Ricky Schroder
| Ricky Schroder | |
|---|---|
 Schroder in November 2008 | |
| Born |
Richard Bartlett Schroder, Jr. April 13, 1970 Brooklyn, New York |
| Other names | Rick Schroder |
| Occupation | Actor, film director, producer |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Spouse(s) | Andrea Bernard (m. 1992) |
| Children | 4 |
| Website |
rickyschroderproductions |
Richard Bartlett "Ricky" Schroder, Jr. (born April 13, 1970) is an American actor and film director. He debuted in the film The Champ (1979), going on to become a child star on the sitcom Silver Spoons. He has continued acting as an adult, notably on the western miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989), and the crime-drama series NYPD Blue.
Early life and career
Schroder was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised on Staten Island. He is the son of Diane and Richard Bartlett Schroder, both former employees of AT&T. Schroder's mother quit her job to raise him and his sister Dawn,[1] taking him to photo shoots when he was only three months old. As a child, Schroder appeared in many catalogs, and by age six, he had appeared in sixty advertisements.
Schroder made his film debut as the son of Jon Voight's character in the 1979 remake of the 1931 film The Champ. He was nominated for, and subsequently won, a Golden Globe award in 1980 for Best New Male Star of the Year in a Motion Picture.[2] After winning the Golden Globe, Schroder embarked on a three-month publicity tour around the world, meeting the Queen of England and the Pope.
Following his role in The Champ, Schroder was removed from school by his parents in the third grade to focus on his career. He moved to Los Angeles with his mother, but his father remained in New York City and kept his job with AT&T. Every weekend, Rick Sr. would fly to Los Angeles to see his wife and son. The following year, Schroder appeared in the Disney feature film The Last Flight of Noah's Ark with Elliott Gould. He also starred as the title character in Little Lord Fauntleroy, alongside Alec Guinness.
Schroder then became well known as the star of the television series Silver Spoons. He played the role of Ricky Stratton, the son of a wealthy and eccentric millionaire. His performance earned him two Young Artist awards.
He struggled with his identity as an actor when Silver Spoons ended. Prospective roles were rare, and he was mainly designated to play boyish-looking teenagers or blond-haired heartthrobs. Schroder avoided the vices of other child actors and attempted to establish himself as a more mature actor, dropping the "y" from his first name. His mother enrolled him in Calabasas High School, but Schroder had trouble adjusting to the new environment.[3]
In 1988, the year after Silver Spoons ended, Schroder starred in a prime-time CBS TV movie based on a true story, the drama Too Young the Hero, as a 12-year-old who passes for 17 to enlist in World War II.
Schroder appeared as the guest timekeeper in Wrestlemania 2 for a match between Hulk Hogan and King Kong Bundy. He was ranked #18 in VH1's 100 Greatest Kid Stars list and #33 in the 100 Greatest Teen Stars list.
Adult career
After graduating from high school, Schroder enrolled himself in Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colorado. Still accepting jobs in various TV movies during this time, Schroder still struggled to establish himself as a serious adult actor.. He eventually bought a large piece of land in Colorado.
His co-starring role in the Western mini-series Lonesome Dove and its sequel, Return to Lonesome Dove, helped in his attempt to be recognized in more mature roles. His roles as Danny Sorenson on three seasons of NYPD Blue, nurse Paul Flowers in Scrubs, Dr. Dylan West on Strong Medicine, and Mike Doyle on the 2007 season of 24 worked to cement that perception with the viewing audience.
In 2004, Schroder wrote and directed the feature film Black Cloud, a drama about a Navajo boxer. The same year he directed and starred in the music video for "Whiskey Lullaby",[4] a song by Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss. Schroder's son Luke and daughter Cambrie also appeared in the video. The same directorial experience garnered Schroder another award for Best Music Video at the 2005 Nashville Film Festival in Nashville, Tennessee. At the 2005 CMT Music Awards, the video won an award for Collaborative Video of the Year, while Schroder won for Director of the Year.
