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| 1 | He was cremated. |
| 2 | He is survived by his daughter, Heather Woodruff Perry; and granddaughter. |
| 3 | His parents divorced when he was about 7 years old. He moved with his mother to San Antonio, Texas where he was first aware of regional dialect. He had a childhood stutter problem. |
| 4 | After his marriage to June Grimstead, an English woman, he lived several years in England and studied phonetics at University College in London, England. |
| 5 | Began his young career on radio as a teenager in 1945 when he was heard on "Quiz Kids". |
| 6 | Coached actor Forest Whitaker to an Oscar and Golden Globe with his Ugandan dialect as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland (2006). |
| 7 | Cast as "Sparks " in the film of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961), only 3 years later he had a regular spot on a submarine as the voice of "Phones" in the UK Children's TV series Stingray (1964). |
| 8 | Is known as the "Henry Higgins of Hollywood". Is a master of dialects, and frequently coaches other actors. |
| 9 | He appeared in the original The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) TV series, as well as the movie version (The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)). |
| 10 | Was a "Quiz Kid", a renowned group of high-IQ children in the 1930s and 1940s. |
| 11 | While a student at the University of Texas in the Spring of 1949, he was inititated into Phi Eta Sigma, a national honorary scholastic fraternity for men. |
| 12 | Lived for a time in San Antonio, Texas. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Hollywood Opening Night | 1953 | TV Series | |
| Meet Millie | 1952 | TV Series | Red |
| Feudin' Fools | 1952 | | Caleb Smith |
| Fearless Fagan | 1952 | | Corpora - Fagan's Guard (uncredited) |
| O. Henry's Full House | 1952 | | Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited) |
| Dreamboat | 1952 | | Man in TV Hair Commercial (uncredited) |
| Belles on Their Toes | 1952 | | Franklin Dykes (uncredited) |
| With a Song in My Heart | 1952 | | Kansas GI (uncredited) |
| Dangerous Assignment | 1952 | TV Series | Tennessee |
| The Jack Benny Program | 1951 | TV Series | Lem |
| Havana Rose | 1951 | | Hotel Clerk (as Bob Easton) |
| Drums in the Deep South | 1951 | | Jerry |
| The Tall Target | 1951 | | Young Southerner (uncredited) |
| Comin' Round the Mountain | 1951 | | Luke McCoy (as Bob Easton) |
| Savage Drums | 1951 | | Tex Channing (as Bob Easton) |
| Cause for Alarm! | 1951 | | Tex (uncredited) |
| The Red Badge of Courage | 1951 | | Thompson (as Robert Easton Burke) |
| Call Me Mister | 1951 | | Tennessee (uncredited) |
| Union Station | 1950 | | Con Victim (uncredited) |
| Undertow | 1949 | | Fisher - Parking Lot Valet (uncredited) |
| The Ones | | post-production | Don's Guru |
| Horrorween | 2011 | | Neighbor |
| Resistance: Retribution | 2009 | Video Game | British Commandos (voice) |
| The Grift | 2008 | | Henry Addams |
| Spiritual Warriors | 2007 | | Roger |
| Azusa Street: The Movie | 2006 | Video | Narrator |
| Daniel: The Movie | 2006 | Video | Gabriel |
| Lost | 2004/I | | Minister |
| Red Roses and Petrol | 2003 | | Old Geezer |
| Gods and Generals | 2003 | | John Janney |
| Just One Night | 2000 | | Drunk Cab Driver |
| Titanic Explorer | 1998 | Video Game | Archibald Gracie Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon Charles Joughin ... (voice) |
| Primary Colors | 1998 | | Dr. Beauregard |
| Merchants of Venus | 1998 | | Oleg |
| Storybook | 1996 | | Hoot (voice) |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | 1993 | | Mayor Amos Jasper |
| Needful Things | 1993 | | Lester Pratt |
| Little Sister | 1992 | | M.C. |
| Pet Sematary II | 1992 | | Priest |
| Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | 1991 | | Klingon Judge |
| Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland | 1989 | | Hecht |
| Working Girl | 1988 | | Armbrister |
| Long Gone | 1987 | TV Movie | Cletis Ramey |
| Harry's Hong Kong | 1987 | TV Movie | American Tourist |
| Tai-Pan | 1986 | | |
| Invitation to the Wedding | 1983 | | American Husband |
| The American Adventure | 1982 | | Thomas Jefferson (voice) |
| Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy | 1981 | TV Movie | David Finley |
