Editing Stephen Shortridge

{{short description|American actor (born 1951)}}

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| birth_place   =  [[Red Oak, Iowa]]
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'''Stephen Shortridge''' (born October 23, 1951, in [[Red Oak, Iowa]]) is an American actor.

Shortridge appeared in more than 20 film and television projects throughout the 1970s and 1980s, most recognizably from his role as a Southern high school student named Beau De LaBarre on the television sitcom ''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]''. He has also done over 50 commercials for such products as [[Mennen]], [[Coca-Cola]], and [[Head & Shoulders]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Amy |title=What Happened to the Cast of Welcome Back, Kotter? |url=https://www.looper.com/298927/what-happened-to-the-cast-of-welcome-back-kotter/ |website=Looper |access-date=17 May 2021 |date=18 December 2020}}</ref> In 1987, he spent one year as a regular cast member on the soap opera ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Potts |first1=Kimberly |title='Welcome Back, Kotter': 25 Things You Never Knew About the Sweathogs |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bp/-welcome-back--kotter---25-things-you-never-knew-about-the-sweathogs-000758294.html |access-date=17 May 2021 |work=Yahoo! Entertainment |date=27 August 2014}}</ref>

In the late 1980s, Shortridge quit the acting business to concentrate on painting. He presented gallery showings across the United States. He currently makes his home in Idaho with his children.  His second wife, Cathy, whom he had married in 1976, died in 2017, leaving him a widower.

Shortridge is also an author. He published his first book in 2011 titled ''Deepest Thanks, Deeper Apologies''.

== Filmography ==

{|class="wikitable" 
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! colspan=4 | Film and Television
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
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| 1977 || ''[[Fraternity Row (film)|Fraternity Row]]'' || Mel Armstrong || Feature film
|-
| 1978–79 || ''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]'' || [[Welcome Back, Kotter#Beauregarde "Beau" De LaBarre|Beau De LaBarre]] || Main cast (19 episodes)
|-
| 1979 || ''[[The Love Boat]]'' || Mark Scott || Episodes: "The Man in Her Life" (Parts 1 & 2)
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Marie (TV pilot)|Marie]]'' || Detective Driscoll || Episode: "Pilot"
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' || Cotton Harper || Episode: "Toni's Boys"
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Vegas (1978 TV series)|Vega$]]'' || Henderson || Episode: "Deadly Blessings"
|-|
| 1981 || ''[[Aloha Paradise]]'' || Richard Bean || Main cast (7 episodes)
|-
| 1981 || ''[[The Love Boat]]'' || Rudy || Episode: "The Girl Next Door"
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' || Hadley Boggs || Episode: "High Off the Hog"
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' || Jason Martinique || Episode: "Night of the Tormented Soul"
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Bosom Buddies]]'' || Tim || Episode: "The Slightly Illustrated Man"
|-
| 1982 || ''[[The Fall Guy]]'' || Dotson || Episode: "Scavenger Hunt"
|-
| 1982 || ''[[The Greatest American Hero]]'' || Price Cobb || Episode: "The Price Is Right"
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' || Mark Twain || Episode: "Natchez Bound"
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Lottery!]]'' || Richard Stanford || Episode: "New York: Winning Can Be Murder"
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Matt Houston]]'' || Scott Townsend || Episode: "Target: Miss World"
|-
| 1983 || ''[[The Love Boat]]'' || Robert Wallingford || Episode: "Here Comes the Bride - Maybe"
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Hardcastle and McCormick]]'' || Sandy Knight || Episode: "The Birthday Present"
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Hunter (1984 American TV series)|Hunter]]'' || J.J. Hendrix || Episode: "Killer in a Halloween Mask"
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' || Steve Gamble || Episode: "Murder Digs Deep"
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Love, American Style|New Love, American Style]]'' || || Episode: " Love-a-Gram/Love and the Apartment"
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Airwolf]]'' || Greg Stewart || Episode: "Little Wolf"
|-
| 1986 || ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'' || ER Patient || Episode: "A Room with a View"
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| 1987 || ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'' || Dave Reed || Series regular (50 episodes)
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| 1988 || ''[[Houston Knights]]'' || Elliot Wilde || Episode: "There's One Born Every Minute"
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Say Anything...]]'' || Ray || Feature film
|}

== Bibliography==
''Deepest Thanks, Deeper Apologies'', Worthy Publishing, 2011, {{ISBN|978-1-936034-574}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0795160}}
*[http://www.painterschairfineart.com Shortridge's gallery in Idaho]
*[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HMU/is_4_33/ai_n16134218/ Q & A with Stephen Shortridge: meet artist and author, Stephen Charles Shortridge]

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