Rick Springfield claim to fame
- Real Name: Richard Lewis Springthorpe
- A.k.a: Rick Springfield
- Category: Show Biz
- Submitted by: Timothy Sexton
- Posted Date: 2010-02-14
- Last Modified: 2011-12-01
Springfield’scareer has had more peaks and valleys than a mountain range.
An Aussie whose rock career began in the 60s with the bands
Rock House and
Zoot,
Springfieldwent solo in the 70s and was groomed as a Bobby Sherman-esque teen idol before fading from view.
He burst into the American consciousness in two different media in the early 80s, first playing
Dr. Noah Drake on General Hospital and then with one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed songs of 1981,
Jessie’s Girl.
Several platinum albums followed and then by the late 80s
Springfield had disappeared again.
Where are they now?
Springfieldcontinued to release albums, and tour throughout the 90s and into the new millennium.
He also continued acting, even creating the role of
Nick Knight that would be taken over by another actor when it was turned into the television series
Forever Knight.
In 2005
Springfield returned to reprise his role of
Noah Drake on General Hospital.
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March 29, 2011 at 1:53 pm, Joyce said:
Starred as himself in several episodes of Californication in 2010.