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10-12-2011, 11:09 AM
Happy 42nd birthday to Kirk Cameron!
And here's to another 50-60 years on Planet Earth for Kirk.
Those in doubt of this validity, I will explain ONCE again a complete biography of the life and career of Kirk Cameron, UNLESS otherwise noted courtesy of "The E! True Hollywood Story." (NO Negative comments please)
The year is 1968. Vietnam is at war with America; 55-year-old Richard Milhous Nixon is elected U.S. President; and a 24-year-old middle-school teacher and gym coach named Rob Cameron met and fell in love with a 17-year-old high-school senior named Barbara Bausmith.
Before the year ended, Rob and Barbara learned that they were expecting their 1st baby; as was custom at the time, rather than have the baby be born out of wedlock, per parental orders, Rob and Barbara were married, 5 1/2 months into the pregnancy, on June 22, 1969.
3 1/2 months later, a baby boy, Kirk, was born on October 12, 1969.
By 1974, during the 4th of July holiday, Rob and Barbara were expecting again; this time, a baby girl, Candace, was born on April 6, 1975.
In 1979, at the request of Barbara's friend, Fran Rich (whose 10-year-old son, Adam, was born 43 years ago today and was in his 2nd season on TV's "Eight Is Enough"), Barbara took 9-year-old Kirk and 3 1/2-year-old Candace out to auditions.
By year's end, Kirk had booked his 1st commercial for Count Chocula, and the following year, 5-year-old Candace made her acting debut in a NEVER-broadcast Mutual of Omaha commercial.
By 1982, 12-year-old Kirk had graduated from commercials to bit part on
television shows such as "Lou Grant" and "Herbie, the Love Bug."
Later that year, 7-year-old Candace made her small screen debut in a guest spot on NBC's "St. Elsewhere."
The following year, 13-year-old Kirk made his small-screen debut in a short-lived drama series for the ABC Television Network called "Two Marriages."
In the fall of 1984, just shy of his 15th birthday, Kirk auditioned for the part of the eldest teenage son on a sitcom pilot called "Growing Pains."
The pilot was conceived and created by Neal Marlens, who based the pilot on a true story--his own--growing up in Long Island, New York, where Neal's mom was a psychiatrist, and his dad was managing editor of the local newspaper, New York Newsday.
For the pilot, however, the parents switched roles.
The pilot was shot in April 1985 and was given a spot on the 1985 Fall schedule, where "Growing Pains" debuted on September 24, 1985 on the ABC Television Network, and though "Growing Pains" initial ratings were low, in January 1986, after Neal left the show, the show was retooled by producers Dan Guntzelman, Mike Sullivan, and Steve Marshall, and by season's end, ratings climbed to #17.
By September 1986, 16-year-old Kirk Cameron was a bona-fide teen idol; however, per his 2008 memoir "Still Growing" (co-written with Lissa Halls Johnson),that wasn't enough to prevent Kirk from going through real-life "Growing Pains," as soon afterwards, his parents sat him & Candace down and told them that they were getting divorced.
The following Summer, 17-year-old Kirk was cast opposite British actor Dudley Moore in a movie called "Like Father, Like Son."
The film was released on October 2, 1987, 10 days before Kirk's 18th birthday, and became a box-office smash.
In 1988, Kirk's character Mike Seaver graduated from Thomas E. Dewey High School; that Summer, 18-year-old Kirk graduated in real life from Chatsworth High School (where Candace graduated in 1993).
In 1989, just shy of his 20th birthday, Kirk met and fell in love with 25-year-old aspiring actress/model Nancy Mueller (born on December 4, 1963 in Buffalo, New York), known professionally as Chelsea Noble, when she was cast on "Growing Pains" as Kate MacDonald, a potential love interest of Mike Seaver--a role that would soon transition to real life, as 2 years later, on July 20, 1991, Kirk and Nancy were married in Buffalo, New York in a private ceremony attended by immediate family only.
In 1992, ABC aired the final original episode of "Growing Pains."
In 2000, months after his 30th birthday, Kirk Cameron officially retired from acting and embarked on a new career--as an evangelical preacher.
2 years later, months after the 9/11 attacks, Kirk teamed up with 52-year-old New Zealand-born author Ray Comfort, a minister since the 1970s, to combine their ministries, rechristening it Living Waters.
Today, at age 42, Kirk and Nancy are still married and are the proud parents of 6 children, the oldest 4 adopted, and the eldest 2 biological. The family resides primarily in California, though Kirk and Nancy also have a home in Jonesboro, Georgia (per MySpace.com), which is near Atlanta.
