Rick Barter

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Rick Barter

 Actor  Presenter  Musician

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  • Playing Age: from 45 to 65
    Location: London
    Gender: Male

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About Me

55-year-old experienced character actor. Trained. Originally from NYC (UK citizen). Natural speaking voice: generic North American(can do a variety of other accents) 5\'11\", bald, on the heavy side. False front tooth -- happy to remove! Readily available, East London & Hampshire-based. Happy to travel. Keen to work.


Acting


Experience

 -  Film (Student)
 -  Musicals
 -  Radio
 -  Teaching
 -  Theatre (Fringe)
 -  TV


Employment History & Experience

Recent: Titchfield Festival Theatre (Hampshire)"Scorched" (4 characters: 1 American, 1 French, 2 Arabs), "Round & Round the Garden" (Reg), "WoYzEcK" (The Doctor, German accent), "Tunnel of Love," (Baldini, Italian accent). Past: Various stage roles (NYC & Boston, 1980s), "Parlons Francais" (in French with a Texas accent! Theatre Luceraire-Forum, Paris, 1982)


Presenting


Experience

 -  Promotions
 -  Radio
 -  Voiceover


Employment History & Experience

Various. Presented workshops on Multiculturalism (1980-90s). Voiceover work for the Canary Islands Tourist Board during Atlanta Olympics. Frequent guest on ExpressFM (Portsmouth) 2001-current. Various after-dinner & public-speaking gigs in Hampshire (Womens Institute, community groups, etc) in recent years


Music


Employment History & Experience

Limited to musicals (university). Tenor/Baritone.


Physical Details

Ethnicity:
White/ Caucasian
Skin Colour:
white
Height:
5 ft 11 in
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Build:
Stocky
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Eye Colour:
Blue
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Hair Length:
Bald/ Crew Cut
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Languages Spoken


 -  English
 -  French
 -  German

Experience & Qualifications


General Experience

Trained at Tufts University (Boston) and in Paris with Jean-Jacques Dulon. 20+ career as teacher/librarian/storyteller. Now own a bookshop. LOTS of (useless?)letters after my name. Returned to theatre 5 years ago. In addition to acting, was nominated as "Best Director" 2014 by the (Southampton) Daily Echo for my adaptation/direction of an up-dated version of "The Trojan Women." Most recently directed John Guare's "The House of Blue Leaves" (both Titchfield Festival Theatre)



Qualifications & Training

BA, cum laude, Drama & French Literature (Tufts University), Diplome in Etudes Cinematographiques (Sorbonne, Paris), MLib Library & Information Services (University of Wales).


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