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, Age of Mythology, Battlezone II: Combat Commander, and Nox, among several others.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1976 Baby Blue Marine Second Serviceman 1977 Chatterbox TV Reporter 1977 The World's Greatest Lover Ludwig 1978 Rabbit Test First Secret Service Man 1978 Jokes My Folks Never Told Me 1992 Poison Ivy Max 1993 Bodies, Rest & Motion Radio Preacher Voice1993 Gettysburg Maj. Gen. Henry Heth 1996 2090 Wilson 1996 Bloodfist VIII: Trained to Kill Michael Powell 1997 Strategic Command Colpart 2011 Green Lantern First Guardian
Television Year Title Role Notes1989 Freddy's Nightmares Dennis Episode: "Photo Finish"1990 Tales from the Crypt Roland Episode: "Television Terror"2014Review King of the Orgy Episode: "Road Rage; Orgy"
Video games Year Title Role Notes1996Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh Paul Allen Warner1997 Betrayal in Antara Finch, Krrrflak, Birge1997 Blade Runner Runciter, Tyrell Guard1997 Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny Baccata 1999 Lands of Lore III Eric LeGre, Finch Boris 1999 Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style Mong Zhu 1999 Battlezone II: Combat Commander Kossieh 2000 Nox Aldwyn, Mine Worker 2, Morgan2001 Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy Samos the Sage2002 Age of Mythology Brokk, Skult2003 Jak II Samos the Sage 2003 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time King Sharaman 2004 Jak 3 Samos the Sage2005 Psychonauts St. Bernard 2005 Jak X: Combat Racing Samos the Sage 2006 Daxter2011 Rango Beans' Daddy2016 Edge of Nowhere Captain Simon Edwards Final role
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