Barret Spencer Oliver is an American actor and photographer, who, for Disney, played Victor Frankenstein in Tim Burton's 1984 short Frankenweenie and Ken Miller in the 1986 Disney Channel Original Movie Spot Marks the X.
Born on August 24, 1973 in Los Angeles, California; Oliver begun his acting career as a child and appeared in small parts on television as well as films. His major breakthrough came with the role of Bastian Balthazar Bux in the 1984 film adaptation of Michael Ende's novel The Neverending Story. He would go to appear in films, such as The Circle Family, Invitation to Hell, Cocoon, Cocoon: The Return, Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills, and the titular character in D.A.R.Y.L., for which he won a Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor.
His television credits include The Incredible Hulk, Highway to Heaven, Finder of Lost Loves, The Twilight Zone, Tall Tales & Legends, and Hooperman.
After retiring from acting, Oliver became a printer and photographer, specializing in nineteenth-century processes such as collodion and Woodburytype. His work has been displayed in museum and gallery exhibitions and used in films. In 2007, his book A History of the Woodburytype was published by Carl Mautz Publishing.
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