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

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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

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and Off-Broadway theatre productions such as ''

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'' and '' Hair''. He played the role of Eddie Dorrance #3 on '' All My Children'' from 1978 to 1979 and won a

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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 ''

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'' (1995). He appeared in the made-for-TV movie '' The Girl Most Likely to...'' in 1973. Burton portrayed Confederate general

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in the 1993 film '' Gettysburg''. Since the late 1990s, Burton was a

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for numerous video games, including the ''

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'' series, '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'', ''

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'', '' Battlezone II: Combat Commander'', and ''

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'', among several others.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

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Warren Burton
at Find a Grave {{DEFAULTSORT:Burton, Warren 1944 births 2017 deaths Place of death missing American male stage actors American male film actors American male voice actors American male video game actors American male television actors American male soap opera actors Daytime Emmy Award winners Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winners Male actors from Chicago