Richard O'Barry

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Richard O'Barry

Born 1939-10-14 Miami, Florida, USA 17 films

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard (Ric) O'Barry (born c. 1939 ) was first recognized in the 1960s for capturing and training the five dolphins that were used in the well-known TV series Flipper. O'Barry made a radical transition from training dolphins in captivity to assertively combating the captivity industry soon after Kathy, one of the Flipper dolphins, died, committing suicide in his arms, according to O'Barry . In 1970 he founded the D…

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Filmography

17 films
Seaspiracy poster

Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine spe…

Seaspiracy

★ 7.8 2021

Long Gone Wild poster

Long Gone Wild focuses on the plight of captive orcas, picking up where the acclaimed documentary B…

Long Gone Wild

★ 6.5 2019

The Cove poster

The Cove tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of individuals, films makers and free di…

The Cove

★ 8.0 2009

Island Claws poster

A biological experiment in Florida goes awry. The result: 8-foot long land crabs which roar loudly…

Island Claws

★ 4.7 1980

Lenny poster

The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and socia…

Lenny

★ 7.3 1974