Barry Orton
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| Barry Orton | |
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| Ring name(s) | The Zodiac Barry Orton Superstar Barrymore Barlow Barry "O" Bazza The Highroller |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Born | May 28, 1958 Amarillo, Texas |
| Resides | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Billed from | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Trained by | Bob Orton Sr Cowboy Bob Orton |
| Debut | 1976 |
Randal Barry Orton (born May 28, 1958 in Amarillo, Texas) is an American former professional wrestler. He is a wrestler/musician turned actor, better known as Barry O or Barrymore Barlow. He moved to Kansas City, Missouri with his mother and father three days after being born. He is the son of Bob Orton Sr. and Rita Orton, brother of "Cowboy" Bob Orton and Rhonda Orton, and the uncle of Randy Orton.
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[edit] Career
Orton made his pro wrestling debut in 1976. During his career in wrestling he competed in the WWF (1984-1988), ICW, WOW, the NWA, the IWF and Stampede Wrestling (where, while appearing as the masked Zodiac, he managed Jason the Terrible).
In 1992 Barry's wrestling career pretty much came to an end. Although he was not employed by the WWF at the time, he was a key figure in the sex scandal that was filed against the company. According to Barry, in 1978 on a trip between shows while employed by a faction of NWA, Barry was traveling with a booker for the company, Terry Garvin.
While on the drive, Barry claims that Garvin repeatedly would ask to perform oral sex on him, and he repeatedly refused. At the time Barry didn't speak up about the incident and didn't give it much more thought. However when stories later broke that Terry Garvin (who went onto work for the WWF front office) was involved in sexually harassing young ring boys working for the WWF, Barry came forward with his own story to back up the claims made against Garvin.
Barry also brought up hearing from another ring boy while he was still employed by the WWF. According to Barry the boy claimed that Garvin was doing things to make the boy uncomfortable.
In 1992 Barry also appeared on the talk show, Donahue, along with "Superstar" Billy Graham, Bruno Sammartino and others to voice their concern about sexual harassment in the wrestling industry. Vince McMahon was also on the show to defend himself and the company.
However much of this turned out to be false, as the young ring boy's brother had hired a lawyer and already had a settlement with the WWF. Because of his vocal opinions against the WWF and the sexual harassment that is involved, he became blacklisted in the wrestling world. Some were instructed not to talk to him, while many others were just afraid to. Barry even started going by a different name, Barrymore Barlow.
In the 1990s, Orton made a transition from wrestling into movies, starring in minor roles.
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- ICW Southeastern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with "Cowboy" Bob Orton
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- NWA Americas Tag Team Championship
- Other Titles
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- WOW World Heavyweight Championship
- IWF Heavyweight Championship
[edit] Filmography
- Tweak the Heat (2005/06) - appears in also co-wrote/directed and executive produced
- Mission Idiot (2003) appeared as Dog Guy was also Stunt coordinator
- People I Know (2002) appeared as Patron on Stairs
- Timecollapse (2002) appeared as Steve
- Monday Night Mayhem (2002) (TV) appeared as a Roadie
- Killer’s Mind(1999) appeared as Flex the Doorman
- Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) appeared as Boxing manager
- Stampede Wrestling (1987) appeared as The Zodiac
- Wrestling’s Country Boys (1985) appeared as Barry O.
[edit] Personal life
Orton once acted as bodyguard for Sam Kinison. He also played bass/vocals in a band with, Harry Rushakoff, who is now the drummer of Concrete Blonde. Alongside bass, he also plays drums, guitar and piano.
He studied Theatrical Dance Movement under Pearl Lang at the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance in New York City.
Orton has been married four times, with all the marriages ending in divorce. He has four children, two daughters from his third marriage (who were later adopted by his ex wife's husband), and another two daughters from previous relationships. His nephew is Randy Orton.
He is currently pursuing a career in writing, producing and directing films.
