- Prince Barin
Prince Barin is a character in the
Flash Gordon stories. He is king of a region of Mongo called Arboria. Barin becomes one of Flash's best friends, and is deeply in love withPrincess Aura .Prince Barin was first portrayed by Richard Alexander in the
1936 movie serial titled simply "Flash Gordon." He reprised the same role in "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars ".In the
1940 sequel "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe ," Barin was played byRoland Drew .Alan Oppenheimer provided the voice of Barin in the1979 Filmation series. Barin was depicted as a masterarcher , armed with arrows encasing any item they strike in ice. His fortress city in Arboria is highly advanced, and almost equal in technology to Mingo City. The city is protected by a defensive energy shield and by squadrons of formidable airships called Leaf Fighters. Barin also makes use of a gigantic tank-like drilling machine called the Mecha-Mole.In the
1980 Flash Gordon film produced byDino De Laurentiis ,Timothy Dalton portrays Barin. The prince becomes the heir to the throne of Mongo, but evilMing the Merciless steals the throne. Barin is banished to the forest planet of Arboria with his lover and Ming's daughter,Princess Aura . The prince eventually joins forces with Flash Gordon,Dale Arden , Dr.Hans Zarkov and King Vultan of the Hawk-Men in order to overthrow Ming.Steve Bacic played Barin in the now canceled2007 "Flash Gordon" TV series. Although Ming plans a union between Barin and Aura at one point, the two despise each other and the wedding is called off following an assassination attempt by Barin on Ming. Barin is then saved from execution when Flash organizes a fake prophecy to imply that killing Barin would jeopardize Ming's rule.
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