Richard Stevenson Parker Jr. (born June 4, 1952), known professionally
as Parker Stevenson, is an American actor best known for playing Frank
Hardy in the 1970s TV series The Hardy Boys, and Craig Pomeroy on the
1990s TV series Baywatch.Stevenson was born in the Main Line of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as Richard Stevenson Parker Jr., one of
two sons of Richard Stevenson Parker Sr., an investment advisor, and
Sarah Meade, an actress who acted on Broadway and in numerous
television commercials. His mother took him to a filming session when
he was five years old, which resulted in him making two small
television appearances. The elder Parker, who had moved his family to
Rye, New York, disapproved of the whole business, and although Richard
Jr. himself appeared in a few plays at Brooks Preparatory School, he
then had no intention of becoming an actor. His career ambition,
instead, was architecture.Stevenson's first notable screen appearance
was a starring role in the 1972 movie A Separate Peace, credited as
Parker Stevenson. After graduating from Brooks School and Princeton
University, where he studied architecture, he moved to Hollywood and
landed a role opposite Sam Elliott in the 1976 film Lifeguard.
as Parker Stevenson, is an American actor best known for playing Frank
Hardy in the 1970s TV series The Hardy Boys, and Craig Pomeroy on the
1990s TV series Baywatch.Stevenson was born in the Main Line of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as Richard Stevenson Parker Jr., one of
two sons of Richard Stevenson Parker Sr., an investment advisor, and
Sarah Meade, an actress who acted on Broadway and in numerous
television commercials. His mother took him to a filming session when
he was five years old, which resulted in him making two small
television appearances. The elder Parker, who had moved his family to
Rye, New York, disapproved of the whole business, and although Richard
Jr. himself appeared in a few plays at Brooks Preparatory School, he
then had no intention of becoming an actor. His career ambition,
instead, was architecture.Stevenson's first notable screen appearance
was a starring role in the 1972 movie A Separate Peace, credited as
Parker Stevenson. After graduating from Brooks School and Princeton
University, where he studied architecture, he moved to Hollywood and
landed a role opposite Sam Elliott in the 1976 film Lifeguard.
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