Staci Keanan is the stage name of Anastasia Sagorsky (born June 6, 1975), an American actress. Keanan is best known for her roles in the television series My Two Dads (1987–90) and Step by Step (1991–98). She has also been credited as Stacy Keanan and Staci Love.

Early life[link]

Keanan was born in Devon, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia), the daughter of Jacqueline (née Love) and Irv Sagorsky, a car salesman.^[1][2][3] She has a sister, Pilar.^[3] The family resided in the Philadelphia area.

Career[link]

At age five, she began modeling and appeared in print, radio, and television advertisements, including the voice of My Little Pony and television commercials for Burger King and Hershey's Kisses. As a youth, Keanan moved with her mother and sister to New York City, where she changed her name to "Staci Love" and began appearing in summer stock. She made her credited television debut in the 1987 miniseries I'll Take Manhattan.^[4]

At the age of 12, shortly after she moved with her family to Los Angeles, California, she was cast as Nicole Bradford in the TV series My Two Dads. The series ran from 1987 to 1990. In 1991, she co-starred in the short-lived series Going Places with Alan Ruck, Heather Locklear, and Hallie Todd. That same year, Keanan was cast as Dana Foster in the TV series Step by Step which aired from 1991 to 1998. By 1997 Keanan had changed her name from Staci to Stacy.^[5]

Keanan had roles in the short Stolen Poem (2004) and the films Hidden Secrets (2006), and Death and Cremation (2010) with Brad Dourif, Jeremy Sumpter, and Daniel Baldwin. In 2009 Keanan appeared in Holyman Undercover, starring David A.R. White,^[1] and in 2010 she appeared in a cameo in You Again with Step By Step castmates Christine Lakin and Patrick Duffy. She also co-starred in the film Sarah's Choice.^[6]

Personal life[link]

Keanan is married to Guy Birtwhistle.^[3]

Theatre[link]

As a child musical theatre performer:

• Miss Lulu Bett, by Zona Gale, Berkshire Theater Festival, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
• Annie, Theatre at Stagedoor Manor, Loch Sheldrake, New York
• Georgia Avenue, by Joe Masteroff, Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, Connecticut
• The King and I, Norma Terris Theatre, Chester, Connecticut
• Gypsy, Norma Terris Theatre, Chester, Connecticut

As an adult stage performer:

• Old Glories, two one-act plays by Elliot Shoenman, directed by Mark L. Taylor, Zephyr Theatre, Hollywood, California
  • Above the Fold (Diane), Zephyr Theatre, Hollywood, California
  • Red Flags (Janet), Zephyr Theatre, Hollywood, California
• Moment in the Sun (Diane Bellini), by Elliot Shoenman, Matrix Theatre, Hollywood, California
• Last Call at Moby Dick's (Caroline), by Ed Marill, directed by Mark L. Taylor, McCadden Place Theatre, Hollywood, California
• Sunset Park (Young Evelyn) second run, by Marley Sims and Elliot Shoenman, directed by Mark L. Taylor, Zephyr Theatre, Hollywood, California

Filmography[link]

Awards[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Staci Keanan at the Internet Movie Database

Patrick George Duffy (born March 17, 1949) is an American character actor of stage and film. He is best known for his role on the CBS television drama Dallas, where he played Bobby Ewing from 1978 to 1985 and from 1986 to 1991. Duffy will return to reprise his role as Bobby in a new up-to-date Dallas currently scheduled to air its 10-episode first season in Summer 2012. He is also well known for his role on the ABC television sitcom Step by Step as Frank Lambert, the husband of Carol Lambert, played by Suzanne Somers, from 1991 to 1998.

Career[link]

In 1976, Duffy landed the role of Mark Harris in the short-lived television series Man from Atlantis. Following the series' cancellation in early 1978, he got his big break in the role of Bobby Ewing on the TV series Dallas. The show became a worldwide phenomenon, ranking in the top 3 for the first half of the 1980s. Despite its success, Duffy opted to leave the series in 1985 with his character being killed off onscreen. However, with both the show and his career on the decline, he returned in 1986 in the infamous shower scene that rendered the entire 1985–1986 season "just a dream". Duffy then remained with the series until its cancellation in 1991. He also appeared in several episodes of the spin-off series Knots Landing between 1979-82. Throughout the 13-year run of Dallas, Duffy directed several episodes of the series. In 1992, he began a role of the public announcing host and Pete's rival, Harold Hatchback (which is from Rob Paulsen's voice role) in the episode, "Buddy Building" from Goof Troop.

