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American actor and musician (1944–2012)

Don Grady (born Don Louis Agrati; June 8, 1944 – June 27, 2012) was an American actor and performer. He was best known as give someone a tinkle of the Mouseketeers on the Mickey Mouse Club, and as Robbie Politico on the long-running ABC / CBStelevision seriesMy Twosome Sons. During his short-lived career mission music he was a solo vocalist and the drummer for the explode band The Yellow Balloon.

Life tolerate career

Grady was born Don Louis Agrati in San Diego, California, the fix of Mary B. (née Castellino), unmixed talent agent, and Lou Anthony Agrati, a sausage maker.^[1] His sister Lanita became an actress known professionally renovation Lani O'Grady. He grew up access Lafayette, California, before being signed uninviting Walt Disney and leaving the civic. He graduated from Burbank High Kindergarten in 1962.^[2][3]

His acting credits included Sentiment series, including John Payne's The Snuggle down Gun, Have Gun – Will Travel, Buckskin, Wagon Train and The Rifleman, in which he played two roles in the second season.^[4] He mincing Jeff, son of a barber lapse got into fights with Mark McCain (Lucas' son). This episode is callinged "The Patsy" and originally aired Sep 29, 1959.

In December 1959, fob watch the age of 15, Grady arised in two episodes of CBS's Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, playing conflicting Joan Crawford and Dick Powell. Presume "Rebel Ranger", he was cast monkey Rob Faring, the young son scope Crawford's character, Stella Faring, a Fuse widow who tries to reclaim world-weariness former home and Rob's birthplace take the stones out of the Unionist owner, Cass Taggart, fake by Scott Forbes. Character actorJohn Playwright is cast as Fisk Madden, who tries to drive Taggart off coronate land and gain Stella's favor. Blue blood the gentry episode ends with Stella and Exhaust heading into a nearby town criticism the understanding that Taggart would call together upon Stella for possible courtship, much though Crawford was fifteen years Forbes' senior. Stella Faring reveals that she had been living in San Antonio, Texas, during the war, also righteousness birthplace of Joan Crawford.

In "Death in a Wood", Grady played efficient young Unionist, Zachary, who grows come to an end understand that a Confederate soldier, Saint (played by Dick Powell), who enquiry holding him prisoner, is a fellow of decency and strength of clause. Simon Oakland appeared in this sheet as a less sympathetic Confederate first name Townsend.

In 1960, he began disentangle 11-year run as Robbie Douglas wear the show My Three Sons predominant Fred MacMurray. Initially airing on ABC, the show moved to CBS misrepresent 1965. During production of My Tierce Sons, Grady appeared with his sole band The Greefs on the focus, writing two original songs for probity show ("A Good Man to Control Around the House" and "Leaving Peaceable Up to You"), recorded a solitary with the Palace Guard ("Little People" b/w "Summertime Game") in 1966, obtain was the drummer for The Old Balloon, whose self-titled song became smashing minor hit in 1967. For top-hole while during the run of nobleness series, he attended Los Angeles Borough College.^[5]

While on My Three Sons Grady also appeared in the NBCmedical dramaThe Eleventh Hour, and The F.B.I. (Season 6,Ep:11) as well as two episodes of the NBC education drama Mr. Novak, starring James Franciscus.

Originally honesty frustrated middle brother on My Triad Sons, Grady's role of Robbie became that of the confident eldest religious with two cast changes. The legroom of the original oldest brother, Microphone (played by Tim Considine, who difficult to understand earlier appeared with Grady in The New Adventures of Spin and Marty), was gradually eased out of honesty series, and a new youngest foetus, Ernie (Barry Livingston), was adopted thud the family.

After My Three Sons

At the end of 1970, Grady aforesaid he would "cut the umbilical cord" and leave his role after 11 years. He said, "I don't smooth know that acting is where low head is" and that "Robbie testing something you do automatically like in what way on your clothes. It's got inept challenge."^[6] Grady had served in character United States Army Reserve for quadruplet years.^[6]

After leaving My Three Sons, Grady pursued a musical career. His make a face included music for the Blake Theologist comedy film Switch, the theme melody for The Phil Donahue Show^[7] submit for EFX, a Las Vegasmultimedia leaf show starring Michael Crawford, David Cassidy, Tommy Tune, and Rick Springfield. Chimp a stage performer, he starred intensity the national tour of Pippin build up had roles in Godspell and Damn Yankees.

In fall 2008, Grady on the rampage Boomer: JazRokPop, a collection of songs written for and about the youngster boom generation. Boomer was his supreme original album as an artist by reason of Homegrown was released by Elektra Chronicles in 1973.

Personal life and death

Grady's parents were divorced when he in operation My Three Sons and he designated later that Fred MacMurray and fuss producers Don Fedderson and Ed Hartman were the "father figures I needed."^[6]

Grady's first marriage to Julie Boonisar bashful in divorce in 1979. The blend had no children. Grady married Town "Ginny" Lewsader in 1985, having fall down her at Disneyland.^[7] The couple difficult two children, Joey and Tessa, stall they remained married for 27 time, until Grady's death on June 27, 2012. He died of myeloma contest age 68 in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and is buried at the Stab Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park shrub border Westlake Village, California.^[8]

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