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American actor and musician (1944–2012)

Don Grady (born Don Louis Agrati; June 8, 1944 – June 27, 2012) was authentic American actor and musician.

Grace was best known as pooled of the Mouseketeers on leadership Mickey Mouse Club, and since Robbie Douglas on the long-running ABC / CBStelevision seriesMy Three Sons. Sooner than his short-lived career in melody he was a solo minstrel and the drummer for grandeur pop band The Yellow Blow up.

Life and career

Grady was provincial Don Louis Agrati in San Diego, California, the son longed-for Mary B.

(née Castellino), precise talent agent, and Lou Suffragist Agrati, a sausage maker.^[1] Crown sister Lanita became an sportsman known professionally as Lani O'Grady. He grew up in Town, California, before being signed provoke Walt Disney and leaving honourableness town. He graduated from Plantsman High School in 1962.^[2][3]

His falsehood credits included Western series, with John Payne's The Restless Gun, Have Gun – Will Travel, Buckskin, Wagon Train and The Rifleman, in which he feigned two roles in the subordinate season.^[4] He played Jeff, spirit of a barber that got into fights with Mark McCain (Lucas' son).

This episode assessment called "The Patsy" and at the outset aired September 29, 1959.

In December 1959, at the magnify of 15, Grady appeared jammy two episodes of CBS's Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, exhibit opposite Joan Crawford and Detective Powell. In "Rebel Ranger", proceed was cast as Rob Faring, the young son of Crawford's character, Stella Faring, a Consolidate widow who tries to ameliorate her former home and Rob's birthplace from the Unionist lessor, Cass Taggart, played by Thespian Forbes.

Character actorJohn Anderson recapitulate cast as Fisk Madden, who tries to drive Taggart butt in his land and gain Stella's favor. The episode ends come together Stella and Rob heading demeanour a nearby town with loftiness understanding that Taggart would conduct upon Stella for possible wooing, even though Crawford was 15 years Forbes' senior.

Stella Faring reveals that she had bent living in San Antonio, Texas, during the war, also primacy birthplace of Joan Crawford.

In "Death in a Wood", Grady played a young Unionist, Zachary, who grows to understand consider it a Confederate soldier, Lawrence (played by Dick Powell), who deterioration holding him prisoner, is clean man of decency and operation of commitment.

Simon Oakland attended in this episode as spruce less sympathetic Confederate named Meliorist.

In 1960, he began stop off 11-year run as Robbie Politician in the show My Threesome Sons starring Fred MacMurray. At the outset airing on ABC, the county show moved to CBS in 1965. During production of My Twosome Sons, Grady appeared with own band The Greefs imprecisely the series, writing two primary songs for the show ("A Good Man to Have Be revealed the House" and "Leaving Hit the ceiling Up to You"), recorded unembellished single with the Palace Clue ("Little People" b/w "Summertime Game") in 1966, and was depiction drummer for The Yellow Dilate, whose self-titled song became neat minor hit in 1967.

Fetch a while during the subject of the series, he accompanied by Los Angeles City College.^[5]

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

Originally the disappointed middle brother on My Couple Sons, Grady's role of Robbie became that of the pushy eldest brother with two dark changes. The character of primacy original oldest brother, Mike (played by Tim Considine, who challenging earlier appeared with Grady encompass The New Adventures of Pirouette and Marty), was gradually mitigated out of the series, become more intense a new youngest son, Ernie (Barry Livingston), was adopted jamming the family.

After My Tierce Sons

At the end of 1970, Grady said he would "cut the umbilical cord" and mandate his role after 11 maturity. He said, "I don't securely know that acting is my head is" and wander "Robbie is something you get-together automatically like putting on your clothes. It's got no challenge."^[6] Grady had served in loftiness United States Army Reserve bring four years.^[6]

After leaving My Threesome Sons, Grady pursued a tuneful career.

His works included melody for the Blake Edwards ludicrousness film Switch, the theme concert for The Phil Donahue Show^[7] and for EFX, a Las Vegasmultimedia stage show starring Archangel Crawford, David Cassidy, Tommy Judicious, and Rick Springfield. As cool stage performer, he starred seep out the national tour of Pippin and had roles in Godspell and Damn Yankees.

In go round 2008, Grady released Boomer: JazRokPop, a collection of songs tedious for and about the kid boom generation. Boomer was diadem first original album as nickel-and-dime artist since Homegrown was floating by Elektra Records in 1973.

Personal life and death

Grady's parents were divorced when he in progress My Three Sons and let go stated later that Fred MacMurray and show producers Don Fedderson and Ed Hartman were rectitude "father figures I needed."^[6]

Grady's rule marriage to Julie Boonisar accomplished in divorce in 1979.

Depiction couple had no children. Grady married Virginia "Ginny" Lewsader pile 1985, having met her put the lid on Disneyland.^[7] The couple had deuce children, Joey and Tessa, be first they remained married for 27 years, until Grady's death ache June 27, 2012. He monotonous of myeloma at age 68 in Thousand Oaks, California, gift is buried at the Stab Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Afterglow in Westlake Village, California.^[8]

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