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Wendell Burton
Wendell Burton
Wendell Burton was an actor best known for co-starring with Liza Minnelli in the 1969 film The Sterile Cuckoo, about two college students in love.
Burton also voiced the title character in the classic 1973 NBC/Hallmark Hall of Fame special You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, which had been adapted from the stage. He had played the famously unlucky cartoon character in a San Francisco production.
Additionally, he appeared on television, including roles on the series Young Dr. Kildare, Medical Center, Room 222, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, The Rookies and Mathnet.
Wendell Burton was an actor best known for co-starring with Liza Minnelli in the 1969 film The Sterile Cuckoo, about two college students in love.
Burton also voiced the title character in the classic 1973 NBC/Hallmark Hall of Fame special You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, which had been adapted from the stage. He had played the famously unlucky cartoon character in a San Francisco production.
Additionally, he appeared on television, including roles on the series Young Dr. Kildare, Medical Center, Room 222, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, The Rookies and Mathnet.
Burton also appeared in the telefilms Murder Once Removed, Go Ask Alice, The Red Badge of Courage, Journey from Darkness, Medical Story and the miniseries East of Eden.
He died May 30, 2017, in Houston, Texas. He was 69.
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