Editing Rick Springfield (section)

{{Short description|Musician and actor (born 1949)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Rick Springfield
| image              = Rick Springfield 5-09-2014 -7 (14150002904) (cropped).jpg
| alt                = Springfield playing acoustic guitar, seated in front of a microphone
| caption            = Springfield in 2014
| birth_name         = Richard Lewis Springthorpe
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1949|8|23|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Guildford, New South Wales]], Australia
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| occupation         = {{hlist|Singer|musician|actor|songwriter|record producer}}
| years_active       = 1962–present
| citizenship        = Australia (1949–present)<br />United States (2006–present)
| partner            = <!--Partner parameter is unmarried/long term life partners. Not a dating history.-->
| spouse             = {{marriage|Barbara Porter|1984|}}
| children           = 2
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| background          = solo_singer
| genre               = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[power pop]]|[[hard rock]]|[[pop rock]]}}
| instrument          = {{flat list|
*Vocals
*guitar
*keyboards}}
| label               = {{hlist|[[Sparmac Records|Sparmac]]|[[RCA Records|RCA]]|[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]|[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner]]|[[Gomer]]|[[Frontiers Records|Frontiers]]}}
| past_member_of     = [[Zoot (band)|Zoot]], [[The Morris Springfield Project]], [[The Red Locusts]], [[Sound City Players]]
| website             = {{URL|rickspringfield.com}}
}}}}
'''Richard Lewis Springthorpe''' (born 23 August 1949), known professionally as '''Rick Springfield''', is an Australian-American musician and actor. He was a member of the [[pop rock]] group [[Zoot (band)|Zoot]] from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career with his debut single, "[[Speak to the Sky]]", which reached the top&nbsp;10 in Australia in mid-1972. When he moved to the United States, he had a No.&nbsp;1 hit with "[[Jessie's Girl]]" in 1981 in both Australia and the US, for which he received the [[Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance]]. He followed with four more top&nbsp;10 US hits: "[[I've Done Everything for You]]", "[[Don't Talk to Strangers (Rick Springfield song)|Don't Talk to Strangers]]", "[[Affair of the Heart]]" and "[[Love Somebody (Rick Springfield song)|Love Somebody]]". Springfield's two US top&nbsp;10 albums are ''[[Working Class Dog]]'' (1981) and ''[[Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet]]'' (1982).

As an actor, Springfield starred in the film ''[[Hard to Hold (film)|Hard to Hold]]'' in 1984 and the television series ''[[High Tide (TV series)|High Tide]]'' from 1994 to 1997. He appeared in supporting roles in ''[[Ricki and the Flash]]'' and ''[[True Detective]]'' (both 2015). He portrayed [[Noah Drake]] on the daytime drama ''[[General Hospital]]'' (1981–83, 2005–08, 2012), returning in 2013 for the show's 50th anniversary with his son, actor Liam Springthorpe. He played a depraved version of himself in ''[[Californication (TV series)|Californication]]'' (2009). He has also appeared in episodes of ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]'', ''[[Hot in Cleveland]]'', and ''[[American Horror Story]]''. In 2010, Springfield published his autobiography, ''Late, Late at Night: A Memoir''.