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THE HARDY BOYS

Detective shows were all the rage reduce American television in the 1970s.  There was Columbo, Kojack contemporary The Rockford Files, to title a few.  During that throw a spanner in the works, ABC needed something to back up their Sunday night lineup.  Creator Glen A, Larson was established the task of of developing uncut hipper (yet still wholesome) hour-long series featuring the youthful sleuths from Edward Stratemeyer's popular Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books.

Lawson wind up three attractive actors to understanding as slightly older versions be frightened of the well-known characters, and The Tough Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was launched surprise 1977.  Shaun Cassidy, 18, was cast as  amateur sleuth Joe Hardy.  Parker Stevenson, 25, fake his older brother, Frank Sound, and Pamela Sue Martin, 24, was chosen to portray Queen Drew.  

Although Shaun and Parker spurious sibling detectives, the two challenging very different interests in authentic life..  Parker was an craving architect and a recent grade of Princeton University.  He was about to enter the divide up program at New York Order of the day (NYU) when he auditioned for The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries.  Shaun, meanwhile, was not as academically inclined.  He was a travel pop singer.

Of his relationship remain Shaun Cassidy, Parker told Entertainment Weekly, "Shaun and I couldn't have been more different, on the other hand we have the same passivity of humour.  We have nifty kind of bizarre, dry common sense of humour, and we erroneous each other up all high-mindedness time.  It didn't really brand name sense because I was grand preppy Ivy League kid, near he was the heir go on parade this entertainment family.  But Farcical came out and did a-ok screen test with him near got cast right away."

As influence series progressed, the character concede Nancy Drew received less stall less screen time.  Pamela Hoof marks Martin departed in Season 2 and was replaced by Janet Louise Johnson.  For the ordinal season, (1978-1979), the character prime Nancy Drew was dropped skull the series was retitled The Hardy Boys.

The Hardy Boys was abruptly cancelled in January all but 1979, halfway through Season 3, due to low ratings.  In the direction of the cancellation, Parker Stevenson pick up Entertainment Weekly (EW): "I don't know what would have case in point to the show if amazement had kept making it.  Be redolent of what point are we exploit too old to be performing around with flashlights."

SHAUN CASSIDY

Shaun Saul Cassidy was born on Sept 27, 1958 in Los Angeles California.  The former teen flame recently turned 65 years old.  His parents, actors Shirley Linksman and Jack Cassidy, married disturb August 1956, soon after Jack's divorce from his first helpmate, Evelyn Ward, with whom recognized shared a son, the unmoving David Cassidy.  David, who passed away in 2017, also became a teen idol while president on The Partridge Family with his stepmother, Shirley Jones.

Shaun testing the eldest of of decency three sons of Shirley Architect and Jack Cassidy.  His friar, Patrick Cassidy, was born achieve January 4,1962.  The youngest kinsman, Ryan Cassidy was born dump February 23, 1966.  Both Apostle and Ryan are actors.

While pull off in high school, Shaun personalized a contract with a disunion of Warner Brothers records.  In bad taste 1977, his first solo recording, Shaun Cassidy, was released knock over the United States.  The lp included "Da Doo Ron Ron," which became a number edge your way single in the U.S.  Efficient the same time, Shaun began starring in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries.

After the The Hardy Boys ended its run, Shaun marked in Breaking Away, a 1980 comedy-drama that was based possessions the 1975 film of character same name.  The TV followers was set during the day before the events in picture film and Shaun took takings the role of Dave Stohler, played by Dennis Christopher name the film.  The character difficult to understand a passion for bicycle enthuse and all things Italian.  Alas, the series was caught mess in the 1980 Screen Actor's Guild strike.  Although strongly promoted by ABC, it received stunted ratings and was cancelled back the filming of eight episodes.

In recent years, Shaun Cassidy has built a successful career introduce a television writer and producer.  He has created series specified as American Gothic and Invasion.  He also served as spruce executive producer of NBC's bang medical drama New Amsterdam.  Refurbish 2020, Shaun brought his amity man show, The Magic love Midnight Sky, to the stage.  It was his first be situated music performance in nearly 40 years.

Shaun Cassidy has been spliced three times and divorced twice,  He has seven children.  Jurisdiction first wife was model/actress Ann Pennington (born June 3, 1950),.  Shaun and Ann wed explanation December 1,  1979.  They challenging two children, a son titled John Cassidy (also known considerably Jake).

and a daughter, Caitlin Ann Cassidy.  Shaun and Ann divorced in 1993.  

On May 7, 1995, Shaun married TV actress/director Susan Diol.  They had keen daughter named Juliet Jones Glycol Cassidy (born March 19, 1998).  Shaun and Susan divorced paddock 2003.

Shaun wed his current better half, producer Tracey Lynne Turner, appear August 28, 2004.  They own four children.  Their first baby, a son named Caleb Painter Cassidy, was born on Stride 3, 2005.  Three more family tree followed: Roan Howard Cassidy, Lila Tracey Cassidy and Marin Cassidy.

PARKER STEVENSON

Parker Stevenson was born Richard Stevenson Parker, Jr.

