infinity Blade III	Benedict Burgess Batteric III
2014	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	Poltae Headman	English dub
2014	Diablo III: Reaper of Souls	additional voices		[6]
2015	Final Fantasy Type-0 HD	Commandant	English dub	[6]
2016	World of Warcraft: Legion	Valewalker Farodin

References

External links

• Barry Dennen at IMDb
• Barry Dennen at the Internet Broadway Database
• Barry Dennen at Find a Grave

На других языках

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[de] Barry Dennen

Barry Dennen (* 22. Februar 1938 in Chicago, Illinois; † 26. September 2017 in Burbank, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Film- und Theaterschauspieler.

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- [en] Barry Dennen

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[ru] Деннен, Барри

Ба́рри Де́ннен (англ. Barry Dennen, 22 февраля 1938 (1938-02-22) — 26 сентября 2017[3][4]) — американский певец и актёр, известный, в частности, исполнением партии Понтия Пилата в рок-опере Ллойда-Уэббера и Тима Райса «Иисус Христос — суперзвезда» и той же роли — в одноимённом фильме Нормана Джуисона 1973 года.

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