Wikipedia / Stephen Shortridge
Wikipedia / Stephen Shortridge
Stephen Shortridge (born October 23, 1951, in Red Oak, Iowa) is an American actor.
Shortridge appeared in more than 20 film and television projects throughout the 1970s and 1980s, most recognizably from his role as a Southern high school student named Beau De LaBarre on the television sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter. He has also done over 50 commercials for such products as Mennen, Coca-Cola, and Head & Shoulders. In 1987, he spent one year as a regular cast member on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.
In the late 1980s, Shortridge quit the acting business to concentrate on painting. He presented gallery showings across the United States. He currently makes his home in Idaho with his children. His second wife, Cathy, whom he had married in 1976, died in 2017, leaving him a widower.
Shortridge is also an author. He published his first book in 2011 titled Deepest Thanks, Deeper Apologies.
Filmography
Film and Television | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1977 | Mel Armstrong | Feature film | |
1978–79 | Main cast (19 episodes) | ||
1979 | Mark Scott | Episodes: "The Man in Her Life" (Parts 1 & 2) | |
1979 | Detective Driscoll | Episode: "Pilot" | |
1980 | Cotton Harper | Episode: "Toni's Boys" | |
1980 | Henderson | Episode: "Deadly Blessings" | |
1981 | Richard Bean | Main cast (7 episodes) | |
1981 | Rudy | Episode: "The Girl Next Door" | |
1981 | Hadley Boggs | Episode: "High Off the Hog" | |
1981 | Jason Martinique | Episode: "Night of the Tormented Soul" | |
1982 | Tim | Episode: "The Slightly Illustrated Man" | |
1982 | Dotson | Episode: "Scavenger Hunt" | |
1982 | Price Cobb | Episode: "The Price Is Right" | |
1982 | Mark Twain | Episode: "Natchez Bound" | |
1983 | Richard Stanford | Episode: "New York: Winning Can Be Murder" | |
1983 | Scott Townsend | Episode: "Target: Miss World" | |
1983 | Robert Wallingford | Episode: "Here Comes the Bride - Maybe" | |
1985 | Sandy Knight | Episode: "The Birthday Present" | |
1985 | J.J. Hendrix | Episode: "Killer in a Halloween Mask" | |
1985 | Steve Gamble | Episode: "Murder Digs Deep" | |
1986 | Episode: " Love-a-Gram/Love and the Apartment" | ||
1986 | Greg Stewart | Episode: "Little Wolf" | |
1986 | ER Patient | Episode: "A Room with a View" | |
1987 | Dave Reed | Series regular (50 episodes) | |
1988 | Elliot Wilde | Episode: "There's One Born Every Minute" | |
1989 | Ray | Feature film |
Bibliography
Deepest Thanks, Deeper Apologies, Worthy Publishing, 2011,
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