Interview: Ricky Schroder (The Fighting Season)

Acting since he was nine-year old, get re-introduced with the star of such classic shows such as “Silver Spoons” and “NYPD Blue.” 

Video Content: Ricky Schroder (2015)
SIDEWALKS host Cindy Rhodes interviews actor Ricky Schroder (“NYPD Blue”) about his creating and producing the documentary series, “The Fighting Season,” as well as his time as a child actor in “The Champ” and “Silver Spoons.”

Mini-Biography:
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Ricky Schroder started his show biz career as a child star in 1979’s “The Champ,” where he won a Golden Globe Award® for Best New Male Star of the Year in a Motion Picture. He found success on TV, first in the popular comedy “Silver Spoons” and later as an adult in the crime drama “NYPD Blue.” Along with appearing in several TV-movies, other highlights in TV are “Lonesome Dove” and sequel “Return to Lonesome Dove,” ”Scrubs,” “Strong Medicine,” “The Andromeda Strain,” and the 2007 season of “24.” In 2004, Schroder wrote and directed the feature film “Black Cloud.”

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Interview Credits:
Recorded: May 21, 2015
Host / Producer: Cindy Rhodes
Videographer (for Cindy Rhodes): Ray Alvarado
Editor: Richard R. Lee
Special Thanks To: DirecTV

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