Michael Sharrett
| Michael Sharrett | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Stuart Michael Sharrett July 18, 1965 Ventura, California, US |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1977 ─ present |
| Awards |
Young Artist Award nominee 1986 Deadly Friend – Tom 'Slime' Toomey |
Stuart Michael Sharrett (born July 18, 1965) is an American actor. Best known for his role in the 1978 classic family movie The Magic of Lassie with James Stewart, Sharrett additionally co-starred in the 1985 action film Savage Dawn and in the 1986 Wes Craven horror film Deadly Friend, for which he received a Young Artist Award nomination as the "Best Young Actor in a Horror Motion Picture".
Michael Sharrett was born in Ventura, California, a city located in Southern California approximately 30 miles from Los Angeles. Sharrett began his career at the age of 12 in the Emmy Award-winning Our Town, a 1977 television adaptation of the classic play Our Town. On February 20, 1978 Michael Sharrett guest starred on Little House on the Prairie on the episode entitled "The Stranger" about young Peter Lundstrom who is expelled from his private school for petty theft, so his wealthy father sends the boy to stay with Uncle Nels Oleson in Walnut Grove for a long-overdue lesson in values. At first he rebels but later on learns the pride of hard work and in time his father later realizes that his time with his son is much more important than making anymore money as he is already quite wealthy already. After some additional television roles and a part in the 1978 Walt Disney comedy western film Hot Lead and Cold Feet, Sharrett landed the role of Chris, the grandson of Clovis, played by Academy Award winner Jimmy Stewart in the 1978 musical film The Magic of Lassie. In The Magic of Lassie, Lassie is a dog owned by Sharrett's freckled-faced character Chris. Lassie is taken away from Chris, who then is put under pressure when his grandpa has to decide whether to sell the valuable family vineyard in return for the dog.
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