Bruce Baron is an American

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 movie actor.

Born in New York

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, he graduated from Cornell University

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 (B.A. 1971). He starred in several Asia

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n movies, playing over a dozen lead roles in Hong Kong and Manila productions, including among others, in Godfrey Ho

Godfrey Ho

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's "Ninja

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" features and Filipino

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 low-budget action films for producer K.Y. Lim, such as Fireback

Fireback

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, directed by Teddy Page

Teddy Page

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.

Baron also appeared as the villain in Ruggero Deodato's sci-fi actioner The Atlantis Interceptors (1983), in Code Name: Wild Geese

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(1984), directed by Antonio Margheriti

Antonio Margheriti

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 starring Lee Van Cleef

Lee Van Cleef

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, Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

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 and Klaus Kinski

Klaus Kinski

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, and in Overdose (1987), by French softcore

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/exploitation director Jean-Marie Pallardy

Jean-Marie Pallardy

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. Including Cantonese films, altogether he played in over 40 movies, as well as appearing in over 100 television commercials filmed in Asia for local, regional and international distribution, including a bit part in an episode of Dallas

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 shot in Hong Kong. His last film was Guy Lee Thys' Belgian docu-drama "Cruel Horizon" 1989 in which he played the lead role.

External links

• Interview with Bruce Baron at Nanarland.com