Parker Stevenson had been appearing in films and TV for five years before he was cast as teen-aged sleuth Frank Hardy on the 1977 TVer The Hardy Boys Mysteries. While the 25-year-old Stevenson was a skilled enough actor to convey his character's extreme youth, his contribution to the series was overshadowed by the teen-heartthrob attention afforded his 19-year-old co-star Shaun Cassidy. Cassidy's season in the sun was brief, but Stevenson has continued to flourish as a TV leading man. He has been blessed with the good fortune of being associated with three of the Small Screen's biggest hits: he played Joel McCarthy on Falcon Crest (1984-85 season), Craig Pomeroy on Baywatch (1989-90) and Steve McMillan on Melrose Place (1993 season only). Parker Stevenson was the husband of actress Kirstie Alley. In the years to come, Stevenson would remain active on screen, appearing on shows like Legend of the Seeker.
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- Started acting in commercials at 14.
- Studied architecture at Princeton.
- Played a teenager on The Hardy Boys, though he was 25 when cast.
- Was famously thanked by his then-wife Kirstie Alley at the 1991 Emmys "for giving me the big one."
- Starred alongside Alley in the miniseries North and South: Book II; they played siblings.
- Directed several episodes of the short-lived nighttime soap Savannah.