In 2007, Schroder announced that he was changing his credit back to "Ricky" beginning with his role on 24.[5] In an interview, he admitted that changing his name from "Ricky" to "Rick" at 18, upon prompting by his agent, was a mistake. "'Rick' never really fit,” he said. “I tried for 18 years to make it work, and no one wanted to call me 'Rick'. It should always have been 'Ricky'. That’s what it always should have been, so I’m going back to it.”[6]
In 2009, he directed the adventure horror film Hellhounds.[7] In June 2009, at Andrea's strong urging, Schroder packed up the family and moved to Spain. They rented a home in Barcelona for a year, and celebrated Schroder's 40th birthday in Marrakesh, Morocco. After returning in June 2010, Schroder went back to the entertainment industry. He guest-starred in a January 2011 episode of ABC's No Ordinary Family.[8]
His production company, Ricky Schroder Productions, has produced Starting Strong, a TV show for the U.S. Army, since 2013, as well as other projects including The Fighting Season. In 2013, the production company produced the movie Our Wild Hearts for the Hallmark Channel, in which Schroder starred with his daughter Cambrie.
Personal life
While in Canada filming the television movie Blood River in 1991, Schroder met a seventeen-year-old student named Andrea Bernard. The couple married on September 26, 1992, and went on [sic] to have four children: Holden (born January 1992), who was named after Schroder's The Earthling co-star William Holden,[9] Luke (born August 1993), Cambrie (born November 1996), and Faith (born August 2001).. The couple practiced the Mormon faith.
In 2013, the couple appeared on a segment of Oprah Winfrey's "Where Are They Now?" Andrea revealed that when she was eight-years-old, she made a "dream bag" with a photo of a then ten-year-old Ricky inside, along with a note that "someday she would like to marry Ricky." She crossed it out and wrote "meet," explaining she was embarrassed. Ten years later, the couple indeed did get married.
Andrea Bernard Schroder is an interior designer and was a contestant on Top Design on Bravo. She is a regular on the Hallmark Channel's Home and Family, owns a candle company[10] with distribution through Hallmark and Nordstrom and is also a real estate developer.
Schroder is an active member of the National Rifle Association and is very active within children's charity circles. He is an auto racing enthusiast and a past winner of the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race in Long Beach, California. He is also a supporter of Racing For Kids, in which celebrities race to raise money for children's health care. Schroder and his wife are active celebrity "Advocacy Ambassadors" for the child abuse prevention and treatment organization Childhelp. He is working with Paul Mitchell schools to build water wells in Guatemala via Wells of Hope. Schroder is active in support of the Cadet Youth Academy program.
On September 13, 2016 it was announced that Andrea had filed for divorce weeks before their 24th anniversary.[11] He is Mormon LDS after converting to the religion for his wife.[12]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Champ, TheThe Champ | Timothy Joseph ("T.J.") Flynn | |
| 1980 | Last Flight of Noah's Ark, TheThe Last Flight of Noah's Ark | Bobby | |
| 1980 | Earthling, TheThe Earthling | Shawn Daley | |
| 1980 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Ceddie Errol (Little Lord Fauntleroy) | |
| 1991 | Across the Tracks | Billy Maloney | |
| 1994 | There Goes My Baby | Stick | |
| 1995 | Crimson Tide | Lt. Paul Hellerman | |
| 2001 | The Lost Battalion | Maj. Charles White Whittlesey | |
| 2002 | Poolhall Junkies | Brad | |
| 2003 | Face of Terror | Nick Harper | |
| 2003 | Consequence | John Wolfe | |
| 2004 | Black Cloud | Eddie | |
| 2009 | Locker 13 | Tommy Novak | |
| 2010 | Blood Done Sign My Name | Vernon Tyson | |
| 2010 | Get Him to the Greek | Himself |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Something So Right | Joey Bosnick | Movie |
| 1982–1987 | Silver Spoons | Ricky Stratton | 116 episodes |
| 1983 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Hansel | Episode: "Hansel and Gretel" |
| 1983 | Two Kinds of Love | Robbie Farley | Movie |
| 1985 | Reason to Live, AA Reason to Live | Alex Stewart | Movie |
| 1988 | Too Young the Hero | Calvin Graham | Movie |
| 1989 | Terror on Highway 91 | Clay Nelson | Movie |
| 1989 | Out on the Edge | Danny Evetts | Movie |
| 1989 | Lonesome Dove | Newt Dobbs | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
| 1990 | A Son's Promise | Terry O'Kelly | Movie |
| 1990 | The Stranger Within | Mark | Movie |
| 1991 | Blood River | Jimmy Pearls ("The Kid") | Movie |
| 1991 | My Son Johnny | Johnny Cortino | Movie |
| 1992 | Miles from Nowhere | Frank Reilly | Movie |
| 1993 | Call of the Wild | John Thornton | Movie |
| 1993 | Return to Lonesome Dove | Newt Dobbs | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