At the end of Dallas' run in 1991, Duffy began another popular television role, as Frank Lambert on the family sitcom, Step by Step in which he co-starred with Suzanne Somers. The series ran until 1998, and Duffy also directed 49 episodes. Also in the 1990s, he appeared in two Dallas reunion TV movies; J.R. Returns (1996) and War of the Ewings (1998), both of which he also co-produced. In an interview on the UK's Mrs. Merton chat show in 1997, Duffy stated that he and Dallas co-star Larry Hagman were planning a third Dallas TV movie, but this project failed to materialize. He has reunited on several occasions with many of his Dallas co-stars both onscreen and off, most notably for the non-fiction television special Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork in 2004.

Duffy continued to act in the occasional guest or voice acting appearance, including the shows Family Guy (in which he appeared in a live action scene with Victoria Principal as they spoofed the Dallas shower scene), as well as Justice League and Touched by an Angel.

More recently, Duffy starred in television movies Falling in Love With the Girl Next Door and Desolation Canyon. In 2006, he began a limited run on the daytime soap The Bold and the Beautiful as Stephen Logan, returning to the role every now and then. From April - July 2008, he also hosted Bingo America, a partially interactive game show on GSN.

Duffy has also tried his hand at singing and in 1983 he had a hit in Europe with "Together We're Strong", a duet with French female singer Mireille Mathieu.^{[citation needed]} The single reached number 5 in The Netherlands in April 1983.

In 2010, Duffy began appearing as a paid spokesperson for "Miracle Ear" hearing aids.^[1]

In 2010, Duffy narrated the ESPN 30-for-30 documentary entitled "Pony Excess", which profiled the SMU football scandal of the 1980s. Coincidentally, SMU is located in Dallas.

Personal life[link]

Duffy was born in Townsend, Montana, the son of tavern owners Marie and Terence Duffy.^[2][3] During high school, Duffy was living in Everett, Washington and attended school there.^[3] Academically, Duffy earned credentials in theater arts that entitled him to teach, graduating from the University of Washington in 1971 with a degree in drama.^[4] He ruptured both his vocal cords during his senior year of college, so he created the position of actor-in-residence, where he worked as an interpreter for ballet, opera, and orchestra companies in Washington. He also taught mime and movement classes during this period, during which he met his wife.^[5]

He is of Irish descent.^{[citation needed]} Duffy married Carlyn Rosser, ten years his senior, in a Nichiren Buddhist ceremony conducted on February 15, 1974. The couple had two sons, Padraic Terrence Duffy (b. 1974) and Conor Frederick Duffy (b. 1979) and currently live near Eagle Point, Oregon.^[6] Duffy was an avid collector of antique dolls and children's books.^[4] Though a former Catholic^{[citation needed]} and named after St. Patrick because he was born on March 17, he converted to Nichiren Buddhism and began chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo at the approximate time of his earliest encounters with his wife, who was then a ballet dancer with the First Chamber Dance Company of New York.^[4] He and his family are long-time active members of the American Buddhist group SGI-USA (Sōka Gakkai International - USA).

His nephew is Major League Baseball pitcher Barry Zito of the San Francisco Giants, whose mother is Duffy's sister-in-law.^[7]

On November 18, 1986, Duffy's parents were murdered by two young men, Kenneth Miller and Sean Wentz, during an armed robbery of the Montana bar his parents owned. Wentz and Miller, who were teenagers at the time, were convicted of the murders and sentenced to 75 years in prison. In 2001, Miller appeared before the Montana Parole board after Sean Wentz recanted his original story, admitting that he was the sole gunman. Miller was denied clemency in 2001 but was released on parole in December 2007.^[8]

Filmography[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

Bambi Awards

• 1987: Won

Soap Opera Digest Awards

• 1985: Won, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Prime Time Serial" - Dallas
• 1988: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Prime Time Serial" - Dallas
• 1988: Nominated, "Favorite Super Couple in a Prime Time Serial - Dallas (shared w/Victoria Principal)
• 1990: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Prime Time Serial" - Dallas
• 1992: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Prime Time Serial" - Dallas

TV Land Awards

• 2006: Won, "Pop Culture Award" - Dallas (shared w/cast members)

See also[link]

• Barry Zito (nephew)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Patrick Duffy at the Internet Movie Database
• Patrick Duffy Bio at CBS - A Hero's Welcome
• YouBentMyWookie Interview: Patrick Duffy. A Man With A Crab

David Faustino
Faustino at the 2009 Streamy Awards, March 28, 2009
Born	David Anthony Faustino (1974-03-03) March 3, 1974 (age 38) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–present

David Anthony Faustino (born March 3, 1974) is an American actor and rap artist primarily known for his role as Bud Bundy on the sitcom Married with Children.

