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David Garrison (born June 30, 1952 in Long Branch, New Jersey) is an American actor, who played the character Steve Rhoades on the television show, Married... with Children from 1987 to 1990. Before this role, he had starred with Jason Bateman on the sitcom It's Your Move (1984 – 1985).

Although he is most widely known for his television roles and he continues to be seen frequently in guest starring roles on television today, Garrison is primarily a theater actor, particularly in musicals. He has appeared in numerous productions around the United States, including many Broadway shows. He also has many recordings of various musicals to his singing credit. David has starred on Broadway in A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine for which he received a Tony nomination, Titanic, Torch Song Trilogy, The Pirates of Penzance, Bells are Ringing and Off-Broadway in I Do! I Do!.

He played Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls (national tour), the Devil in Randy Newman's Faust, Henry Carr in Travesties (Williamstown), Frosch in Die Fledermaus (Santa Fe Opera), The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in Wicked (national tour) and Charley in the Arena Stage revival of Merrily We Roll Along for which he received the Helen Hayes Award.

Other television credits include Law & Order, The Practice, Without a Trace, Everybody Loves Raymond, NYPD Blue, Judging Amy, Murphy Brown, Murder, She Wrote, L.A. Law, Tom Clancy's Op-Center and, for PBS Great Performances, On The Town with the London Symphony and Ira Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall.

Garrison enjoyed his years playing Steve Rhoades, but he missed performing in live theater, and asked to be let out of his contract. (Despite this, he was a regular on a short-lived NBC sitcom, Working It Out, in 1990 shortly after his exit from Married... with Children.) A going-away present from the producers of Married... with Children was a blown-up police mug shot of himself as Rhoades, with the caption "Gotta sing, gotta dance, gotta fucking starve to death."

Nonetheless, Garrison parted on good terms, returning four times in subsequent seasons (and the reunion special) detailing the career Rhoades had pursued since he'd last been seen.

He performed as the Wizard in the original touring cast of Wicked and replaced Ben Vereen as the Wizard in the Broadway production in March 2006. David recently extended his run through June 2007.

Graduated summa cum laude from Boston University's School of Fine Arts.

• David Garrison at the Internet Movie Database

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