Robbie Rist
| Robbie Rist | |
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Rist as Cousin Oliver in The Brady Bunch
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| Born |
Robert Anthony Rist April 4, 1964 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Voice actor, actor, musician, singer |
| Years active | 1973–present |
Robert Anthony "Robbie" Rist (born April 4, 1964) is an American actor and musician. He is known for playing Cousin Oliver in The Brady Bunch, and for voicing characters in television shows and movies, like Stuffy the overly proud stuffed dragon in Doc McStuffins, and Michelangelo in the 1990 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He and director Anthony C. Ferrante provided music for the Sharknado film and the theme song for the Sharknado franchise.
As a child, Rist played Cousin Oliver in the final six episodes of The Brady Bunch. With the regular children all getting older, his inclusion was intended to reintroduce a cute younger child to the series. However, the plan became moot as the network had opted to not renew the series before his debut. This gave rise to the term "Cousin Oliver Syndrome", also known as "add-a-kid". Oliver uttered the final line of the final episode: "Me! Cousin Oliver!"; but the character and Rist were subsequently omitted from later original-cast revivals of the series.
After The Brady Bunch he co-starred in the Saturday morning comedy Big John, Little John as Little John. He portrayed Glendon Farrell on the David Hartman vehicle Lucas Tanner, and Martin in the short lived Sanford and son spin-off Grady in 1975, and in 1976 and 1977 played Ted Baxter's son David on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, along with three episodes in The Bionic Woman. In 1980, Rist played "Dr. Zee" on Galactica 1980. He made four guest appearances on CHiPs and the short-lived CBS series Whiz Kids, and also played Booger in a failed Revenge of the Nerds TV pilot. In 1986, Rist had a notable supporting role as Milo in the action film, Iron Eagle which was a box-office hit despite being critically panned.
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