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Phillip Baron | |
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| Born | May 10, 1949 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | actor, voice actor, puppeteer, musician, songwriter, singer, writer, lyricist, composer, author, cantor |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Spouse |
Michelle Rose Baron (nee kulefsky)
(m. 1995) |
| Children | 3 |
Phillip "Phil" Baron (born May 10, 1949) is an American actor, voice actor, puppeteer, composer, lyricist, writer, author, singer and songwriter who voiced Piglet and Rabbit's brother, Robert Rabbit in the Disney Channel live-action/puppet television series Welcome to Pooh Corner. He was also the voice of the title character and additional characters in the popular Teddy Ruxpin toy-line and wrote many of the toy's books and songs. Then voiced Teddy Ruxpin again, as well as his father, Burl Ruxpin, in the 1987 animated television show The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin.[1]
He also created, puppeteered and voiced some characters in The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth in the mid-1990s. Outside of children's media, he had a career in music, as half of the comedy/music duo, Willio and Phillio with Will Ryan, and including a stint as an exec for Rhino Records and a songwriter, including songs written and performed (often with Ryan) for Disney children's titles. He also wrote songs for Sesame Street and was an additional puppeteer on Muppets Tonight.
He has become a cantor and serves in this capacity at Valley Beth Shalom synagogue in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California.[2]
- ^ "The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin". IMDB. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "CANTOR PHIL BARON". Valley Beth Shalom. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved 2006-12-13.