John Schneider (television actor)

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John Schneider
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Birth name John Richard Schneider
Born April 8 1960 (1960-04-08) (age 49)
Mount Kisco, New York, United States Image:Flag of the United States.svg
Spouse(s) Elly Castle

John Richard Schneider (born April 8, 1960) is an American actor who shot to fame during the 1980s as Bo Duke in the American television series The Dukes of Hazzard. He is also a country music singer.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Schneider was born in Mount Kisco, New York. He stands 6' 3" tall, and graduated from North Springs High School in Atlanta, Georgia. His father is from upstate New York and his mother is from Sanford, Florida.[citation needed]

[edit] Acting career

More recently John Schneider can be seen on several episodes of FX networks Nip/Tuck as Ram Peters the CEO of a adult film company. Schneider is also known to television audiences as Jonathan Kent, the adoptive father of Clark Kent on the hit show Smallville, starring in 100 episodes before his character was killed off. Schneider also directed episodes of Smallville, including S3E20, Talisman, which received a respectable 8.8 rating out of 10 on TV.com. Some Smallville episodes contain references to Schneider's other work in The Dukes of Hazzard. Schneider also guest starred for the latter half of Smallville: Season 5 appearing in the episodes 'Void' and 'Oracle'

Schneider has appeared in many Films and TV Series such as the miniseries 10.5. He had a recurring role on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and guest-starred on such shows as Diagnosis Murder, Touched by an Angel, JAG and Walker, Texas Ranger. He also appeared in the off-Broadway play The Civil War as a Confederate soldier.

Schneider has also been mentioned in other media such as South Park's episode 505 Terrence and Phillip: Behind the Blow, saying that their made for TV episode was shown instead of the very popular "John Schneider Variety Hour", an obvious joke of it being put on instead of South Park.

[edit] Music career

During the 1980s, Schneider parlayed his success as Bo Duke with a string of country music hits. His biggest hits include: "It's Now or Never" (#4 country and #14 pop, 1981; a remake of the Elvis Presley hit); "I've Been Around Enough to Know" (#1 country, 1984); "Country Girls" (#1 country, 1985); "What's a Memory Like You (Doing in a Love Like This)" and "You're The Last Thing I Needed Tonight" (both #1 country, 1986); "At the Sound of the Tone" (#5 country, 1986); and "Love, You Ain't Seen the Last of Me" (#6 country) in 1987.

John Schneider has recorded 11 albums to date. His co-star (on The Dukes of Hazzard), Tom Wopat, also enjoyed success on the country music charts. Schneider and Wopat sang several duets on the TV series, sometimes with co-star Catherine Bach. In fact, in the season 7 DVD boxset, the trio performed a remake of the show's theme song "Good Ol' Boys" in a music video as a tribute to their friend Waylon Jennings.

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John Schneider, December 2007, taken by Phil Konstantin

[edit] Personal life

Schneider became a born-again Christian after living with Johnny and June Carter Cash for a short time and speaking with Johnny about Christianity.[1] In 1982, he co-founded, with Marie Osmond, the Children's Miracle Network to help suffering children. In 1995, he founded FaithWorks Productions in order to produce family-oriented videos and recordings.

Both of John's parents are from a German-American background.[citation needed] Schneider is the father of three children: daughters Leah and Karis, and son Chasen. The latter suffers from Asperger's Syndrome; not surprisingly, as a result, John spends much of his spare time raising awareness and money for the research and treatment of said condition. He has been married twice: currently to Elly Castle (July 11, 1993–present) and was married once before to former Miss America, Tawny Elaine Godin (1983 - 1986)

[edit] Age controversy

Many articles state that John Schneider was born in 1954. The mistake branches from a lie that he told when he auditioned for his role on The Dukes of Hazzard, in which he said he was 24, while he was actually 18, because the creators were looking for actors aged between 24 to 30. On E! True Hollywood Story about The Dukes of Hazzard (2000), Schneider himself said that he was born in 1960 and not in 1954 as many thought he was.

[edit] TV and Film

[edit] 2000s

[edit] 1990s

  • 1999 Sam Churchill: Search for a Homeless Man - Sam Churchill
  • 1999 Michael Landon, the Father I Knew - Michael Landon
  • 1999 Walker, Texas Ranger - Jacob Crossland (1 episode)
  • 1998 JAG - Sgt. Clyde Morrison (1 episode)
  • 1998 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman - Daniel Simon (15 episodes, 1993-1998)
  • 1997 True Women - Sam Houston
  • 1997 The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! - Bo Duke
  • 1996 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues - Latrodect (1 episode, Black Widow)
  • 1996 Night of the Twisters - Jack Hatch
  • 1996 The Legend of the Ruby Silver - Tommy Towne
  • 1995 The Little CHP - Jack Sr.
  • 1994 Exit to Eden - Prof. Collins
  • 1994 Heaven Help Us - Doug Monroe
  • 1994 Christy - Theodore Harland (1 episode)
  • 1994 Bandit: Bandit Bandit - Sheriff Enright
  • 1994 Burke's Law - Brett Scanlon (1 episode, Who Killed the Soap Star?)
  • 1994 Second Chances - Richard McGill (3 episodes, 1994)
  • 1994 Texas - Davy Crockett
  • 1993 Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story - Eddie
  • 1993 Sisters - McGrady (1 episode, Moving Pictures)
  • 1993 Come the Morning - Name Unknown
  • 1992 Highway Heartbreaker - Mickey
  • 1990 Grand Slam - Dennis 'Hardball' Bakelenekoff

[edit] 1980s

  • 1989 Ministry of Vengeance - David Miller
  • 1989 Guns of Paradise - (1 episode, A Gather of Guns)
  • 1989 Speed Zone! - Donato
  • 1989 Wild Jack (TV mini series) - Jack McCall
  • 1989 Outback Bound - Jim Tully
  • 1987 Christmas Comes to Willow Creek - Ray
  • 1987 The Curse - Carl Willis
  • 1986 Stagecoach - Buck (Overland Stage Driver)
  • 1985 Cocaine Wars - DEA Agent Cliff Adams
  • 1985 The Dukes of Hazzard - Bo Duke (128 episodes, 1979-1982, 1983-1985)
  • 1985 Gus Brown and Midnight Brewster - Gus Brown
  • 1983 Eddie Macon's Run - Eddie Macon
  • 1983 Happy Endings - Nick Callohan
  • 1983 The Dukes - TV Series (voice) Bo Duke (Second season)
  • 1983 The Raccoons and the Lost Star - (voice) Dan the Forest Ranger
  • 1981 Dream House - Charley Cross
  • 1981 The Midnight Special - Host (1 episode)

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.christianitytoday.com/tc/2004/001/12.67.html

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