Richard O'Barry
Actor
Born October 14, 1939 in Miami, Florida, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ric O'Barry, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Oceania: The Human/Dolphin Connection: The Promise of Tomorrow
Self
Seaspiracy
Self
Long Gone Wild
Himself
The Cove
Self
Lolita: Slave to Entertainment
himself
Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi
Self
Dolphins: Minds in the Water
Absence of Malice
Driver
Island Claws
Charley
The Fantastic Seven
Mako: The Jaws of Death
1st Patrolman
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
Doyle
Lenny
Court Clerk
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
Joebee
Gentle Giant
Mate
Flipper's New Adventure
Veterinarian