Parker Stevenson
Acting • Born 1952-06-04
Biography
Parker Stevenson (born Richard Stevenson Parker, Jr) is an American television and film actor. Stevenson's first notable screen appearance was a starring role in the 1972 movie A Separate Peace, credited as Parker Stevenson. After graduating from Brooks School and Princeton University, where he studied architecture, he moved to Hollywood and landed a role opposite Sam Elliott in the 1976 film Lifeguard. Stevenson became well known from starring with teen heartthrob Shaun Cassidy in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries series, produced by Glen A. Larson's production company through MCA-Universal Television (now NBCUniversal) under license from the Stratemeyer Publication Syndicate , from 1977 to 1979 on ABC. In 1983, he co-starred in the movie Stroker Ace as Burt Reynolds's brash race-car driving nemesis, Aubrey James. The film was a critical and financial failure. In 1986, Stevenson starred as Billy Hazard in the television miniseries North and South: Book II. He co-starred with his then-wife Kirstie Alley, who portrayed his sister Virgilia Hazard. He starred on the short-lived 1988 TV series Probe in the lead role of Austin James. He was part of the original cast of Baywatch in the 1989 season, returning for the syndicated 1997 and 1998 seasons. He had a recurring role as a computer tycoon on Melrose Place during the second season. He starred in Legion. In 2014 he had a guest role on the Western/Mystery series Longmire. Stevenson has been a photographer since he was young; his work can be found at his photography website, shadowworks. He currently stars on Greenhouse Academy on Netflix (2017-current) as Louis Osmond, Academy Director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Parker Stevenson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
58 credits
Lifeguard
Movie • 1976
Chris Randall
Stroker Ace
Movie • 1983
Aubrey James
A Separate Peace
Movie • 1972
Gene Forrester
Not of This Earth
Movie • 1995
Jack Sherbourne
Trapped
Movie • 2001
Oliver Sloan
Terror Peak
Movie • 2003
Kevin Fraser
The War Riders
Movie • 2016
Legion
Movie • 1998
Captain Aldrich
This House Possessed
Movie • 1981
Gary Straihorn
Avalon: Beyond the Abyss
Movie • 1999
John Alden
Official Denial
Movie • 1993
Paul Corliss
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Movie • 1992
Mat Henderson
Stitches
Movie • 1985
Bobby Stevens
Our Time
Movie • 1974
Michael
Shadow of a Stranger
Movie • 1992
Ted Clinton
Shooting Stars
Movie • 1983
Bill O'Keefe
His Secret Family
Movie • 2015
Detective Sharpson
The Perfect Daughter
Movie • 2016
Bruce Cahill
Hidden Truth
Movie • 2016
Sheriff Underwood
A Christmas Reunion
Movie • 2015
Don Dupree
The Cover Girl and the Cop
Movie • 1989
Cable Hayward
My Christmas Prince
Movie • 2017
Jim Logan
McTaggart's Fortune
Movie • 2014
Richard Heywood
Loaded
Movie • 2008
Ben Ryan
Mistrust
Movie • 2018
Brandon McKellan
Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier
Movie • 1989
Craig Pomeroy
American Confederate
Movie • 2019
General Sherman
Win, Lose or Love
Movie • 2015
Mike Canton
Shades of Love: The Rose Cafe
Movie • 1987
Josh
That Secret Sunday
Movie • 1986
Last Call in the Dog House
Movie • 2021
Simon
The Rivers Run
Movie • 1990
Cyrus James
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Joel McCarthy
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Michael Digby
Batman Beyond
TV • 1999
Paxton Powers (voice)
The District
TV • 2000
Mr. Skols
Judging Amy
TV • 1999
Mr. Andrew Pickeral
Matlock
TV • 1986
Philip Eagen
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Steven Rogers
All the Rivers Run
TV • 1983
Probe
TV • 1988
Austin James
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
Lance Richards
Hotel
TV • 1982
Donny & Marie
TV • 1976
Self
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV • 1977
Frank Hardy
Melrose Place
TV • 1992
Steve McMillan
Battle of the Network Stars
TV • 1976
The Hitchhiker
TV • 1983
Brett
North and South
TV • 1985
Billy Hazard
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
Clark Taylor
Baywatch
TV • 1989
Craig Pomeroy
All The Rivers Run II
TV • 1990
Cyrus James
Greenhouse Academy
TV • 2017
Louis Osmond
Burke's Law
TV • 1994
Ted Cranshaw
Flesh 'n' Blood
TV • 1991
Jeffrey Hazelwood
Legend of the Seeker
TV • 2008
The Margrave
Longmire
TV • 2012
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