Sean Richards
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| Sunset Beach character | |||||||||
| Portrayed by | Randy Spelling | ||||||||
| Duration | 1997–99 | ||||||||
| First appearance | January 10, 1997 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | December 31, 1999 | ||||||||
| Created by | Robert Guza, Jr. | ||||||||
| Introduced by | Gary Tomlin, Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent | ||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||
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| Occupation | Student Waiter Trainee lifeguard |
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| Home | Sunset Beach, California | ||||||||
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| Father | Gregory Richards |
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| Mother | Olivia Richards |
| Sisters | Caitlin Richards Deschanel |
| Half-brothers | Trey Deschanel |
Sean Richards is a fictional character from the US NBC soap opera Sunset Beach, played by Randy Spelling.
In 1997, it was announced that Randy Spelling had been cast as Sean. Spelling is the son of Sunset Beach creator Aaron Spelling. Sean was billed as a "screwed up rich kid, recently expelled from private school."
Sean was featured in a high-profile storyline in which an earthquake and tsunami occur in Sunset Beach. The storyline was created in a bid to gain ratings. Spelling's character becomes trapped under water with on-screen love interest Emily Davis (Cristi Harris). Spelling and Harris were required to perform stunts sequences for the scenes, though, Spelling said were fun to film. On-screen characters were flung into the sea from a capsised boat. While Spelling was dropped down an eighty degree incline wall into a water tank. Then had to tread water, until he and Harris dove down wearing formal clothes, into the safety of an air shaft. Spelling said that they found the experience "really disorienting".
Sean was introduced as a son of Gregory (Sam Behrens) and Olivia Richards (Lesley-Anne Down), who always tried to find his way into life. He started a romance with Tiffany Thorne (Adrienne Frantz), and found himself in a triangle with Tiffany and Mark Wolper (Nick Stabile). He battled for her love, although it turned out she was a gold digger. At the time, Sean was involved in a Del Douglas (John Reilly) murder mystery, when he saw a woman leaving his apartment on the night of the murder. It was eventually revealed that the person was Elaine Stevens (Leigh Taylor-Young). Sean and Tiffany became closer, but when Olivia offered money to Tiffany to get out town, she accepted it and left. The next few months, Sean was involved in a storyline in which Gregory tried to get rid of Cole, but he soon learned the truth, realizing that his parents were lying to him all the time.
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