Danny Cooksey Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Daniel Ray Allen "Danny" Cooksey, Jr. (born November 2, 1975) is an American actor, singer, voice artist, and comedian. He has been in show business since he was very young and is best remembered for playing the roles of Sam McKinney on the last years of the TV show Diff'rent Strokes and Robert "Bobby" Budnick on the Nickelodeon program, Salute Your Shorts. Danny has also been in Xiaolin Showdown. Cooksey was born in Moore, Oklahoma, the son of Melody Ann (née Herpolscheiemer) and Daniel Ray Allen, Sr. In 1980, he and his mother moved to Los Angeles with the intention to pursue a career... MORE

Daniel Ray Allen "Danny" Cooksey, Jr. (born November 2, 1975) is an American actor, singer, voice artist, and comedian. He has been in show business since he was very young and is best remembered for playing the roles of Sam McKinney on the last years of the TV show Diff'rent Strokes and Robert "Bobby" Budnick on the Nickelodeon program, Salute Your Shorts. Danny has also been in Xiaolin Showdown. Cooksey was born in Moore, Oklahoma, the son of Melody Ann (née Herpolscheiemer) and Daniel Ray Allen, Sr. In 1980, he and his mother moved to Los Angeles with the intention to pursue a career in country music. When an agent saw his performance, he was invited to audition for Diff'rent Strokes. He spent 3 years as a regular in the show, before moving on to The Cavanaughs, where he stayed for another 3 years. In 1983, he played an orphan on The Dukes of Hazzard who befriends a lost Basset hound mistaken for Sherriff Rosco's hound Flash. He also starred in several TV roles, most notably Nickelodeon's Salute Your Shorts, in which he was cast largely due to his red hair, and a brief role in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. He also lent his voice for The Further Adventures of SuperTed where he LESS