Adam Rich

Not to be confused with entrepreneur Adam Rich, co-founder of Thrillist.com

Adam Rich (born October 12, 1968) is an American actor.^[1]

Career

Rich is best remembered for his role as the youngest son, Nicholas Bradford, on the television series Eight is Enough, which ran for five seasons, from 1977-1981.^[2] After leaving that show, he made guest appearances on The Love Boat, CHiPS, Fantasy Island, The Six Million Dollar Man, St. Elsewhere and Baywatch. He had a role in Irwin Allen's short-lived TV series Code Red.^[3] He also did voice work on the cartoon series Dungeons & Dragons, along with Eight is Enough co-star Willie Aames.

Personal life

Rich was born in Brooklyn, New York. In a 1996 spoof article, written with Rich's participation, Might Magazine published a story reporting Rich's purported death during a robbery by an "unemployed dinner theater stagehand". The "story" was an elaborate and meticulously reconstructed time-line of the "final years" of Rich's life, including his work on an uncompleted independent film, The Squatter Project, created by a friend of Rich's who worked for the magazine.

The issue was intended as a satire of so-called "death issues" published by magazines such as People, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, and others, when popular celebrities have died. This event is chronicled in Dave Eggers' A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, with a semi-factual explanation of the events and exposition on the significance behind such an event.^[4]

Legal troubles

Rich's adult life has been troubled by substance abuse and numerous arrests for drug offenses, shoplifting, and breaking and entering.^[5] In 1991, he was arrested for smashing a pharmacy window in an attempt to steal narcotics. He was bailed out of jail by his Eight is Enough "Dad" Dick Van Patten. He was re-arrested for shoplifting shortly after being bailed out. He eventually pleaded no contest to both charges. On February 20, 2003, he was arrested for driving while intoxicated when he nearly collided with a police car on a closed stretch of Interstate 10 in the Los Angeles area.^[6]

References

External links

• Adam Rich at the Internet Movie Database