Shawn Stevens
Birthday: Born in 1958-04-05 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Deathday: Alive
Shawn Stevens was born Shawn Perry Stevens in Morristown, New Jersey April 5, 1958, the first child of Gary Kieth Stevens, a carpenter, pilot and construction contractor, and Gladys Edna (Chich) Smith, a homemaker. Stevens lived in Morristown, New Jersey until his family moved to Burbank, Ca. in 1969. Stevens is the oldest of 3 children. He has a sister Jodi Beth (Blatz. b/1961) and brother Gary Kieth Jr. (b/1963). Stevens was raised Church of Christ and converted to Mormonism at age 19. Stevens married Kaylene McLaws in 1984 and together they have 4 children, Tauren-Ashlee (Tucker b. 1985), Shawn Kory (b. 1989), Perry Christian (b. 1981) and Vince Kayson (b. 1993). Shawn has 1 grandson and is expecting a 2nd in the summer of 2014. Shawn is uncle to actor/musician Kelly Blatz (One Square Mile, Aaron Stone, April Showers, and Prom Night). After 25 years offstage, Shawn was given the opportunity to audition for the legendary 50's and 60's doo wop group The Diamonds (Li'l Darlin', The Stroll) and was invited to perform with them during a 4 month engagement headlining the world famous Palm Springs Follies. During this experience Shawn remembered how much he missed and loved performing and, with the love and support of his family, decided to set about returning to his passion. Shawn will be appearing in the T.C. Christensen penned and directed feature The Cokeville Miracle to be filmed the summer of 2014 and has several other projects in development including reality show concepts and theatrical productions.
TV Credits
The Facts of Life
Character: Bob Perkins
Mrs. Edna Garrett, housemother and dietitian at the Eastland School, teaches a group of girls in her charge how to solve those problems that every teenager has to face....
Fame
Character: Larry
An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although fictional, it was based heavily on the actual Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York. Most interior scenes were filmed in Hollywood, California, and in all seasons but th...
Eight Is Enough
Character: Jack Binder
Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name....
CHiPs
Character: self
Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorcycle officers always on the street to save lives....
Bret Maverick
Character: Sidney Bent
Bret Maverick is a 1981-82 American Western television series starring James Garner in the role that made him famous in the 1957 series Maverick: a professional poker player traveling alone year after year through the Old West from riverboat to saloon. In this sequel series, Maverick has settled down in Sweetwater, Arizona Territory, where he owns a ranch and is co-owner of the town's saloon. However, Maverick is still always on the lookout for his next big score, and continues to gamble and pra...
Too Close for Comfort
Character: Wayne Hartfield
Too Close for Comfort is an American television sitcom which ran on the ABC network from November 11, 1980 until May 5, 1983, and in first-run syndication from April 7, 1984 until September 27, 1986. It was modeled after the British series Keep It in the Family, which premiered nine months before Too Close for Comfort debuted in the U.S. Its name was changed to The Ted Knight Show when the show was retooled for its final season....
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Character: Boy
20th-century astronaut Buck Rogers awakens in the 25th century after a freak accident puts him in suspended animation for 500 years. Upon returning to Earth and discovering the planet is recovering from a nuclear war, Buck uses his combat skills and ingenuity to protect Earth and fight evil throughout the galaxy alongside starfighter pilot Colonel Wilma Deering and robot companion Twiki....
The Chisholms
Character: Charles Sinclair
The Chisholms is a CBS western miniseries starring Robert Preston, which aired from March 29, 1979, to April 19, 1979; and continued as a television series from January 19, 1980, to March 15, 1980. The 1979 miniseries showed the family moving from Virginia to Wyoming. When the TV series commenced in 1980, the pioneers were shown en route along the California Trail from Wyoming to Sacramento, California....
The Last Convertible
Character: Bobby
A star-laden adaptation of Anton Myrer's sprawling 1978 novel tracing the lives of five Harvard roommates of the class of '44, following them through the next 30 years. At the center of the story is a green 1939 Packard convertible and Chris Farris, a beautiful Radcliffe girl....
American Dreams
Character: Chuck
Set to the soundtrack of the 1960s, a Philadelphia family moves toward the cultural upheaval in the years ahead. The Pryors' teen daughter Meg tries to shed her 'good girl' image by hanging with her worldly friend Roxanne and pursuing a dream of being an American Bandstand dancer. Meg's emerging personality, and the changes her mother's going through, don't sit well with Father....
Guarded
Character: Stan Flynn
A headstrong ex-police officer becomes the unlikely bodyguard for a flamboyant billionaire, leading to unexpected chemistry as threats and luxury collide in their high-stakes world....
Day Zero
Character: Father John
During the 22nd Century, science and technology had advanced beyond ethical bounds, so most of mankind reversed course. Eventually, global dictatorships violated the United Nation's Bioethics Treaty, secretly stockpiling arms. As a result, an oblivious America was attacked. Retaliation with augmented nuclear weaponry had unforeseen effects, affecting most survivors in the Western Hemisphere and altering the rest. Those infected became ravenous beasts, feeding off the remaining population. But po...
Movie Credits
Savage Harvest
Character: Jon
A family in Africa is besieged by a group of lions, driven to desperation by the drought....
