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Steven as an adult c.2009
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Born |
Carlo Steven Krakoff November 4, 1974 Glendale, California, U.S. |
Died | July 31, 2011 Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
(aged 36)
Cause of death | Heroin overdose |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Child actor, voice actor |
Years active | 1979–1996 |
Notable credit(s) |
The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show as Franklin/Pig-Pen A Pup Named Scooby-Doo as Freddy Jones Honey, I Shrunk the Kids as Tommy Pervis |
Spouse(s) | Dawn Krakoff (m. 1998; his death 2011) |
Carlo Steven Krakoff (November 4, 1974 – July 31, 2011), professionally known as Carl Steven, was an American former child actor and voice actor. He was a native of Glendale, California.
As a boy, he appeared in a number of television series and films, with recurring roles on Webster, Punky Brewster, Out of This World, and Weird Science. Steven also appeared in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) as a young Spock (the first actor other than Leonard Nimoy to play the role), and in a minor role in Disney's Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989). He provided the voice of a young Fred Jones for four seasons on the Hanna-Barbera animated series A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, the first actor besides Frank Welker to do so.
As an adult, Steven retired from acting. He became addicted to prescription medications after a tonsillectomy, and stole to support his addiction. Steven was sentenced to 13 years in prison for armed robbery in 2010. He was married to Dawn Krakoff from 1998 until his death in 2011. He had a son named Noah.
Steven died on July 31, 2011, at the age of 36, of a heroin overdose while in prison in Tucson, Arizona.