Sources
Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Become an editor
Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org.
Brandon Cruz
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brandon Edwin Cruz (born May 28, 1962 in Bakersfield, California) was an American child actor and is currently a punk rock musician and also works in television production.
In the early 1970s, the freckled-faced Cruz came to prominence by playing Bill Bixby's charming and conniving son, Eddie Corbett, in the comedy-drama The Courtship of Eddie's Father. With the exception of Kristina Holland, Cruz is the sole survivor of the series. After his role on Courtship, Cruz also played the role of "Joey", the Yankees' pitcher, in the 1976 movie The Bad News Bears, which starred Walter Matthau and Tatum O'Neal.
When Cruz was 6 years old, he started to take acting seriously, as he beat out 65 other child actors for the role of Eddie Corbett in The Courtship of Eddie's Father. The chemistry of Bixby & Cruz was remarkable, and they spent a lot of time together, especially when the show was on hiatus.
After Courtship, Cruz guest-starred on a few TV shows, and was reunited with Bixby on The Incredible Hulk. After his guest-starring roles, Cruz had retired from acting in 1980, at age 18, to focus on a music career to shed the squeaky-clean Eddie image.
In the 1980s, Cruz fronted a hardcore punk band from Oxnard, California called Dr. Know, which released several records. He later joined the Dead Kennedys as lead vocalist, replacing Jello Biafra. He quit the Dead Kennedys in 2003. Jeff Penalty took his place, and Cruz rejoined Dr. Know, which continues to perform, and has a new CD in the works.[citation needed]
Cruz was interviewed in the documentary film American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock, 1980-1986.
Categories: All articles with unsourced statements | Articles with unsourced statements since April 2007 | 1962 births | Living people | American male singers | American film actors | American child actors | American punk rock singers | California musicians | California actors | Dead Kennedys members | People from Bakersfield | People from Oxnard, California