Bruce Baron (November 15, 1949 – April 13, 2013) was an American actor. Born in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

, he graduated from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

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

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

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

Godfrey Ho Godfrey Ho (Chinese language: 何志强 or 何致强, born 1948) is a former Hong Kong-based prolific film director and screenwriter, sometimes considered the Ed Wood of Hong Kong cinema. Ho is believed to have directed more than one hundred film ...

's "

Ninja A or was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of a ninja included reconnaissance, espionage, infiltration, deception, ambush, bodyguarding and their fighting skills in martial arts, including ninjutsu.Kawakami, pp. 2 ...

" features and

Filipino Filipino may refer to: * Something from or related to the Philippines ** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines. ** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...

low-budget

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include l ...

s for producer K.Y. Lim, such as '' Fireback'', directed by

Teddy Page Teddy Page (akas: Ted Johnson, Irvin Johnson) is a Filipino film director and occasional writer. Page, whose real name is Teddy Chiu, began his career as a young man in the early 1980s, directing low-budget action movies for producer K.Y. Lim's ...

. Baron also appeared as the villain in

Ruggero Deodato Ruggero Deodato (born 7 May 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and sometime actor. His career has spanned a wide-range of genres including peplum, comedy, drama, poliziottesco and science fiction, yet he is perhaps best known f ...

sci-fi Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universe ...

actioner ''

The Atlantis Interceptors ''The Atlantis Interceptors'' ( it, I predatori di Atlantide, lit=Predators of Atlantis; also released as ''Raiders of Atlantis'') is a 1983 Italian science fiction film directed by Ruggero Deodato and starring Christopher Connelly, Gioia Scola, ...

'' (1983), in '' Code Name: Wild Geese'' (1984), directed by

Antonio Margheriti Antonio Margheriti (19 September 1930 – 4 November 2002), also known under the pseudonyms Anthony M. Dawson and Antony Daisies ("daisies" is "margherite" in Italian), was an Italian filmmaker. Margheriti worked in many different genres in th ...

starring

Lee Van Cleef Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef Jr. (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American actor. He appeared in over 170 film and television roles in a career spanning nearly 40 years, but is best known as a star of Italian Spaghetti Westerns, parti ...

Ernest Borgnine Ernest Borgnine (; born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor whose career spanned over six decades. He was noted for his gruff but relaxed voice and gap-toothed Cheshire Cat grin. A popular perfor ...

and Klaus Kinski, and in ''Overdose'' (1987), by French softcore/exploitation director Jean-Marie Pallardy. 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 Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

'' shot in Hong Kong. His last film was Guy Lee Thys' Belgian docudrama "Cruel Horizon" 1989 in which he played the lead role. Bruce Baron died from

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...

in April 2013.

Filmography (selective)

Feature films

* ''

Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind ''Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind'' () is a 1980 Hong Kong crime film directed by Tsui Hark. The initial cut of the film was banned for its violence, generating public interest in the film that caused its edited version to become a box o ...

'' (1980) as Bruce * ''Chak wong ji wong'' (1982) * ''

Dragon Force ''Dragon Force'' is a real-time strategy and tactical role-playing game from Sega created for the Sega Saturn. It was created in Japan and translated for North American release by Working Designs in 1996, a translation that was also used by Sega ...

'' (1982) as Jack Sargeant * ''Fireback'' (1983) as Duffy Colins * ''

'' (1983) as Crystal Skull * ''Mad Dog II '' (1983) as Frank * ''Hunter's Crossing'' (1983) as Al * '' Code Name: Wild Geese'' (1984) as Kowalski * ''Heroes for Hire'' (1984) as McPearson * ''Heated Vengeance'' (1985) as Jacobs

Television

* ''

''
Episode: ''Shattered Dreams'' (1985)

References

External links

* *
Interview with Bruce Baron at Nanarland.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baron, Bruce 1949 births 2013 deaths Male actors from New York City American male film actors Cornell University alumni