Richard O'Barry

Known for ActingBorn 1939-10-14 (age 86)Miami, Florida, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard (Ric) O'Barry (born c. 1939 ) was first recognized in the 1960s for capturing and training the five dolphins that were used in the well-known TV series Flipper. O'Barry made a radical transition from training dolphins in captivity to assertively combating the captivity industry soon after Kathy, one of the Flipper dolphins, died, committing suicide in his arms, according to O'Barry . In 1970 he founded the Dolphin Project, a group that aims to educate the public about captivity and, where feasible, free captive dolphins . He was featured in the Academy Award-winning film, The Cove (2009), which used covert techniques to expose the yearly dolphin drive hunting that goes on in Taiji, Japan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ric O'Barry, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi

Gentle Giant

The Cove

Seaspiracy

Dolphins: Minds in the Water

Lolita: Slave to Entertainment

Lenny

Long Gone Wild

Flipper's New Adventure

Absence of Malice

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle

Island Claws

Mako: The Jaws of Death

Fugitive Killer

The Fantastic Seven

Give Me Shelter

Oceania: The Human/Dolphin Connection: The Promise of Tomorrow