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Barton Heyman


Actor

About

Birth Place
Washington, USA
Born
January 24, 1937
Died
May 15, 1996
Cause of Death
Heart Failure

Biography

Barton Heyman was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Heyman's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as "Let's Scare Jessica to Death" (1971), "The Trial of the Catonsville Nine" (1972) and the action flick "The Super Cops" (1973) with Ron Leibman. He also appeared in the sports "Bang the Drum Slowly" (1973) with Robert De Niro and "The Happy Hooke...

Family & Companions

Mary Pat Preciado
Wife
Divorced in 1964.

Biography

Barton Heyman was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Heyman's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as "Let's Scare Jessica to Death" (1971), "The Trial of the Catonsville Nine" (1972) and the action flick "The Super Cops" (1973) with Ron Leibman. He also appeared in the sports "Bang the Drum Slowly" (1973) with Robert De Niro and "The Happy Hooker" (1975). His passion for acting continued to his roles in projects like "Billy Galvin" (1986) with Karl Malden, the Keith Gordon comedy "Static" (1986) and the comedy "The Secret of My Success" (1987) with Michael J. Fox. He also appeared in the Nick Nolte drama "Weeds" (1987). Toward the end of his career, he tackled roles in the comedy "Quick Change" (1990) with Bill Murray, the biopic drama "Awakenings" (1990) with Robert De Niro and "The Bonfire of the Vanities" (1990) with Tom Hanks. He also appeared in "Billy Bathgate" (1991) and the John Doe comedy "Roadside Prophets" (1992). Heyman was most recently credited in the Hank Azaria dramatic adaptation "Cradle Will Rock" (1999). Heyman passed away in May 1996 at the age of 59.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Dead Man Walking (1995)
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
Robot in the Family (1994)
Mr Marshall
For Love and Glory (1993)
Absher
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992)
Raising Cain (1992)
Mack
Roadside Prophets (1991)
Sheriff Durango
Final Verdict (1991)
Bill Jory
Billy Bathgate (1991)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Quick Change (1990)
Awakenings (1990)
The Lost Capone (1990)
Masquerade (1988)
Bum Rap (1988)
The Wizard Of Loneliness (1988)
Hank
Weeds (1987)
The Secret Of My Success (1987)
Billy Galvin (1986)
Static (1986)
One Police Plaza (1986)
Judge Niarxos
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story (1983)
Found Money (1983)
Legs (1983)
Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer (1983)
A Question of Honor (1982)
Thin Ice (1981)
Fighting Back (1980)
Nurse (1980)
Cruising (1980)
This Man Stands Alone (1979)
The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)
Dr Paegle
The Happy Hooker (1975)
Dirty Harry
The Super Cops (1974)
Lieutenant Stratton
The Exorcist (1973)
Bang The Drum Slowly (1973)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Cradle Will Rock (1999)
Other

Cast (Special)

The Secret Life of Mary-Margaret: Portrait of a Bulimic (1992)
Vaclav Havel's Largo Desolato (1990)
Journey Into Genius (1988)
Just Married (1985)
Jake Shaughnessy
Concealed Enemies (1984)
Until She Talks (1983)
Sometimes I Don't Love My Mother (1982)
My Palikari (1982)
King of America (1982)
Song of Myself (1976)
Phrenologist

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Dream West (1986)
North and South (1985)
Kennedy (1983)

Life Events

1952

Stage debut in "Hello Out There"

1970

Film debut, "Valdez Is Coming"

1995

Played a prison guard in "Dead Man Walking"

Family

Henry Heyman
Father
Attorney.
Phyllis Selma Heyman
Mother
Sean Thomas Heyman
Son
Survived him.

Companions

Mary Pat Preciado
Wife
Divorced in 1964.

Bibliography