Baburao Pendharkar (22 June 1896 – 3 November 1967), was an Indian actor, director, film producer and writer.

[1] Baburao Pendharkar was born on 22 June 1896[2] in Kolhapur in a Brahmin family.

His younger brother Bhalji Pendharkar was a famous film director, producer and writer.

Other famous names in family included his younger maternal half-brother Master Vinayak, Radhabai's son after she married Karnataki, and maternal cousin V. Shantaram, son of Kamalabai, Radhabai's younger sister.

Baburao started his career in the era of silent films.