Wendell Burton
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Wendell Burton (born 1947) is an American television executive and former motion picture actor and television actor, best known for his co-starring role with Liza Minelli in the 1969 movie The Sterile Cuckoo.
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| Born | July 21, 1947 San Antonio, Texas |
| Occupation | Film, television actor |
Burton was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of an Air Force sergeant who died when he was five. 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 production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.
Burton was plucked from obscurity to star opposite Minelli as Jerry Payne, the young college student in The Sterile Cuckoo.
He later played an inmate who was raped in Fortune and Men's Eyes, and played in TV specials during the 1970s.
In the 1990s he became a sales executive for The Family Channel, and later helped launch an independent TV station in Houston.
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