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Shaun Paul Cassidy is an American writer, producer, actor, and singer. He is the eldest son of Academy Award-winning actress Shirley Jones, and the second son (his older half-brother is David Cassidy) of Tony Award-winning actor Jack Cassidy. He has created, written and produced a number of critically acclaimed television series, including American Gothic, Roar (with Heath Ledger in his American debut), and Invasion. In the late 1970s and 19980s, Cassidy worked as an actor and singer. He starred in two television series (The Hardy Boys Mysteries and Breaking Away), had a number of hit... MORE

Shaun Paul Cassidy is an American writer, producer, actor, and singer. He is the eldest son of Academy Award-winning actress Shirley Jones, and the second son (his older half-brother is David Cassidy) of Tony Award-winning actor Jack Cassidy. He has created, written and produced a number of critically acclaimed television series, including American Gothic, Roar (with Heath Ledger in his American debut), and Invasion. In the late 1970s and 19980s, Cassidy worked as an actor and singer. He starred in two television series (The Hardy Boys Mysteries and Breaking Away), had a number of hit records, appeared on Broadway and in the West End of London, and played to SRO crowds at every major arena in the country. His last concert was at the Houston Astrodome in 1980. Since the mid-1990s, Cassidy has worked exclusively as a writer/producer in television. While still in high school, Cassidy signed a contract with Mike Curb's division of Warner Bros. Records and began recording music. His debut album Shaun Cassidy (US No. 3) was initially released in Europe and Australia in 1976, and he scored a couple of hit singles in several countries. That lead to an American release of that album in LESS