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Brandon Edwin Cruz (born May 28, 1962) is an American actor best known for his role as Eddie Corbett, son of widower Tom Corbett (played by Bill Bixby) on the comedy-drama The Courtship of Eddie's Father. Cruz is also a punk rock musician, and works in drug and alcohol rehabilitation as a sober companion and interventionist.
[Of Bill Bixby]: When I found out they were putting this out, I thought, "It's about time". Bill Bixby had an amazing body of work, not only The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969), but My Favorite Martian (1963), The Magician (1973), The Incredible Hulk (1978) and so many other things, as an actor, as a director - and he never got an Emmy. He's never been recognized posthumously by the Academy. And he doesn't have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. That is criminal. There are people who have stars that, not to be blunt, but I wouldn't bother spitting on their stars. Bill's talent would take a couple of blocks of stars compared to them. It really demeans the whole thing that Bill is not included.
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[When asked if he had a wonderful on- and off-screen chemistry with Bill Bixby, who played Tom Corbett]: Not to be the most difficult person to work with. Well, when you're around the guy known as 'the nicest guy' in showbusiness. You learn a lot and you're in awe, an awful lot of the time. Bill was such a professional, such a giving actor, and caring person that it didn't even seem like work. It seemed like I was hanging out with my best friend. It was corny, but he was so wonderful to work with, you could not pay anybody to say a bad word about Bill. He was giving to a fault, basically.
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[About Dr. Know, who are traveling the road in distancing themselves from the past and expanding a legacy better than what his group did when they're all in their 20s]: We're probably even angrier than we were back then. We see no reason to stop. Stop? Because we're a certain age? That's never had anything to do with punk rock. This version of Dr. Know is very serious about doing something not connected with the past. We have more to us than that.
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[on reconciling with Biafra despite numerous differences]: Biafra and I started talking again right after I quit Dead Kennedys. We had known each other since way back in the day from gigs and when we opened for them a few times. I can understand his being upset about what I did to a certain degree, but it was all way over the top most of the time and it took away the real message of Dead Kennedys. We all make mistakes, you know?
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I feel that it's the music, not anything else, that matters.
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[on his band]: We knew we were on to something, it was a reaction to everything being generically labeled hardcore. We knew we were separating ourselves. We learned to be different because we didn't want to be lumped in. As a scene we were quite unique, but a lot of the first Nardcore bands weren't groundbreaking musically. I'm 45 now, and I can look back on it. Nobody from the early nardcore scene really did anything that amazing, but the fact that all of us came out of such a small scene is unique and incredible. Nardcore was family and friends, not a sound.
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[on auditioning for The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969)]: The crew knew because they had heard from other people, and when I showed up on the set the next day, they were all looking at me kind of weird. I told them that Bill always taught me that whenever something bad like that happens, the best thing to do is work.
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You could not even pay anyone to say something bad about Bill.
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Fact
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Credits Bill Bixby as his favorite acting mentor/best friend.
Currently touring as lead singer for the Dead Kennedys. [June 2003]
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He quit singing for legendary punk band, Dead Kennedys, in April 2003. He now produces and edits television shows in Los Angeles and sings with his original band, Gary W. Miller. The band is recording a new album, which will be available in 2005. [October 2004]
After leaving the Dead Kennedys, Cruz rejoined his former band, Gary W. Miller. Dr. Know broke up on August 16th, 2010. Cruz has a new band called "MDCN MN".
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Is friends with Nicolas Cage, who frequently talks to him through his ex-wife, Patricia Arquette, who's also Cruz's wife's very good friend.
Charter member of "A Minor Consideration", the watchdog group of former child stars, founded by Paul Petersen. Their mission is to look after the welfare of former and current child actors.
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April 2000 - Second child, Ruby Jean, is born.
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Named his son Lincoln Bixby Cruz after Bill Bixby. [1995]
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In the early 80s, he was the singer for a well-known southern California punk band called Gary W. Miller. He is also covered in many tattoos from this period in his life.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Life Interrupted
2015
TV Movie
Dax Corbett
The Lords of Salem
2012
Ted
The Motorcycle Diaries
2004
Miner (Chile)
Eddie's Father
2004
TV Movie
Slice
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1998
TV Series
Jesus Rides Shotgun
1997
Chintz
Safe
1995
Steve
The Incredible Hulk
1978
TV Series
Kevin
The One and Only
1978
Sherman
The Oregon Trail
1977
TV Series
Thad Cooley
ABC Afterschool Specials
1976
TV Series
Benny Singleton
Jeremiah of Jacob's Neck
1976
TV Movie
Clay Rankin
The Bad News Bears
1976
Joey Turner
Doc Elliot
1974
TV Series
Robert Wells
Police Story
1974
TV Series
Victor Rollins
Love, American Style
1973
TV Series
Ernie (segment "Love and the Unsteady Steady")
The Going Up of David Lev
1973
TV Movie
David
Medical Center
1973
TV Series
Mooch
Kung Fu
1972
TV Series
Peter Gideon
Gunsmoke
1972
TV Series
Jimmy Morgan
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969-1972
TV Series
Eddie Corbett
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
1970
TV Movie
Bernard
80 Steps to Jonah
1969
Little Joe Wilson
Editorial Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
South Park
1998
TV Series assistant editor - 4 episodes
The Ultimate Fighter
2005
TV Series on-line editor
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
American Hardcore
2006
Documentary arranger: "Best Friend" - as B. Cruz
80 Steps to Jonah
1969
performer: "Tender Loving Care"
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kevin and Drew Unleashed
2004
TV Series documentary
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Actor's Journey
2011
Video documentary
Himself
The Actor's Journey for Kids
2011
Video documentary
Himself
TV Land Confidential
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself - Interviewee
American Hardcore
2006
Documentary
Himself
TV Land's Top Ten
2004-2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards
2004
TV Special
Himself
From Grasshopper to Caine: The Making of 'Kung Fu'
2003
Video documentary
Himself
The Tao of Caine: Production and Beyond
2003
Video documentary
Himself
Weakest Link
2001
TV Series
Himself
VH-1 Where Are They Now?
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
E! True Hollywood Story
1999
TV Series documentary
Himself
Today
1989
TV Series
Himself
The Arsenio Hall Show
1989
TV Series
Himself
Married Is Better
1974
TV Special
This Is Your Life
1971
TV Series
Himself
The Art Linkletter Show
1970
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Incredible Hulk
2008
Eddie Corbett (uncredited)
Known for movies
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969-1972) as Eddie Corbett
$900,000
