Shaun Cassidy Biography (1958-)

Full name, Shaun Paul Cassidy; born September 27, 1958, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Jack (an actor) and Shirley (an actress and singer; maiden name, Jones)Cassidy; married Ann Pennington (a model), 1979 (divorced, 1992); married Susan Diol (an actress), 1994; children: (first marriage) Caitlin, Jake, Jessica (stepdaughter), (second marriage) Juliet. Addresses: Agent: The Kaplan-Stahler Agency, 8383 Wilshire Blvd., #923, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, producer, singer, writer
Birth Details: September 27, 1958; Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Bobbie Gotteson, The Triumph of the Spider Monkey, Los Angeles Theatre Center, 1985-1986
(Broadway debut) Eddie, Blood Brothers (musical), Music Box Theatre, 1993
Easter Bonnet Competition: A Salute to 100 Years of Broadway, Minskoff Theatre, 1994
Also appeared in London production of Bus Stop; appeared in Mass Appeal, Dangerous Music, Pass/Fail, and Diary of a Hunger Strike.
Major Tours
Mass Appeal, U.S. cities, 1984
As a singer, toured U.S., Europe, and Australia.
Film Appearances
Your Studio and You, 1995
Appeared as Christopher Wentworth Hewlitt in Born of Water, AFI.
Television Appearances
Movies
Roger Meyers, Like Normal People, ABC, 1979
Cotton, Once upon a Texas Train (also known as Texas Guns),CBS, 1988
Edmund Parker, Jr., Roots: The Gift, ABC, 1988
Series
Joe Hardy, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (also known as The Hardy Boys Mysteries), ABC, 1977-1979
Dave Stohler, Breaking Away, ABC, 1980-1981
Dusty Walker, General Hospital, ABC, 1987
Episodic

"Breakfast with Les and Bess," American Playhouse, PBS, 1985
Chad Singer, "Murder in a Minor Key," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1987
Craig Gentry, "The Investigation: Parts 1 & 2," Matlock, NBC,1988
Dale Thurston, "Hippocritic Oath," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, USANetwork, 1988
Appeared on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, syndicated, in the late 1970s.
Specials
Appeared on The Goldie Hawn Special, 1978.
Television Work
Movies
Developer, Over My Dead Body, CBS, 1990
Coproducer, Strays, USA Network, 1991
Series
Producer, American Gothic, CBS, 1995-1996
Executive producer, Roar, Fox, 1997
Executive producer, Hollyweird, Fox, 1998
Executive producer, Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family, USA Network, 2000
Executive producer, The Agency, CBS, 2001
Pilots
Producer, Hollyweird, Fox, 1998
Executive producer, The Agency, CBS, 2001
RECORDINGS
Albums
Recorded several albums, including Born Late and Under Wraps; recorded the single, "Da Doo Ron Ron," 1977.
WRITINGS
Television Movies
Strays, USA Network, 1991
Midnight Run for Your Life (also known as Action Pack), syndicated, 1994
Television Pilots
Hollyweird, Fox, 1988
Television Series
American Gothic, CBS, 1995-1996
Roar, Fox, 1997

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, September 22, 1995, pp. 30-32
People Weekly, November 1, 1993, pp. 67-70
Rolling Stone, November 30, 1995
TV Guide, September 23, 1995

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