Stephen Shortridge

Stephen Shortridge (born October 23, 1953 in Red Oak, Iowa) is an American actor.

A Ted McGinley before there ever was one, Shortridge has appeared in more than 20 film and television projects throughout the 1970s and 1980s, most recognizably from his role as a southern high school student named Beau De Labarre on the television comedy Welcome Back, Kotter. He has also done over 50 commercials for such products as Mennen, Coca-Cola and Head & Shoulders. In 1987 he spent one year as a regular cast member on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.

In the late 1980s Shortridge quit the acting business to concentrate on painting. He has become acclaimed as one of the finest American impressionist painters of the past twenty years, with presentations in galleries across the United States. He currently makes his home in Idaho with his wife and children.

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* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795160/bio IMDb biography]