Moosie Drier
| Moosie Drier | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 6, 1964 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, voice artist, director |
| Years active | 1972–present |
Moosie Drier (born August 6, 1964) is an American television and film actor. Although he began his career as a child actor, he is perhaps best known for his role as Riley on "Kids Incorporated". Drier had regular appearances on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and The Bob Newhart Show. Moosie has also done work as a voice actor and as a director.
Drier was born in Chicago but raised in California. He attended U.S. Grant High School, Van Nuys, California.
Young Drier's first role was as a deaf boy in two 1972 episodes of Lassie. He began his television career as a recurring performer on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from the middle of season three to the final season in 1973, hosting a "Kid News for Kids" segment. During this period, Drier had movie roles in the 1972 Jack Lemmon comedy, The War Between Men and Women, the 1972 Barbra Streisand comedy Up the Sandbox, and the made-for-TV comedies Roll, Freddy, Roll! (1974), and All Together Now (1975). A notable movie role from this period included an appearance in 1977’s George Burns comedy Oh, God! (as "Adam Landers").
At the age of ten, Drier began voice acting as a regular character in ABC’s 1974 These Are the Days. Other recurring television roles included "Howie Borden" on The Bob Newhart Show and on CBS’s short-lived series Executive Suite as B.J. Koslo. He made appearances on The Waltons (1973), Adam-12 (1973), Apple's Way (1974), Police Story (3 episodes, 1974-75), Emergency! (2 episodes; 1975), Doc (1975), and Little House on the Prairie (1976), CHiPs (1980), Family Ties (1983), Diff'rent Strokes (1986), The A-Team (1986), Highway to Heaven (1986), Blacke's Magic (1986), Cagney & Lacey (1986), Hunter (1986), Just the Ten of Us (1988), The Munsters Today (1990), and Jack & Jill (2000).
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