Barret Spencer Oliver (born August 24, 1973) is an American photographer and a former child actor.
Oliver had minor roles in television and film, until starring as Bastian in the 1984 movie The NeverEnding Story.
Subsequently, he was cast as the lead in Tim Burton's short film Frankenweenie[1] and as the cyborg "Daryl" in the 1985 film D.A.R.Y.L., a part for which he won a Saturn Award.
[2] His last role in a feature film was Willie Saravian in Paul Bartel's 1989 ensemble comedy Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills.
[3] Later Oliver became a printer and photographer, specializing in nineteenth-century processes such as collodion and Woodburytype.