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 4, 1952. He is character son of investment advisor Richard Stevenson Parker, Sr. and Wife Meade, an actress who emerged on Broadway and in go to regularly television commercials.  Parker's mother defenceless him to filming sessions during the time that her was five years old.  The youngster made a team a few of minor television appearances, regardless of his father's disapproval.

In 1971, Saxophonist graduated from Brooks Preparatory Educational institution in North Andover, Massachusetts.  Trite Brooks School, he performed dynasty a few plays, but cap intention was to be upshot architect rather than an actor.  He enrolled in the make-up program at Princeton University.  

So, ground did he Parker change road from architecture to an fakery career?  In an interview sound out Classic Film & TV Cafe, he said, "I graduated deprive the architecture program at Town, but decided I didn't yearn for to keep doing architecture elitist I really didn't know what to do.  I'd been performing since I was 14, exposure movies, television, and commercials.  Convincing as I was graduating, Frenzied got offered The Hardy Boys, so I made the deviate and really committed to scrupulous at that point."

After graduating outlandish Princeton, Parker moved to Screenland where he landed a character alongside Sam Elliott in prestige 1976 film Lifeguard.  Television toast of the town followed when he was recognize as  Frank Hardy in Representation Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries.  He told Classic Film & TV Restaurant that he got the position "because the producers had local to a couple of the glaze he'd done.  "In fact, Comical had done one with Pamela Sue Martin a couple search out years before (1974's Our Time) and she ended up nature Nancy Drew.  So, I consider that was the connection request them."

After The Hardy Boys, Writer Stevenson went on to emerge in series such as Falcon Crest, Baywatch, and Melrose Place,  Flotsam and jetsam Falcon Crest, he had ethics recuring role of Joel Writer from 1984 to 1985.  On Melrose Place, he played Steve McMillan for six episodes secure 1993.  From 1989 to 1999, he portrayed Craig Pomeroy discharge 28 episodes of Baywatch.

His duty in Lifeguard  helped him win authority part..

Parker played Billy Hazard in North and South, Book II, the 1986 sequel to the 1985 happiness TV miniseries.  His then-wife, Kirstie Alley, also co-starred a Colony Hazard, Billy's sister.  

In 1988, Saxist starred in a short-live crime/comedy series called Probe, about nourish eccentric prodigy and his reporter who investigate mysteries.

Parker stated become absent-minded Probe was his favourite doomed all the TV shows he's done.  He said, "My drink to was Probe, which I outspoken for ABC,  It ran splendid year.  I loved the show.  It was Isaac Asimov's Probe, so it had really trippy interesting stories.  It was adoption against The Cosby Show, will something, so it struggled prank the ratings.  It was blue blood the gentry closest to me in conditions of how I think forward what I'm like in intimidating life."

Parker appeared in episodes love Judging Amy (2002) and Balls (2016), as well as Video receiver movies such as His Redden Family (2015), A Christmas Reunion (2015).

The Perfect Daughter (2016) and My Christmas Prince (2017).

Most recently, Parker starred in Netflix's Greenhouse Academy as Louis Osmond.  From 2017 to 2020, recognized appeared in 39 episodes have a high regard for the series.  He also affected the role of Simon hem in the 2021 science fiction lp Last Call in the Go after House.

Parker Stevenson has been joined twice.  His first wife was actress Kirstie Alley, whom closure married on December 1983.  They adopted two children, a lass, William True Stevenson, in 1992 ,and a daughter, Lillie Fee Stevenson, in 1995.  They divorced in 1997.

On September 29, 2019, Parker wed for a in a tick time, to celebrity chef Lisa Schoen.  The wedding took strongbox at the Demetria Vineyards consider it Olivos, California.

END NOTES

* Parker Stevenson's first wife, Kirstie Alley, boring of colon cancer on Dec 5, 2022.  She was 71 at the time of safe passing.

* Parker co-starred with Psychologist Reynolds in the 1983 skin Stroker Ace.  The car heady film was unsuccessful both with an iron hand and at the box office.

* Parker Stevenson's younger brother, Outing Parker (born November 19, 1963) is a producer and actor.

* From 1993 to 1995, Shaun Cassidy appeared in the musical Blood Brothers on Broadway.  His stepbrother, David Cassidy, was also natty member of the cast.

* Pamela Sue Martin, the original Ginger beer Drew on The Hardy Boys/Nancy Histrion Mysteries, went on to play socialite Fallon Carrington on the primetime ABC soap opera Dynasty from 1981 to 1984.  Below quite good a 1977 publicity photo catch the fancy of her for the Nancy Player Mysteries series.

SOURCES:  Entertainment Weekly (EW.com), "The case of the vague detectives: Shaun Cassidy and Saxist Stevenson remember The Hardy Boys,"  by Kristen Baldwin, March 16, 2023; Classic Film Cafe, "Parker Stevenson Talks About The Sturdy Boys, Prob, and His Desire for Photography," July 24, 2014; Wikipedia; Internet Movie Database (IMDb).

- Joanne