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Richard O'Barry
ActorBorn October 14, 1939 (85 years)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard (Ric) O'Barry (born c. 1939 ) was first recognized in the 1960s for capturing and training the five dolphins that were used in the well-known TV series Flipper. O'Barry made a radical transition from training dolphins in captivity to assertively combating the captivity industry soon after Kathy, one of the Flipper dolphins, died, committing suicide in his arms, according to O'Barry . In 1970 he founded the Dolphin Project, a group that aims to educate the public about captivity and, where feasible, free captive dolphins . He was featured in the Academy Award-winning film, The Cove (2009), which used covert techniques to expose the yearly dolphin drive hunting that goes on in Taiji, Japan.
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Filmography
| 2021 | Seaspiracy · as Self |
| 2019 | Long Gone Wild · as Himself |
| 2015 | Behind 'The Cove' · as Self |
| 2014 | Give Me Shelter · as Himself - Animal Advocate |
| 2014 | The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins · as Self - John C. Lilly's Friend |
| 2011 | planet e. (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | A Fall from Freedom · as Self |
| 2010 | The 82nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | The Project (2009) (TV Series) · as Self - Dolphin Activist |
| 2008 | The Dolphin Dealer · as Self |
| 2004 | George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | The Paul O'Grady Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Le Grand Journal (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Lolita: Slave to Entertainment · as Himself |
| 2001 | Democracy Now! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Larry King Live (TV Series) · as Self |