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: ''For the [[Colonial Warrior]] who shares a similar name, see: [[Barton]].''
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'''Dan Barton''' is an actor of film and television, in addition to voice work, who portrayed a crewman on the shuttle ''[[Canaris]]'' in "[[The Man With Nine Lives]]", a role he did not have to audition for.<ref name="GALACTICA.TV">{{cite_web|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-1978---interviews/dan-barton-galactica.tv-interview.html|title=Dan Barton GALACTICA.TV Interview|date=5 May 2007|accessdate=22 July 2007|last=Egnor|first=Mike|format=|language=}}</ref>

During [[w:World War II|World War II]], he was an editor of a humor magazine in [[w:Paris|Paris]] during his time in the United States Army.

He began his career in [[w:Chicago|Chicago]] on the radio by accident. At the time, Barton began in a radio program called ''Skippy'' playing Somerset Morgan, and worked alongside [[w:Mel Tormé|Mel Tormé]], Dom Machee and [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871876/ Les Tremayne].<ref name="GALACTICA.TV"/>

He would later appear in various television series from the early 1950s to the late 1970s, including ''[[w:Playhouse 90|Playhouse 90]]'' in the episode "The Edge of Innocence" opposite [[Lorne Greene]] (Commander [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]]).

In 1949 he married actress Anne Barton (best known for her role in ''[[w:Leave it to Beaver|Leave it to Beaver]]'' as [[w:Eddie Haskell|Eddie Haskell]]'s mother), with whom they had a daughter, actress Susan Berman ''neé'' Barton, and a son, Steven.<ref name="imdb bio">{{cite_web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0059114/bio|title=Dan Barton biography at the Internet Movie Database|date=|accessdate=22 July 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> They were married until her death on November 27, 2000 from cancer.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0059091/bio|title=Anne Barton biography at the Internet Movie Database|date=|accessdate=22 July 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

He remarried on May 1, 2005, his best man being [[w:John Forsythe|John Forsythe]], the actor who is best known as the voice of "Charlie" in ''[[w:Charlie's Angels (TV series)|Charlie's Angels]]''.<ref name="GALACTICA.TV"/>

For the past 20 years, he has been doing voiceover and narration work in documentaries and commercials. He worked for 12 years doing commercials for [[w:Northup Aircraft|Northup Aircraft]], and has done commercials for [[w:Nike|Nike]]. <ref name="GALACTICA.TV"/>

Additionally, in a twist even Barton himself finds ironic, he worked on television and radio campaign advertisements for Republicans, including [[w:Arnold Schwartzenegger|Arnold Schwartzenegger]] and [[w:Elizabeth Dole|Elizabeth Dole]]; Barton is a Democrat.<ref name="GALACTICA.TV"/>

On December 13, 2009, Dan Barton died of heart failure and kidney disease, this coming after the actor had been ill for several months. He was 88.

== External Links ==

* [http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-1978-interviews/dan-barton-galactica.tv-interview.html Dan Barton interview] from 2007 at [http://www.galactica.tv GALACTICA.TV]

== References ==

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Dan Barton - Revision history

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