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]

Phillip Baron
Born (1949-05-10) May 10, 1949 (age 75)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)actor, voice actor, puppeteer, musician, songwriter, singer, writer, lyricist, composer, author, cantor
Years active1978–present
Spouse
Michelle Rose Baron (nee kulefsky)
(m. 1995)
Children3

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]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1982 Magic Journeys Magician Short Film, Epcot, 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 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

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Year Title Role Notes
1983 Fantasy Island M.C. Episode: "The Songwriter/Queen of the Soaps"
1983–1986 Welcome to Pooh Corner Piglet, Robert Rabbit
1985 Too Smart for Strangers Piglet TV movie
1985-1986 Dumbo's Circus Additional voices
1985 ABC Weekend Specials Teddy Ruxpin, Additional Mudblups Episode: "The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin"
1986–1987 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
1990 A Very Retail Christmas Puppet Performer TV movie
1995-1996 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 Additional Muppets 5 episodes
1997 The Crayon Box Hugo, Additional Crayons
2012 Bubble Puppy's Fin-tastic Fairytale Adventure Additional voices TV movie
2015 Little Charmers Additional voices Episode: "Charm Your Mom Day/A Charming Campout"

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin". IMDB. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  2. ^ "CANTOR PHIL BARON". Valley Beth Shalom. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
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