| The Oklahoma City Dolls | 1981 | TV Movie | Sheriff Mike Sorenson |
| When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? | 1979 | | Customs Man |
| Charleston | 1979 | TV Movie | Reverend Allen |
| Centennial | 1978 | TV Mini-Series | Major Sibley |
| The Bionic Woman | 1978 | TV Series | Colonel |
| Incredible Rocky Mountain Race | 1977 | TV Movie | |
| Last of the Mohicans | 1977 | TV Movie | David Gamut |
| Pete's Dragon | 1977 | | Store Proprietor |
| Fernwood Tonight | 1977 | TV Series | Nelson Phipps |
| Almos' a Man | 1976 | TV Short | Shopkeeper |
| Timber Tramps | 1975 | | |
| Mr. Sycamore | 1975 | | Fred Staines |
| The Ghost Busters | 1975 | TV Series | Sparks |
| The Giant Spider Invasion | 1975 | | Kester |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker | 1975 | TV Series | Bernard Carmichael |
| Alias Big Cherry | 1975 | | |
| Heavy Traffic | 1973 | | |
| Jarrett | 1973 | TV Movie | Toby |
| Lassie | 1973 | TV Series | Harley |
| A Very Missing Person | 1972 | TV Movie | Onofre |
| Squares | 1972 | | Frank Warren |
| Alias Smith and Jones | 1971 | TV Series | Hank |
| The Touch of Satan | 1971 | | Mr. Keitel |
| Johnny Got His Gun | 1971 | | Third Doctor |
| Mod Squad | 1969-1971 | TV Series | Gus Weldon / Wrangler |
| The Andersonville Trial | 1970 | TV Movie | Court Reporter |
| Paint Your Wagon | 1969 | | Atwell |
| The Red Skelton Hour | 1952-1969 | TV Series | Cowboy Minstrel / Hippie / Irwin |
| The Doris Day Show | 1968 | TV Series | Albert Simpson |
| Get Smart | 1968 | TV Series | Maestro |
| Judd for the Defense | 1968 | TV Series | Fred Sherwood |
| The Lucy Show | 1967 | TV Series | Iffie |
| Combat! | 1967 | TV Series | Woody Jones |
| Pistols 'n' Petticoats | 1966 | TV Series | Will Dill |
| Please Don't Eat the Daisies | 1966 | TV Series | Harold Hewley / Jud |
| One of Our Spies Is Missing | 1966 | | Mr. Bentley - the Texan |
| My Mother the Car | 1966 | TV Series | Fink |
| Run for Your Life | 1966 | TV Series | Desk Clerk |
| Lost in Space | 1965 | TV Series | Newsman Lacy |
| Perry Mason | 1965 | TV Series | Ed Allison |
| O.K. Crackerby! | 1965 | TV Series | Airport Desk Clerk |
| The Loved One | 1965 | | Dusty Acres |
| Petticoat Junction | 1964-1965 | TV Series | Hector / Henry Barton |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | 1965 | TV Series | Beauregard Short |
| The Rogues | 1965 | TV Series | Barman |
| The Munsters | 1965 | TV Series | Moose Mallory |
| Death Valley Days | 1964 | TV Series | Moore |
| Burke's Law | 1964 | TV Series | Hapless Magician |
| The Cara Williams Show | 1964 | TV Series | Carl |
| Come Fly with Me | 1963 | | Navigator |
| The War Lover | 1962 | | Handown: Crew of 'The Body' |
| The Saint | 1962 | TV Series | Benson |
| The Nun and the Sergeant | 1962 | | Orville Nupert |
| The Real McCoys | 1961 | TV Series | Cab Driver |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | 1961 | | Sparks |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | 1961 | TV Series | Jeff |
| Harrigan and Son | 1960 | TV Series | Clem |
| The Andy Griffith Show | 1960 | TV Series | Pete Johnson |
| Rawhide | 1960 | TV Series | Bugler |
| Johnny Ringo | 1960 | TV Series | Billy Counts |
| The Millionaire | 1960 | TV Series | Florida Cates |
| Riverboat | 1959 | TV Series | Cpl. John Chase |
| How to Marry a Millionaire | 1959 | TV Series | Robert E Harper |
| Playhouse 90 | 1959 | TV Series | |
| Wagon Train | 1959 | TV Series | Slim |
| When Hell Broke Loose | 1958 | | Jonesie |
| The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Swapper Sam Scott / Scott |
| December Bride | 1958 | TV Series | |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | 1958 | TV Series | Otie Jimson |
| The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Brian McAfee |
| Circus Boy | 1957 | TV Series | Lem Clemens |
| Navy Log | 1955-1957 | TV Series | Ensign Lee / Hi-Boats |
| Telephone Time | 1956 | TV Series | Pvt. Grover Mackey |
| The Ford Television Theatre | 1956 | TV Series | Cowboy |
| Annie Oakley | 1956 | TV Series | Abner Harkey / 'Smiley' Douglas |
| Hold Back the Night | 1956 | | Ackerman (as Bob Easton) |
| Somebody Up There Likes Me | 1956 | | Cpl. Quinbury (uncredited) |