Early life[link]

Faustino was born in Los Angeles on March 3, 1974, to Kay (née Freeman), a homemaker, and Roger Faustino, a costumer.^[1] His older step brother, Jeff Leiber, is also an actor, as is his younger brother, Michael who made a guest appearance on Married... with Children in the episode David wrote, T*R*A*S*H.

Career[link]

Faustino made his television debut at the age of three months when he appeared on the Lily Tomlin Special.^[2] Faustino did not start regularly acting until 1980 after a smaller part on Little House on the Prairie. Throughout the early to mid 80s, Faustino would go on to guest star in many well known TV shows such as Family Ties, St. Elsewhere, and The Love Boat. He would also guest star in many not so well-known TV shows. But in 1987 he landed a full-time gig on Married with Children.

Fox's Married with Children was Faustino's big break as he would play Bud, the younger of the two Bundy children. He played the character from its debut on April 5, 1987 until its final first-run episode broadcast on June 9, 1997. Faustino appeared in 259 episodes.

While filming the sitcom Married with Children throughout the '90s, Faustino would continue to make guest appearances in many sitcoms and dramas. He reprised the role of Bud Bundy in such shows as Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Top of the Heap. Faustino also appeared in Burke's Law, MADtv and The New Addams Family.

In 2002, he appeared in the celebrity reality television special Celebrity Boot Camp (a shortened version of the Boot Camp series for B-list celebrities). In 2001, he appeared in the low-budget film Killer Bud produced by Aglet Productions. In 2005, Faustino guest-starred on two episodes of One on One. One of the roles was as Flex Washington's agent.

Faustino also starred as Jason Dockery in the 2008 movie RoboDoc. In April 2007, Faustino was featured in an American McDonald’s commercial introducing the "Dollar Menunaires". He currently stars in Star-ving, a weekly Internet comedy series on Crackle, an online video network backed by Sony Pictures Entertainment.^[3] Faustino plays an exaggerated version of himself in the series, which he wrote and developed with several friends as an “anti-Entourage.”

"This is a very twisted take on what I’ve been through all these years," Faustino said.^[4] He has also signed a deal with National Lampoon to be involved with three low-budget films.

Faustino appeared with the cast of Married with Children again at the 7th Annual TV Land Awards in 2009, presented by Dr. Phil. He also had cameo appearances in two episodes of the HBO series Entourage and co-starred in the feature Not Another B Movie which was distributed by Troma Entertainment in 2011.

In October 2010, he travelled to Auckland, New Zealand, to take part in the Armageddon 'pulp culture' Expo.^[5]

On April 14, 2012, "The Legend of Korra" Premiered. He is the voice of Mako, a teenage firebender who is the captain of his Pro-Bending team The Fire Ferrets and a friend of Avatar Korra. He is named after the late Mako Iwamatsu, who provided the voice of Iroh in the original series.

Personal life[link]

After meeting at a spiritual center in Los Angeles and dating for five years, he married Andrea Elmer on January 24, 2004, at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada. They separated in May 2006. Faustino sought not to pay spousal support, according to the papers filed in Los Angeles. On February 6, 2007, Faustino officially filed for divorce in Los Angeles County Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences.^[6]

Faustino was arrested for misdemeanor possession of marijuana in May 2007. A disorderly intoxication charge was later dropped after Faustino agreed to enroll in a drug rehabilitation facility.^[7][8]

Faustino owns a night club in Los Angeles named Balistyx, which is the same name as his rap album.^[2]

Filmography[link]

Music[link]

Aside from his acting, Faustino has been in the music industry in the rap genre under the name D' Lil. In 1992, D' Lil released the album Balistyx, which spawned one single entitled "I Told Ya."^[2][10]

Discography[link]

• Balistyx (1992)^[2]

Singles[link]

• "I Told Ya" (1992)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: David Faustino

• David Faustino at the Internet Movie Database