- Born
- Birth nameRichard Edward Baldwin III
- Nicknames
- Dante
- Rick
- Height5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)
- Rick Baldwin was born 'Richard Edward Baldwin III' on March 4th, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father was a real estate and insurance agent and his mother was part-time employee of a family run jewelry store. At an early age,he was interested in music, film, and writing. Baldwin's earliest influences were Edgar Allan Poe, Vincent Price, and Tom Savini which led him into writing poetry and short stories and studying make up effects throughout junior high. Baldwin graduated in 1997 with honors from Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. After graduation, Baldwin traveled the United States before a year later joining the United States Air Force where he was a member of a Security Forces unit in Columbus, Mississippi. After six years of service, Baldwin separated from the military and became a full time theater and communications student and was instrumental in helping start a local independent film scene in Mississippi.
- IMDb mini biography by: reb@muw.edu
- SpouseAthena(January 18, 2000 - present) (3 children)
- While enlisted in the United States Air Force from 1999 to 2005, was selected for a one year special duty in 2002 and served as an undercover narcotics investigator.
- Has been enrolled since 2003 in Tom Savini's special effects makeup artist school but still has not attended one class.
- Has a crescent moon shaped scar on his upper left hair line received as a child that coined him the nickname "Scar" in military boot camp.
- Worked in a family run haunted attraction, Hilltop Hell, in Coatesville, Pennsylvania for over ten years.
- Has wanted to work as a filmmaker since age eleven.
- I'm influenced by everything I've ever been exposed to...good or bad. It's hard to walk through life not living it, even if you sometimes feel like your in hell. My best expressions come from my inspirations.
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