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((short description|American actor))
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|birth_name = Wendell Ray Burton
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|birth_place= [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], U.S.
|death_date= ((death date and age|2017|05|30|1947|07|21))
|death_place= [[Houston]], Texas, U.S.
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'''Wendell Ray Burton''' (July 21, 1947 &ndash; May 30, 2017) was an American television executive and actor. He is best known for his co-starring role with [[Liza Minnelli]] in the 1969 movie ''[[The Sterile Cuckoo]]'' (1969).<ref name="NYT">((cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9505E1D9163AE433A25750C2A9669D946891D6CF|title=The Sterile Cuckoo (1969) Screen: 'The Sterile Cuckoo,' Old-Style TV Drama|last=Canby|first=Vincent|authorlink=Vincent Canby|date=October 23, 1969|access-date=June 2, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]))</ref>

==Biography==
((moresources|section|date=February 2024))
Burton was born in [[San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]], the son of an Air Force sergeant who died when his son was five years old. He became involved in college theatricals while a student at [[Sonoma State College]] (later known as [[Sonoma State University]]). His acting career began when he won the title role in the [[San Francisco]] [[theatre|stage]] production of ''[[You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown]]''. During the run of that successful musical, he continued his education and transferred to [[San Francisco State University]], where he took classes in acting and directing. While performing in ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'', Burton was seen by director [[Alan J. Pakula]] and was chosen over hundreds of more experienced movie actors to star opposite Liza Minnelli in the role as Jerry Payne, the young college student with whom she falls in love in ''The Sterile Cuckoo'' (1969).<ref name=NYT/> 

In 1970, he went on the road with the national touring company of [[Leonard Gershe]]'s [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] hit ''[[Butterflies Are Free (play)|Butterflies Are Free]]'', co-starring opposite [[Eve Arden]] as her son. Burton accepted the role as Smitty in the [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] drama film ''[[Fortune and Men's Eyes]]'' (1971), portraying an inmate who was raped shortly after entering prison, then turned into a sexual predator himself. Turning to television, he played the role of Fred Kramer, an innocent man framed for murder, in the well-received TV movie ''Murder Once Removed'' (1971). In 1973, he reprised his role as "Charlie Brown" in the ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' TV adaptation of the musical.<ref>((Citation|title=You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (TV Movie 1973)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262136/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=June 2, 2017))</ref>((Better source needed|date=June 2017)) That same year, he appeared in the role as Joel Clements in the anti-drug TV movie ''Go Ask Alice'' co-starring [[William Shatner]] and [[Ruth Roman]]. He played the role as Pvt. Wilson in a TV adaptation of ''The Red Badge of Courage'' (1974). 

Among his guest appearances on television, Burton appeared on ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]'', ''[[Longstreet (TV series)|Longstreet]]'', ''[[Room 222]]'', ''[[Love, American Style]]'', ''[[The Rookies]]'', and ''[[Kung Fu (TV series)|Kung Fu]]''. He also played [[Dick Van Dyke]] and [[Hope Lange]]'s son for one episode of ''[[The New Dick Van Dyke Show]]''. His career began to wane in the 1980s due to the quality of roles offered and his turning down roles he deemed morally unsuitable. In 1986, he played "Osgood", a mild-mannered man who fights [[Burt Reynolds]] in the big screen action/crime/drama ''[[Heat (1986 film)|Heat]]''. He taught acting for a time in Hollywood. Burton began working in ad sales for TV in 1988, and eventually became the West Coast Director of Sales for the [[Family Channel (Canadian TV network)|Family Channel]].((cn|date=February 2024))

==Personal life==
In 1977, Burton embraced [[evangelical Christianity]] and associated with the [[Association of Vineyard Churches|Vineyard Christian Fellowship]] under Pastor Kenn Gulliksen in Los Angeles. On September 23, 1978, he and Patricia Nann were married in Los Angeles. They had two children, Haven Burton (born February 22, 1980), an actress, and Adam Burton (born May 30, 1983), a musician. In 1995, after his divorce, his career took a turn. He worked in the internet sales until in 1997 he moved to [[Houston]], where he helped launch a local independent TV station. During this time he also became the Director of Creative Ministries at Lakewood Church. Where he met Linda Dena. On November 13, 2004, he and Linda Dena were married in Houston.((cn|date=February 2024))

Wendell Burton lived in Houston, where he served as a Senior Director of the Champions Network, an association of pastors linked with [[Joel Osteen]] and the [[Lakewood Church]], which gives recommendations of local Champions Network churches to broadcast viewers, and as Drama Director at Lakewood Church. He died at his home in Houston on May 30, 2017, from [[brain cancer]]. He was 69 years old.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/06/wendell-burton-obituary-sterile-cuckoo-actor-was-69-1202105873/|title=Wendell Burton Dies: 'Sterile Cuckoo' Actor Was 69|last=Evans|first=Greg|date=June 1, 2017|work=Deadline|access-date=June 2, 2017|language=en-US))</ref><ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wendell-burton-dead-liza-minnelli-star-sterile-cuckoo-was-69-1009348|title=Wendell Burton, Who Starred With Liza Minnelli in 'The Sterile Cuckoo,' Dies at 69|last=Barnes|first=Mike|date=June 1, 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=June 2, 2017|language=en))</ref>

== Partial filmography ==

* ''[[The Sterile Cuckoo]]'' (1969) ((ndash)) Jerry Payne
* ''[[Fortune and Men's Eyes]]'' (1971) ((ndash)) Smitty
* ''Go Ask Alice'' (1973) ((ndash)) Joel
* ''Goodnight Jackie'' (1974) ((ndash)) Robbie
* ''[[Heat (1986 film)|Heat]]'' (1986) ((ndash)) Osgood

==References==
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==External links==
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