Barret Oliver

Barret Oliver (* 24. August 1973 in Los Angeles , California ; actually Barrett Spencer Oliver ) is an American film actor and photographer .

Life

Oliver had his best-known role in The Neverending Story (1984), where he played the main character "Bastian Balthasar Bux". Also worth mentioning are the science fiction films DARYL - the Extraordinary (1985), Cocoon (1985) and Cocoon II - The Return (1988).

The grown-up Oliver could not build on the successes as a child star . Managed by his mother, Kathy, he appeared in the television series Knight Rider and Unknown Dimensions (The Twilight Zone) , and in 1989 he was in front of the camera for the last time in the comedy Luxus, Sex und Lotterleben .

He then appeared in commercials - including for McDonald’s and Visa Card .

Barret Oliver studied photography with Cole Weston and George Tice , among others, and taught in Los Angeles himself from February 2004. His work is the subject of numerous exhibitions in museums.

He was involved as a still photographer in the feature film Cold Mountain .

Filmography

• 1981: The Incredible Hulk (The Incredible Hulk) , TV series
• 1982: The Circle Family (TV short film)
• 1982: Knight Rider (TV series)
• 1982: Jekyll and Hyde - The Sharpest Transformation Ever (Jekyll and Hyde ... Together Again)
• 1982: From the afterlife with love (Kiss Me Goodbye)
• 1983: A Heavenly Pleasure / Beloved Toni (Love, Sidney) , TV series
• 1983: The Daring Seven (Uncommon Valor)
• 1984: Lottery (Lottery!) , TV series
• 1984: The Neverending Story
• 1984: Exit - Invitation to Hell , TV film
• 1984: An Angel on Earth (To touch the moon) , TV series
• 1984: Maxwell Agency (Finder of Lost Loves) , TV series
• 1984: Frankenweenie (short film)
• 1985: DARYL - the extraordinary
• 1985: Cocoon
• 1986: Unknown Dimensions (The Twilight Zone) , television series
• 1986: A great dog (Marks the X spot) , TV movie
• 1987: The Secret Garden (The Secret Garden) , TV Movie
• 1987: Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales and Legends (TV series)
• 1988: Inspector Hooperman (Hooperman) , television series
• 1988: Cocoon II (Cocoon: The Return)
• 1989: Luxury, Sex and Lotter Life (Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills)

Web links

• Barret Oliver in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• http://barretoliverarchive.blogspot.com/