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Jimmy Baio


Biography

The cousin of the one-time teen heartthrob Scott Baio, Jimmy Baio enjoyed his own run as a youth sensation after portraying one of two New Jersey siblings on the short-lived blue-collar sitcom "Joe and Sons" (1975-1976). While delivering supporting turns in "The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training" and on the outlandish TV series "Fantasy Island" (appearing alongside Scott in the episode...

Biography

The cousin of the one-time teen heartthrob Scott Baio, Jimmy Baio enjoyed his own run as a youth sensation after portraying one of two New Jersey siblings on the short-lived blue-collar sitcom "Joe and Sons" (1975-1976). While delivering supporting turns in "The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training" and on the outlandish TV series "Fantasy Island" (appearing alongside Scott in the episode "Amusement Park/Rock Stars"), Baio regularly depicted the young Billy Tate on the comedy series "Soap," skewering common soap-opera plot lines that involved joining a cult and dating an unstable school teacher. Throughout the '80s, the actor guest appeared on such popular prime-time shows as "Matlock," "The Facts of Life," "Trapper John, M.D..," and "Too Close for Comfort." In 1986, he appeared as Steinberg in the mega-producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein's sole directorial effort, the raucous rock-and-roll comedy "Playing for Keeps." Baio had a brief role in the 1996 Barbra Streisand-directed romance "The Mirror Has Two Faces" before retiring from the business.

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