Our Heavenly Father's Plan
Character: Self
Through music and a young man's testimony, questions about the purpose of life are answered....
Love Everlasting
Character: Will
Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit....
Fighting Chance
Character: Harry Stalls
A small town MMA fighter who has worked his entire life for a shot at the title must overcome extraordinary trials if he's ever going to achieve his dreams and find his true purpose in life....
Lady in the Locket
Character: Pete Jacobs
A young woman inherits more than just a house as the spirit of her estranged, eccentric aunt lingers, desperate to lead her to uncover the family secret....
Destined at Christmas
Character: Bill Fenech
Kim and Theo meet in the midst of Black Friday shopping madness but there's a definite spark between them. When a power outage causes some panic at a store, the couple gets separated. With Christmas coming, there should be plenty of distractions but neither Kim nor Theo can forget the other. Both yearn to find each other but how with so little information to go on?...
Chapel
Character: Doctor
A man becomes a suspect in a serial murder case after waking from a coma with no recollection of who he is....
Princess for a Day
Character: Board Member
A wealthy widower hires a small-town girl to live in his guesthouse and pretend to be a famous cartoon princess, in order to draw his little girl out of a deep depression, caused by the death of her mother....
Marilyn: The Untold Story
Character: Actor
The story of the life and times of the legendary Hollywood blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe, from her meteoric rise to stardom to her marriages and untimely death....
Drop Off
Character: Winston Pruitt
Drop Off is a moral tale told in a humorous and heartwarming style having to do with issues of class discrimination, greed, anger, jealousy and then redemption. Thirteen year old Tim Parker and his underprivileged buddies lives are suddenly changed when a duffel bag with a million dollars is dropped in the path of a bike trail they are riding....
I Think I'm Having A Baby
Character: Peter
Laurie is 15 and she thinks she's pregnant. Her boyfriend doesn't care. Her mother doesn't know. Why did it happen? And whom can she turn to?...
Out of Liberty
Character: Judge Turnham
Winter 1839. Liberty, Missouri. Local jailer, Samuel Tillery is tasked with watching Missouri's most wanted men as they await their upcoming hearing. Caught between the local Missourians' increased drive to remove the prisoners, and the prisoners' desperate efforts to survive, Tillery is pushed beyond what any lawman can endure. Based on actual recorded accounts....
A Candle in the Window
Character: Grandpa
After Molly dies, her husband and three young daughters struggle to face their first Christmas without her. But eight-year-old Emily is convinced her mother will come and visit her at Christmas....
The Orson Welles Show
Character: Self
An unsold 1979 television talk-show pilot hosted by Orson Welles, blending interviews, audience interaction, staged segments, and magic performances, filmed between 1978 and 1979 but never broadcast or developed into a series....
Sacred Vow
Character: Doug
Doug and Amber were madly in love and married during their college years. Driven by the "dream" of a prosperous life together - Amber worked two jobs to put Doug through school. Soon after they shared in his business success and celebrated the birth of their precious, beautiful daughter. Fast forward 15 years - Amber has continued to be committed to her husband and their marriage, but Doug has fallen into the traps of an unfaithful spouse, convincing himself that he wants more out of life. In th...
Orson Welles' Magic Show
Character: Self
Welles had a lifelong interest in magic, having been taught his first magic tricks by Harry Houdini in the 1920s, when Welles was still a boy. In this unfinished television special, filmed between 1976 and 1985, Welles performs various magic tricks for the camera, promising that no trick photography is used....
The Santa Box
Character: Otto
Kallie thinks she's cursed by Christmas. For the past 5 years, something bad has happened every Christmas season. One day she finds The Santa Box on her doorstep. Inside is a note that changes how Kallie feels about Christmas forever....
Stamp of a Killer
Character: Owney (uncredited)
A pregnant mother and her young son become the target of a killer....
The Trophy Case
Character: Randy
A father encourages a son to do things he couldn't when he was young, then he realizes his son has his own ambitions....
Going Undercover
Character: Saxophone Player
Forever bungling private investigator Henry Brilliant has been hired by Maxine de la Hunt to protect her step-daughter Marigold during her trip to Denmark. A real caring parent should have hired an army of P.I.s to protect Marigold from Mr. Brilliant. His name, he's not....
The Fighting Preacher
Character: Bammer
Willard Bean accepts a mission from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to travel to a new town, where he must fight to win respect....
In Emma's Footsteps
Character: Wiliam Marks
After the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, Jr., his wife Emma Hale Smith was left with much to shoulder: salvaging Joseph’s estate, the safety of her family, her own grief, and growing isolation as danger and rumors increased. Through the eyes of one of her sons and Lucy Mack Smith, Emma’s struggles are shown with new light and understanding, revealing a courageous woman who stood as a pillar of strength for her family....
The Cokeville Miracle
Character: Bishop John Teichert
On May 9, 1986, a small ranching community in Wyoming experiences a divine intervention when a couple detonates a bomb inside a crowded classroom....
Lucy Shimmers and the Prince of Peace
Character: Grandpa Jackson
Second chances start when a hardened criminal crosses paths with a precocious little girl who is helped by an angel to change hearts during the holiday season....