He played Calvin Graham in the 1998 made-for-television historical war drama Too Young the Hero, and in 1990 he starred in A Son’s Promise and The Stranger Within. His role as Mark in The Stranger Within earned Ricky a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Television Film.īut just because Schroder loved the small screen doesn’t mean he stayed away from the big screen. What did Ricky do after Silver Spoons?Īfter Silver Spoons was canceled, Ricky spent a lot of time on the small screen, appearing mostly in TV movies. The show came to an end in 1987, after a time change led to too-low ratings. Schroder’s time as Ricky allowed him to grab two more Young Artist Awards for Best Young Actor in a New Television Series in 19. The show also saw Alfonso Ribeiro (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) and Jason Bateman (Arrested Development, Ozark) in supporting roles across various seasons. For all 116 episodes across all five seasons, Ricky’s character Ricky dealt with meeting and getting to know his ultra-wealthy father Edward, played by Joel Higgins, and learning how to balance his seriousness with his father’s immaturity. Ricky’s first TV role would be a pretty well-known one, when he was cast as Ricky Stratton on the hit series Silver Spoons in 1982. He earned an award nomination for each role, and went on to win Best Young Motion Picture Actor at the Young Artist Awards in 1981.
Ricky followed that up with a busy 1980, appearing in films The Last Flight of Noah’s Ark, The Earthling, and Little Lord Fauntieroy that year. The role would earn Schroder a New Star of the Year Award at that year’s Golden Globes.
Ricky was only three months old when his mom started bringing him to photo shoots, but his first time on screen was in the 1979 film The Champ, where he played Jon Voight’s son, T. He has one older sister, Dawn Gregg (credited in earlier roles as Dawn Schroder) who appeared in shows like Diff’rent Strokes and The Facts of Life. A fun fact about his parents is that they both worked for AT&T. on April 13th, 1970, and was raised in Staten Island, New York. Let’s see what Ricky Schroder did with his career once the silver spoon was taken out of his hand.Ī true New Yorker, Richard Bartlett Schroder Jr. was born in Brooklyn to parents Diane Katherine Bartlett and Richard John Schroder Sr. The blond-haired kid used his good looks to keep audiences hooked and coming back season after season. The 80s was all about the American family sitcom, and one that captured viewers was the award-winning show Silver Spoons. At the heart of the series was the relationship between a child-like father and a mature child, who was played by actor Ricky Schroder.
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