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Don Grady, One of TV’s ‘My Three Sons,’ Dies at 68
Don Grady, a Mouseketeer on The Mickey Mouse Club who played son Robbie Douglas on the ABC and CBS series My Three Sons, one of the longest-running family sitcoms in history, died Wednesday of cancer in Thousand Oaks, Calif. He was 68.
In 1960, three years after he was hired at age 13 as a Mouseketeer on the third season of ABC’s Mickey Mouse Club, Grady began an 11-year run as Robbie on the sitcom My Three Sons, with Fred MacMurray starring as the widower dad, William Frawley (and later William Demarest) as the family housekeeper and Grady, Tim Considine (Mike), Stanley Livingston (Chip) and Barry Livingston (Ernie) as the sons. (Mike was written out at the start of the sixth season and Ernie was adopted, keeping the number of sons at three.)
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Don Grady
American actor and musician (1944–2012)
Don Grady | |
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Grady in My Three Sons, 1969 | |
| Born | Don Louis Agrati (1944-06-08)June 8, 1944 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Died | June 27, 2012(2012-06-27) (aged 68) Thousand Oaks, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1954–2006 |
| Notable work | Mouseketeer on The Mickey Mouse Club, My Three Sons |
| Spouse(s) | Julie Boonisar (m. 1976–1979)Virginia Lewsader (m. 1985) |
Don Grady (born Don Louis Agrati; June 8, 1944 – June 27, 2012) was an American actor and musician. He was best known as one of the Mouseketeers on the Mickey Mouse Club, and as Robbie Douglas on the long-running ABC / CBStelevision seriesMy Three Sons. During his short-lived career in music he was a solo singer and the drummer for the pop band The Yellow Balloon.
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Don Grady
Don Louis Agrati (June 8, 1944 – June 27, 2012), better known as Don Grady, was an American television and movieactor, composer, and musician. He was best known both as one of Mickey Mouse's original Mouseketeers, and as Robbie Douglas on My Three Sons. His sister was also an actress, billed as Lani O'Grady. His father was Lou A. Agrati. His mother was a talent agent, known as Mary Grady.
Grady was born in San Diego, California on June 8, 1944. Grady was married twice; first to Julie Boonisar from 1976 until they divorced in 1979. Lastly he was married to Virginia Lewsader from 1985 until his death in 2012. Grady died on June 27, 2012 in his home in Thousand Oaks, California from cancer. He was 68 years old.[1]