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I'm kind of like a combination of a red herring and a fake-out.

Robert Englund

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Robert Englund
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 6
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Television Actor
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Glendale
California
USA
Robert Barton Englund
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