And here's to another 50-60 years on Planet Earth for Kirk.
Those in doubt of this validity, I will explain ONCE again a complete biography of the life and career of Kirk Cameron, UNLESS otherwise noted courtesy of "The E! True Hollywood Story." (NO Negative comments please)
The year is 1968. Vietnam is at war with America; 55-year-old Richard Milhous Nixon is elected U.S. President; and a 24-year-old middle-school teacher and gym coach named Rob Cameron met and fell in love with a 17-year-old high-school senior named Barbara Bausmith.
Before the year ended, Rob and Barbara learned that they were expecting their 1st baby; as was custom at the time, rather than have the baby be born out of wedlock, per parental orders, Rob and Barbara were married, 5 1/2 months into the pregnancy, on June 22, 1969.
3 1/2 months later, a baby boy, Kirk, was born on October 12, 1969.
By 1974, during the 4th of July holiday, Rob and Barbara were expecting again; this time, a baby girl, Candace, was born on April 6, 1975.
In 1979, at the request of Barbara's friend, Fran Rich (whose 10-year-old son, Adam, was born 43 years ago today and was in his 2nd season on TV's "Eight Is Enough"), Barbara took 9-year-old Kirk and 3 1/2-year-old Candace out to auditions.
By year's end, Kirk had booked his 1st commercial for Count Chocula, and the following year, 5-year-old Candace made her acting debut in a NEVER-broadcast Mutual of Omaha commercial.
By 1982, 12-year-old Kirk had graduated from commercials to bit part on
television shows such as "Lou Grant" and "Herbie, the Love Bug."
Later that year, 7-year-old Candace made her small screen debut in a guest spot on NBC's "St. Elsewhere."
The following year, 13-year-old Kirk made his small-screen debut in a short-lived drama series for the ABC Television Network called "Two Marriages."
In the fall of 1984, just shy of his 15th birthday, Kirk auditioned for the part of the eldest teenage son on a sitcom pilot called "Growing Pains."
The pilot was conceived and created by Neal Marlens, who based the pilot on a true story--his own--growing up in Long Island, New York, where Neal's mom was a psychiatrist, and his dad was managing editor of the local newspaper, New York Newsday.
For the pilot, however, the parents switched roles.
The pilot was shot in April 1985 and was given a spot on the 1985 Fall schedule, where "Growing Pains" debuted on September 24, 1985 on the ABC Television Network, and though "Growing Pains" initial ratings were low, in January 1986, after Neal left the show, the show was retooled by producers Dan Guntzelman, Mike Sullivan, and Steve Marshall, and by season's end, ratings climbed to #17.
By September 1986, 16-year-old Kirk Cameron was a bona-fide teen idol; however, per his 2008 memoir "Still Growing" (co-written with Lissa Halls Johnson),that wasn't enough to prevent Kirk from going through real-life "Growing Pains," as soon afterwards, his parents sat him & Candace down and told them that they were getting divorced.
The following Summer, 17-year-old Kirk was cast opposite British actor Dudley Moore in a movie called "Like Father, Like Son."
The film was released on October 2, 1987, 10 days before Kirk's 18th birthday, and became a box-office smash.
In 1988, Kirk's character Mike Seaver graduated from Thomas E. Dewey High School; that Summer, 18-year-old Kirk graduated in real life from Chatsworth High School (where Candace graduated in 1993).
In 1989, just shy of his 20th birthday, Kirk met and fell in love with 25-year-old aspiring actress/model Nancy Mueller (born on December 4, 1963 in Buffalo, New York), known professionally as Chelsea Noble, when she was cast on "Growing Pains" as Kate MacDonald, a potential love interest of Mike Seaver--a role that would soon transition to real life, as 2 years later, on July 20, 1991, Kirk and Nancy were married in Buffalo, New York in a private ceremony attended by immediate family only.
In 1992, ABC aired the final original episode of "Growing Pains."
In 2000, months after his 30th birthday, Kirk Cameron officially retired from acting and embarked on a new career--as an evangelical preacher.
2 years later, months after the 9/11 attacks, Kirk teamed up with 52-year-old New Zealand-born author Ray Comfort, a minister since the 1970s, to combine their ministries, rechristening it Living Waters.
Today, at age 42, Kirk and Nancy are still married and are the proud parents of 6 children, the oldest 4 adopted, and the eldest 2 biological. The family resides primarily in California, though Kirk and Nancy also have a home in Jonesboro, Georgia (per MySpace.com), which is near Atlanta.