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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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Born
Saturday, 14 October 1939
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Seaspiracy | Self - Founder of Dolphin Project / Self | 2021 |
Long Gone Wild | Self / Himself | 2019 |
Behind 'The Cove' | Self | 2015 |
Give Me Shelter | Animal Activist / Himself - Animal Advocate | 2014 |
The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins | Self - John C. Lilly's friend | 2014 |
A Fall from Freedom | Self | 2011 |
Blood Dolphins | Self | 2010 |
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards | Self | 2010 |
The Cove | Himself / Self - Earth Island Institute | 2009 |
Contemporary Mysteries: Super Brain Kids and Mysterious Dolphins | Self Segment 2 | 2006 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Seaspiracy | Self - Founder of Dolphin Project / Self | 2021 |
Long Gone Wild | Self / Himself | 2019 |
Behind 'The Cove' | Self | 2015 |
Give Me Shelter | Animal Activist / Himself - Animal Advocate | 2014 |
The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins | Self - John C. Lilly's friend | 2014 |
A Fall from Freedom | Self | 2011 |
Blood Dolphins | Self | 2010 |
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards | Self | 2010 |
The Cove | Himself / Self - Earth Island Institute | 2009 |
Contemporary Mysteries: Super Brain Kids and Mysterious Dolphins | Self Segment 2 | 2006 |
The Hour | Self | 2005 |
Lolita: Slave to Entertainment | Dolphin Activist / himself | 2003 |
Supercarrier | (as Rick O'Barry) | 1988 |
Absence of Malice | Driver | 1981 |
Hardly Working | Chuck | 1980 |
Island Claws | Charley | 1980 |
Mako: The Jaws of Death | 1st Patrolman | 1976 |
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle | Doyle | 1975 |
Lenny | Court Clerk | 1974 |
Fugitive Killer | (as Richard O'Feldman) | 1974 |
Salty | (as Ric O'Feldman) | 1973 |
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon | Joebee | 1970 |
Gentle Giant | Mate | 1967 |
Gentle Ben | Frank | 1967 |
Flipper | Teenage Boy / Sam | 1964 |
Flipper's New Adventure | Veterinarian | 1964 |