
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
October 23, 1944
Died
October 2, 2017 (age 72)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Warren Burton
Biography
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

TV
Knots Landing
Dr. Glenning
1979

TV
Monk
Roger
2002

TV
All My Children
Eddie Dorrance
1970

TV
The Facts of Life
1979

TV
Tales from the Crypt
Roland
1989

TV
Jake and the Fatman
1987

TV
Designing Women
1986

TV
Freddy's Nightmares
Dennis
1988

TV
Another World
1964

TV
Santa Barbara
Phillip Hamilton
1984

Film
Poison Ivy
Max
1992

Film
Gettysburg
Maj. Gen. Henry Heth
1993

Film
The Girl Most Likely To...
Actor
1973

Film
Chatterbox!
TV Reporter
1977

TV
Valley of the Dolls
Mitch Henry
1994

Film
Strategic Command
Colpart
1997

Film
Humanoids from the Deep
Major Knapp
1996

Film
Rabbit Test
First Secret Service Man
1978

Film
Lily for President?
Ty Brown
1982

Film
The World's Greatest Lover
Greta Ga-Ga
1977
Filmography
2017FilmPhantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Fleshas Paul Allen Warner2013FilmTome of the Unknownas Narrator (voice)2002TVMonkas Roger1997FilmStrategic Commandas Colpart1996Film20901996FilmBloodfist VIII: Trained to Killas Michael Powell1996FilmHumanoids from the Deepas Major Knapp1994TVValley of the Dollsas Mitch Henry1993FilmGettysburgas Maj. Gen. Henry Heth1992FilmPoison Ivyas Max1989TVTales from the Cryptas Roland1988TVFreddy's Nightmaresas Dennis1987TVJake and the Fatman1986TVDesigning Women1984TVSanta Barbaraas Phillip Hamilton1982FilmLily for President?as Ty Brown1979TVKnots Landingas Dr. Glenning1979TVThe Facts of Life1978FilmRabbit Testas First Secret Service Man1978FilmJokes My Folks Never Told Me1977FilmThe World's Greatest Loveras Greta Ga-Ga1977FilmChatterbox!as TV Reporter1973FilmThe Girl Most Likely To...as Actor1970TVAll My Childrenas Eddie Dorrance1964TVAnother World