Shaun Cassidy
Shaun Paul Cassidy (born
September 27,
1958 in
Los Angeles,
California) is an
American singer,
actor and TV producer.
The eldest of
Broadway entertainer
Jack Cassidy's and actress
Shirley Jones's three sons, Cassidy was inspired by the success of his half-brother
David Cassidy of the
Partridge Family. He went to
Beverly Hills High School.
He released several successful singles in the late 1970s. His first single, a
cover version of
The Crystals' "Da Do Ron Ron", hit #1 in the United States in 1977, and he, like David, became a major
teen idol. He achieved two further top ten singles with cover versions of
Eric Carmen's "That's Rock 'N' Roll" and "Hey Deanie" the same year.
Cassidy starred opposite
Parker Stevenson in the popular
Hardy Boys television series which ran for several seasons on
ABC-TV starting in
1978. Cassidy made his
Broadway debut in
1993 in a production of
Blood Brothers.
Among his credits as a TV producer was the creation of the short-lived
FOX Action/Adventure series
Roar which starred the then unknown
Heath Ledger. Other writing and producing credits include
Cold Case,
The Agency, and the creation of
American Gothic as well as the
2005 ABC series
Invasion.
He has two children by his first wife, model Ann Pennington, and one child by his second wife, actress Susan Diol. On
August 28,
2004, he married his third wife, producer Tracey Turner with whom he has one child.
In the fall of
1990, the Shaun Cassidy Fan Club was founded at
SUNY Oswego. Contrary to its name, it is a not a fan club devoted to Shaun Cassidy, but instead is a college
improv comedy troupe that bears his name. In honor of him, the troupe has a skit called "Do-Ron-Ron" in its repetoire.
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Hardy-Boys.Com's 1970's TV Show Page*
The Shaun Cassidy Fan Club*
Valentine Val's Unofficial Shaun Cassidy Site