| 1994 | Texas | Otto MacNab | Miniseries |
| 1994 | To My Daughter with Love | Joey Cutter | Movie |
| 1994 | In the Heat of the Night | A bad guy | Episode: "Dangerous Engagement" |
| 1996 | Innocent Victims | Billy Richardson | Movie |
| 1997 | Ebenezer | Samuel Benson | Movie |
| 1997 | Too Close to Home | Nick Donahue | Movie |
| 1997 | Detention: The Siege at Johnson High | Jason Copeland | Movie |
| 1997 | Heart Full of Rain | Isaiah Dockett | Movie |
| 1998–2001 | NYPD Blue | Det. Danny Sorenson | 58 episodes |
| 1999 | Murder at Devil's Glen | Henry | Movie (aka What We Did That Night) |
| 2001 | Lost Battalion, TheThe Lost Battalion | Major Charles White Whittlesey | Movie |
| 2003 | Scrubs | Nurse Paul Flowers | 4 episodes |
| 2005 | 14 Hours | Dr. Foster | Movie |
| 2005–2006 | Strong Medicine | Dr. Dylan West | 19 episodes |
| 2006 | Robot Chicken | Cloudkeeper | Episode: "Password: Swordfish" |
| 2007 | 24 | Mike Doyle | 12 episodes |
| 2008 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | Jonathan Brock | Movie |
| 2008 | Andromeda Strain, TheThe Andromeda Strain | Major Bill Keane MD | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
| 2010 | No Ordinary Family | Dave Cotten | Episode: "No Ordinary Friends" |
| 2011 | To the Mat | Aaron | Movie |
| 2013 | Goodnight for Justice: Queen of Hearts | Cyril Knox | Movie |
| 2013 | Our Wild Hearts | Jack Thomas | Movie |
| 2014 | Hell's Kitchen | Himself | Season 13 Episode 15: "4 Chefs Compete" |
| 2015 | Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors | Robert Lee Parton | Movie |
| 2016 | Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love | Robert Lee Parton | Movie |
Director
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Title of work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Golden Globe Awards | New Star of the Year – Actor | The Champ | Won |
| Young Artist Awards | Best Juvenile Actor in a Motion Picture | The Champ | Nominated | |
| 1980 | Best Young Actor in a Major Motion Picture | The Last Flight of Noah's Ark | Nominated | |
| 1981 | Best Young Motion Picture Actor | The Earthling | Won | |
| 1982 | Best Young Actor in a Movie Made for Television | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Nominated | |
| Best Young Actor in a New Television Series | Silver Spoons | Won | ||
| 1983 | Best Young Actor in a New Television Series | Silver Spoons | Won | |
| 1990 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | The Stranger Within | Nominated |
| 1999 | Screen Actors Guild | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | NYPD Blue | Nominated |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | NYPD Blue | Nominated |
References
- ↑ "Rick Schroder profile". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ↑ "Ricky/Rick Schroder". Golden Globes. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ↑ Morrison, Mark (1999-07-11). "A little Schroder. A little wiser. Former child star Rick (a k a Ricky) Schroder's grown-up role on NYPD Blue could earn him a nod in next week's Emmy nominations.". USA Today. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
When I finished Silver Spoons and I went back to Calabasas High School for senior year, I had a tough time.
- ↑ "Video clip for ''Whiskey Lullaby'' directed and starred by Rick Scroder". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ↑ "Cast of "24" Discuss TV Show". Larry King Live. CNN.com. 2007-01-20. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ↑ Celizic, Mike (2008-05-26). "Ricky Schroder: From 'Silver Spoons' to scary sci-fi". today.msnbc.msn.com. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
- ↑ Barton, Steve (2010-02-01). "Exclusive Clip: Hellhounds". Dread Central. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ↑ "Rick Schroder Cast on No Ordinary Family". TVGuide.com. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
- ↑ "The religion of William Holden, actor". Adherents.com. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
- ↑ "AndreaSchroder.com Candles & Gifts".
- ↑ 1 (2013-10-17). "Ricky Schroder's Wife Files for Divorce". TMZ.com. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ↑ Shayla D. "Ricky Schroder's Wife Files For Divorce Just Weeks Before 24th Wedding Anniversary". Inquisitr.com. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ↑ Wixson, Heather (2010-02-11). "Rick Schroder Talks Hellhounds". Dread Central. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ↑ Barton, Steve (2009-12-16). "Succumb to the Hellhounds of Rick Schroder or Risk Death by Way of Sharpened Silver Spoon". Dread Central. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ↑ "Our Wild Hearts - About the Movie". Hallmark Movie Channel. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
Bibliography
- Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 379-380.
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