Parker Stevenson
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Parker Stevenson (born Richard Stevenson Parker on June 4, 1952 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American television actor. He attended Rye Country Day School in Rye, NY. His first notable screen appearance was a starring role in the 1972 movie A Separate Peace. He graduated from Princeton University in 1976 and moved to Hollywood.
Stevenson became well-known from starring in the Hardy Boys Mysteries series with teen heartthrob, Shaun Cassidy, which ran 1977-79 on ABC-TV. He then starred on the short-lived series Probe in 1988. He was also part of the original cast of Baywatch in the 1989 season, returning for the syndicated 1997 and 1998 seasons.
On December 22, 1983, Stevenson was married to actress Kirstie Alley (Cheers), ending in divorce in 1997. The couple adopted a boy and a girl, after Alley experienced a miscarriage and later a stillbirth. Memorably, when Alley won an Emmy Award in 1991, she thanked Stevenson in her acceptance speech for giving her "the big one."
According to media reports, Stevenson walked away from the marriage with a $6,000,000 USD settlement, after asking for $75,000 per month in alimony. Today, the couple share joint custody of their two children.
[edit] External links
- Parker Stevenson at the Internet Movie Database
- Parker Stevenson at TV.com
- Hardy-Boys.Com's 1970's TV Show Page
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