Ran Barker grew up on his families Farm/Ranch in West Texas. He graduated from Tarleton State University/Texas A&M and moved to Los Angeles in 1989 to pursue an acting career. He studied film at UCLA and AFI and appeared in over 100 national commercials, feature films and TV series before joining Warner Bros. in 1989 to became Department head of ...
Ran grew up in Hodges, Texas ( pop 27 people). There was only a cotton gin and a church. His grandparents farm was a mile away and he grew up working in the fields. In the summers, he had to hoe cotton and in the winter he helped strip the cotton.
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In 1979, Ran's was a senior at Hawley High in Hawley, Texas. The high school was very strict and did not allow dancing. Ran and his friends went to the school board to try and get a Prom for their senior year and even quoted from the bible, but were shot down. They held a private prom outside the city limits in a barn. The story made the news and papers. A few years later, a film came out called "Footloose". The story was so close to Ran's struggles to get a prom that they consulted a lawyer to see what they could do. The writer of the film lived just a few hours from Ran's hometown and said he took the story from news articles, but has never said it was based on any certain place or person. The character in "Footloose" was named Ren.
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To break the boredom of long nights of production on the WB main lot, Ran played basketball with George Clooney, Dean Cain and many others.
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Ran and 5 friends started the first social men's club (Deltas) at Tarleton State University to lure a National Fraternity to TSU. The club spawned several other clubs who were looking for national affiliation. Deltas became a colony of Kappa Alpha Order and brought the first National Social Fraternity and Sorority to TSU and began the Social Greek system that exists today.
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Ran appeared on the 10th season of "Dallas" as a farm hand. Years later, he was the WB Administrator of the "Dallas Reunion". The producers wanted him to make an appearance on "Dallas Reunion" but he could not get the time off from the other shows he worked with to do the Reunion.
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Third Watch
1999
TV Series special projects - 1 episode
Friends
1995-1999
TV Series administrator - 52 episodes
Jesse
1998-1999
TV Series administrator - 17 episodes
Veronica's Closet
1997-1999
TV Series administrator - 34 episodes
ER
1994-1999
TV Series administrator - 104 episodes
Trinity
1998-1999
TV Series special projects - 9 episodes
The Adversaries
1998
TV Movie special projects
Trinity
1998
TV Movie special projects
For Your Love
1998
TV Series administrator - 5 episodes
The Closer
1998
TV Series administrator - 8 episodes
Dallas: War of the Ewings
1998
TV Movie administrator - uncredited
Living Single
1994-1998
TV Series administrator - 28 episodes
Chicago Sons
1997
TV Series administrator - 12 episodes
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1994-1997
TV Series administrator - 66 episodes
Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac
1997
TV Mini-Series administrator - 2 episodes
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
1997
TV Movie administrator - uncredited
Dallas: J.R. Returns
1996
TV Movie administrator - uncredited
Soeurs
1992
administrator - 1995
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
CHO Revolution
2004
Video first assistant director
Apple Jack
2003
Short second second assistant director
Starcrossed
2003
Short first assistant director
Life 360
2001-2002
TV Series first assistant director - 4 episodes
Notorious C.H.O.
2002
Documentary first assistant director
Puzzled
2001
second assistant director
Fugly
2001
Short first assistant director
Game Day
2000
second assistant director
Border to Border
1998
second assistant director
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
CHO Revolution
2004
Video associate producer
Apple Jack
2003
Short line producer
Notorious C.H.O.
2002
Documentary associate producer
Puzzled
2001
line producer
Fugly
2001
Short co-producer
Border to Border
1998
producer
Production Manager
Title
Year
Status
Character
CHO Revolution
2004
Video unit production manager
Notorious C.H.O.
2002
Documentary unit production manager
I'm the One That I Want
2000
Documentary production manager / unit production manager
Border to Border
1998
unit production manager
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Border to Border
1998
RV Driver
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
Bobby (uncredited)
Fire and Rain
1989
TV Movie
Morgue Doctor (uncredited)
Dallas
1989
TV Series
Pool Player
Casting Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Border to Border
1998
Known for movies
ER (1994-1999) as Miscellaneous Crew
Veronica's Closet (1997-1999) as Miscellaneous Crew
$1.3 Million
