# Phil Baron
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{{short description|American actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Phillip Baron
| image =
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Phil Baron
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|05|10}}
| birth_place = [Cleveland](/source/Cleveland), Ohio, U.S.
| education =
| occupation = Actor, voice actor, puppeteer, musician, songwriter, singer, writer, lyricist, composer, author, cantor
| years_active = 1978–present
}}
'''Phillip Baron''' (born May 10, 1949) is an American actor, voice actor, [puppeteer](/source/puppeteer), composer, lyricist, writer, author, singer and songwriter who voiced [Piglet](/source/Piglet_(Winnie-the-Pooh)) and [Rabbit](/source/Rabbit_(Winnie-the-Pooh))'s brother, Robert Rabbit in the [Disney Channel](/source/Disney_Channel) live-action/[puppet](/source/puppet) television series ''[Welcome to Pooh Corner](/source/Welcome_to_Pooh_Corner)''. He was also the voice of the title character and additional characters in the popular [Teddy Ruxpin](/source/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](/source/The_Adventures_of_Teddy_Ruxpin)''.[{{cite web | last =| first =| author-link =| title=The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin| publisher =IMDB| date =| url =https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122811| accessdate =2024-01-17}}]
He also created, puppeteered and voiced some characters in ''[The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth](/source/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](/source/Will_Ryan), and including a stint as an exec for [Rhino Records](/source/Rhino_Entertainment) and a songwriter, including songs written and performed (often with Ryan) for [Disney](/source/Disney) children's titles. He also wrote songs for ''[Sesame Street](/source/Sesame_Street)'' and was an additional puppeteer on ''[Muppets Tonight](/source/Muppets_Tonight)''.
He has become a [cantor](/source/hazzan) and serves in this capacity at [Valley Beth Shalom](/source/Valley_Beth_Shalom) synagogue in the [San Fernando Valley](/source/San_Fernando_Valley) in Los Angeles, California.[{{cite web | last =| first =| author-link =| title=CANTOR PHIL BARON| publisher =Valley Beth Shalom| date =| url =http://www.vbs.org/page.cfm?p=386| accessdate =2006-12-13|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029230409/http://www.vbs.org/page.cfm?p=386|archivedate=October 29, 2013 }}]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1982
|''[Magic Journeys](/source/Magic_Journeys)''
|Magician
|Short Film, [Epcot](/source/Epcot), [Magic Kingdom](/source/Magic_Kingdom)
|-
|1985
|''Good Citizenship with Winnie the Pooh''
|Piglet
|-
|1986
|''Pooh's Great School Bus Adventure''
|Piglet
|Short Film
|-
|1987
|''The World of Teddy Ruxpin: Come Dream with Me Tonight''
|Teddy Ruxpin (voice)
|Direct-to-video
|-
|1987
|''[Walk Like a Man](/source/Walk_Like_a_Man_(1987_film))''
|Teddy Ruxpin (uncredited)
|-
|2015
|''Bride of Finklestein''
|Dr. Finklestein
|Short Film
|-
|2015
|''The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster''
|Dr. Finklestein
|-
|2015
|''Woman in Gold''
|Rabbi
|-
|2019
|''The Legend of Joan of Arc''
|Old Louis
|
|}
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1983
|''[Fantasy Island](/source/Fantasy_Island)''
|M.C.
|Episode: "The Songwriter/Queen of the Soaps"
|-
|1983–1986
|''[Welcome to Pooh Corner](/source/Welcome_to_Pooh_Corner)''
|Piglet, Robert Rabbit
|
|-
|1985
|''[Too Smart for Strangers](/source/Too_Smart_for_Strangers)''
|Piglet
|TV movie
|-
|1985–1986
|''[Dumbo's Circus](/source/Dumbo's_Circus)''
|Additional voices
|
|-
|1985
|''[ABC Weekend Special](/source/ABC_Weekend_Special)s''
|Teddy Ruxpin, Additional Mudblups
|Episode: "The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin"
|-
|1986–1987
|''[The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin](/source/The_Adventures_of_Teddy_Ruxpin)''
|Teddy Ruxpin, Burl Ruxpin
|Main cast; 65 episodes
|-
|1988
|''Bubbe's Boarding House''
|Bubbe, book, additionals
|-
|1988
|Someday, Me
|Ralph, Additional Voices
|[Fisher-Price](/source/Fisher-Price)
|-
|1990
|''A Very Retail Christmas''
|Puppet Performer
|TV movie
|-
|1995–1996
|''[The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth](/source/The_Adventures_of_Timmy_the_Tooth)''
|Gus, Leo, Mr. Wisdom, Raz the Beatnik, Sunny the Sun, Walter Crunelemuffin
|Direct-to-video
|-
|1995
|Alef...Bet...Blast-Off!
|Grandpa, Mitzvah Mouse, Bermuda Schwartz, additional puppets, extra
|-
|1996–1997
|''[Muppets Tonight](/source/Muppets_Tonight)''
|Additional Muppets
|5 episodes
|-
|1997
|''[The Crayon Box](/source/The_Crayon_Box)''
|Hugo, Additional Crayons
|
|-
|2015
|''[Little Charmers](/source/Little_Charmers)''
|Additional voices
|Episode: "Charm Your Mom Day/A Charming Campout"
|}
==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0056295|name=Phil Baron}}
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Category:21st-century American Jews
Category:21st-century American male writers
Category:American male voice actors
Category:Jewish American artists
Category:Jewish American male actors
Category:Jewish American film people
Category:Hazzans
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