Andrew Stevens

• Name — Andrew Stevens • Birth Name — Herman Andrew Stephens • Born — 10 June 1955 • Birthplace — Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. • Occupation — Executive, film producer, film director, actor • Years Active — 1962–present • Children — 3 • Parents — Stella Stevens

Stevens was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the only child of actress Stella Stevens and her former husband Noble Herman Stephens. His mother was 16 when he was born. His parents divorced in 1957. Although he was the only child between Stella & Herman, Andrew has a half sister, 6 years younger than him. They have never met

Prior to his producing career, Stevens was a writer, director, and actor. He made his uncredited film debut in Vincente Minnelli's The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963), had a bit role in Shampoo (1975), and went on to appear in cult thrillers such as Massacre at Central High (1976), Vigilante Force (1976) and Day of the Animals (1977), as well as the cult horror film The Fury (1978) starring Kirk Douglas. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance in The Boys in Company C (1978), and later starred with Charles Bronson in two films, Death Hunt (1981) and 10 to Midnight (1983). He appeared in the miniseries Once an Eagle (1976) and played 17-year-old Andrew Thorpe on the NBC Western series The Oregon Trail. Stevens starred in The Bastard (1978) and The Rebels (1979), based on the John Jakes novels. He appeared opposite Dennis Weaver and Susan Dey in the short-lived drama Emerald Point N.A.S., as a playboy/tennis bum in Columbo: Murder in Malibu, and as one of J.R. Ewing's stooges Casey Denault, on Dallas, for two seasons, beginning in 1987. He also played Ted Rorchek in the 1981-82 television series Code Red. He appeared in the miniseries Hollywood Wives (1985). During this time, he also wrote and starred in the erotic thriller Night Eyes (1990) and its sequels.

In early 1990, Stevens left the public eye to become an independent entrepreneur writing, producing, directing and financing films for his own companies. He was President/CEO of Franchise Pictures, which produced films for Warner Bros. from 1999 through 2005, including The Whole Nine Yards and its sequel, The Whole Ten Yards, as well as The In-Laws. Franchise and its subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on August 19, 2004, after losing a multimillion-dollar fraud case in Los Angeles, and is now defunct. Prior to Franchise, Stevens was an owner and president of Royal Oaks Entertainment, which produced and/or distributed seventy pictures over a three-year period including many HBO, Showtime and Sci-Fi Channel world premieres. Prior to Royal Oaks, Stevens' entrée into foreign sales and production company ownership was with Sunset Films International, which amassed a library of 19 titles (including seven in-house productions) during his first year as president of the company. He currently operates Andrew Stevens Entertainment and Stevens Entertainment Group. In 2017, he published a screenwriting manual, Screenwriting for Profit: Writing for the Global Marketplace.

Stevens was married to actress Kate Jackson from 1978 to 1982. He has three children by his second marriage to Robyn Suzanne Scott, which ended in divorce in 2010. Stevens married Diana Phillips Hoogland in 2016 and divorced in 2017.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1963 — The Courtship of Eddie's Father — actor • 1973 — Adam-12 — Rod Foreman — actor in episode "Northwest Division" • 1975 — Shampoo — Boy #2 • 1975 — Police Story — actor in episode "The Empty Weapon" • 1975 — Las Vegas Lady — actor • 1976 — Massacre at Central High — actor • 1976 — Vigilante Force — actor • 1976 — Once an Eagle — actor • 1977 — Day of the Animals — actor • 1978 — The Boys in Company C — actor • 1978 — The Fury — actor • 1978 — The Bastard — actor • 1979 — The Rebels — actor • 1979 — Beggarman, Thief — actor • 1981 — Death Hunt — actor • 1982 — The Seduction — Derek Sanford — actor • 1983 — 10 to Midnight — Paul McAnn — actor • 1984 — Terror in the Aisles — archival footage • 1984 — Murder, She Wrote — David Tolliver — actor in episode "Lovers and Other Killers" • 1985 — Hollywood Wives — actor • 1987-1989 — Dallas — actor • 1988 — Counterforce — actor • 1989 — Murder, She Wrote — Dr. Adam Paulson — actor in episode "Double Exposure" • 1989 — The Terror Within — actor • 1989 — The Ranch — actor • 1990 — Columbo — Wayne Jennings — actor in episode "Murder in Malibu" • 1990 — Night Eyes — writer, actor • 1990 — Red Blooded American Girl — Owen Augustus Urban III — actor • 1991 — The Terror Within II — David — actor and director • 1992 — Night Eyes 2 — story writer, actor • 1992 — Munchie — actor • 1993 — Night Eyes 3 — writer, actor • 1994 — Illicit Dreams • 1994 — Scorned • 1996 — Night Eyes 4: Fatal Passion — writer, actor • 1997 — Steel Sharks • 1997 — Inferno • 1997 — Crash Dive • 1997 — The Shooter • 1997 — Scorned 2 • 1998 — Billy Frankenstein • 1999 — Fugitive Mind • 1999 — If... Dog... Rabbit... • 1999 — The Big Kahuna — producer • 2000 — Mercy • 2000 — Animal Factory • 2002 — Stranded — actor • 2003 — Final Examination • 2004 — Method • 2004 — Blessed • 2005 — Glass Trap • 2005 — 7 Seconds • 2005 — The Marksman — also actor video • 2005; video — Black Dawn — also actor • 2006 — The Detonator • 2007 — Walking Tall: The Payback • 2007 — Half Past Dead 2 • 2007; video — Walking Tall: Lone Justice — also actor • 2007 — Missionary Man — also actor • 2009 — Fire from Below — also actor • 2010 — Mongolian Death Worm — TV – also actor • 2010 — Mandrake — TV • 2010 — Breaking the Press • 2011 — Rise • 2022 — Pursuit — Frank Diego

Andrew Stevens is recorded with the occupation television actor. Recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as actor, film producer, screenwriter, model and director.