| The Bold and the Brave | 1956 | | Tall Blonde G.I. (uncredited) |
| The Kettles in the Ozarks | 1956 | | Lafe (uncredited) |
| TV Reader's Digest | 1956 | TV Series | Horton |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | 1956 | TV Series | Stanley Moran |
| The Bob Cummings Show | 1955 | TV Series | Warren the Bird Watcher |
| Father Knows Best | 1955 | TV Series | Carter Mawson |
| Gunsmoke | 1955 | TV Series | Magnus Goode |
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1955 | TV Series | |
| My Little Margie | 1953-1955 | TV Series | Luke Tolliver |
| Buffalo Bill, Jr. | 1955 | TV Series | Telegrapher Danny Crockett |
| Deep in My Heart | 1954 | | Cumberly (uncredited) |
| The Raid | 1954 | | Rebel Soldier (uncredited) |
| The High and the Mighty | 1954 | | Cargo Clerk (uncredited) |
| Cavalcade of America | 1953-1954 | TV Series | George Merchant |
| Fireside Theatre | 1954 | TV Series | |
| McCoy of Abilene | 1953 | TV Movie | |
| Combat Squad | 1953 | | Lewis |
| Racket Squad | 1951-1953 | TV Series | Tex / Joe - Desk Clerk |
| Take Me to Town | 1953 | | Train Vendor (uncredited) |
| The Neanderthal Man | 1953 | | Danny - Townsman |
| The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms | 1953 | | Deckhand (uncredited) |
| Adventures of Superman | 1953 | TV Series | Marvin |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| The Au Pairs | 2010 | Short technical advisor | |
| Days of Our Lives | 2008 | TV Series dialect coach - 1 episode | |
| The Last King of Scotland | 2006 | dialogue coach: Mr. Whitaker - as Bob Easton | |
| Transit | 2005 | TV Movie accent coach | |
| A Little Trip to Heaven | 2005 | additional voice coaching | |
| Volare | 2004/II | Short dialect coach | |
| Face of Terror | 2004 | dialogue coach | |
| Shade | 2003 | dialect coach | |
| The Night We Called It a Day | 2003 | dialect coach: Mr. Hopper | |
| The Lizzie McGuire Movie | 2003 | dialect coach | |
| Snapshots | 2002/I | dialogue coach: Julie Christie | |
| Drowning Mona | 2000 | dialect coach | |
| Homegrown | 1998 | dialect coach: Mr. Azaria | |
| Good Will Hunting | 1997 | dialect coach | |
| The Maker | 1997 | dialect/dialogue coach | |
| The Empty Mirror | 1996 | dialogue coach | |
| Night Falls on Manhattan | 1996 | dialect coach | |
| Wild Bill | 1995 | dialect coach | |
| The Neverending Story III | 1994 | dialogue coach | |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | 1993 | dialect coach | |
| The Amy Fisher Story | 1993 | TV Movie dialogue coach | |
| Pet Sematary II | 1992 | dialogue coach | |
| Cruel Doubt | 1992 | TV Mini-Series dialect coach - 2 episodes | |
| Noises Off... | 1992 | dialect coach | |
| Mobsters | 1991 | dialect coach | |
| The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter | 1990 | dialogue coach | |
| Catchfire | 1990 | dialogue coach - as Bob Easton | |
| Stella | 1990 | dialect coach | |
| Next of Kin | 1989 | dialect coach | |
| Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland | 1989 | additional dialogue / dialogue coach | |
| Loverboy | 1989 | dialogue coach | |
| Red Heat | 1988 | dialogue coach | |
| Sledge Hammer! | 1987 | TV Series dialect coach - 1 episode | |
| Revolution | 1985 | dialect coach | |
| Kane & Abel | 1985 | TV Mini-Series dialogue coach - 1 episode | |
| North and South | 1985 | TV Mini-Series dialect coach - 6 episodes | |
| Volunteers | 1985 | dialogue coach | |
| Flesh+Blood | 1985 | dialect coach | |
| Florence Nightingale | 1985 | TV Movie dialect coach | |
| The NeverEnding Story | 1984 | dialogue coach | |
| Scarface | 1983 | dialogue coach | |
| Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy | 1981 | TV Movie dialect coach | |
| Inchon | 1981 | dialect coach: Laurence Olivier | |
| Falling in Love Again | 1980 | dialogue director: 1940's sequence | |
| Love and Bullets | 1979 | dialogue coach | |
| The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel | 1979 | TV Movie dialogue coach | |
| Magic | 1978 | accent consultant | |
| Crazy Mama | 1975 | dialect coach | |
| The Molly Maguires | 1970 | dialogue coach - uncredited | |
| Khartoum | 1966 | accent coach - uncredited | |
| Feudin' Fools | 1952 | dialect coach | |
| Havana Rose | 1951 | dialect coach | |
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