Jeremy Russell Gelbwaks (born May 22, 1961; Los Angeles) is an
American former child actor who starred in the television series The
Partridge Family (1970â€"71).Gelbwaks was the first actor to play the
role of Chris Partridge. He left the series after the first season,
and was replaced by Brian Forster in the summer of 1971. According to
his Partridge Family co-star David Cassidy, Gelbwaks "had a
personality conflict with every person in the cast, and with the
producers". In a 2005 interview with the Television Academy
Foundation, Shirley Jones mentioned that Gelbwaks "was not happy doing
[the show] .. his parents wanted him to do it, so we replaced him".He
stopped acting when his family moved to Reston, Virginia, a suburb of
Washington, D.C., where they remained for a year and a half before
moving again to Connecticut, and later to Potsdam, New York. His
father Norman taught computer science at the State University of New
York at Potsdam.
American former child actor who starred in the television series The
Partridge Family (1970â€"71).Gelbwaks was the first actor to play the
role of Chris Partridge. He left the series after the first season,
and was replaced by Brian Forster in the summer of 1971. According to
his Partridge Family co-star David Cassidy, Gelbwaks "had a
personality conflict with every person in the cast, and with the
producers". In a 2005 interview with the Television Academy
Foundation, Shirley Jones mentioned that Gelbwaks "was not happy doing
[the show] .. his parents wanted him to do it, so we replaced him".He
stopped acting when his family moved to Reston, Virginia, a suburb of
Washington, D.C., where they remained for a year and a half before
moving again to Connecticut, and later to Potsdam, New York. His
father Norman taught computer science at the State University of New
York at Potsdam.
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