Shaun Cassidy
Shaun Cassidy Cassidy (right) with Parker Stevenson in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries Background information Birth name Shaun Paul Cassidy Born (1958-09-27) September 27, 1958 (age 56) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Genres Pop rock Occupation(s) Screenwriter, actor, singer, television producer Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano Years active 1976–present Labels Warner Bros. (USA) Associated acts Utopia Shaun Paul Cassidy (born September 27, 1958) is an American television producer/creator, screenwriter, and former actor and singer. He is the eldest son of Academy Award-winning singer-actress Shirley Jones and Tony Award-winning singer-actor Jack Cassidy. His older half-brother is singer/actor David Cassidy. In the late-1970s, Cassidy was a popular singer and actor. He starred in the television series The Hardy Boys Mysteries, and the short-lived Breaking Away. He had a number of hit records, and did numerous arena tours nationwide. In the 1980s Cassidy had a three-month stint on the daytime soap General Hospital and acted on Broadway and in the West End of London. Since the mid-1990s, Cassidy has worked exclusively as a writer/producer in television, creating a number of critically acclaimed television series, including American Gothic, Roar (with Heath Ledger in his American debut), and Invasion.