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| birth_name = Jeremy Russell Gelbwaks
| birth_name = Jeremy Russell Gelbwaks
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|5|22}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|5|22}}
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| years_active = 1970–1971
| years_active = 1970–1971
| occupation = Actor
| occupation = Actor
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Gelbwaks was the first actor to play the role of Chris Partridge.<ref name=TVGuide>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jeremy-gelbwaks/credits/190145/|title=Jeremy Gelbwaks| website=TVGuide.com|publisher=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=11 December 2019}}</ref> He left the series after the first season, and was replaced by [[Brian Forster]] in the summer of 1971.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Partridge family album | publisher=HarperPerennial | author=Joey Green | year=1994 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/partridgefamilya00gree/page/35 35, 74] | isbn=978-0-06-095075-0 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/partridgefamilya00gree/page/35 }}</ref> According to his ''Partridge Family'' castmate [[David Cassidy]], Gelbwaks "had a personality conflict with every person in the cast, and with the producers".<ref>''C'mon, Get Happy'' Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus by David Cassidy and [[Chip Deffaa]], 1994 DBC Enterprises, [[Warner Books]] Inc, p. 87</ref> In a 2005 interview with the Television Academy Foundation, [[Shirley Jones]] mentioned that Gelbwaks "was not happy doing [the show] ... his parents wanted him to do it, so we replaced him".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/shirley-jones#interview-clips|title=Shirley Jones|date=October 22, 2017}}</ref>
Gelbwaks was the first actor to play the role of Chris Partridge.<ref name=TVGuide>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jeremy-gelbwaks/credits/190145/|title=Jeremy Gelbwaks| website=TVGuide.com|publisher=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=11 December 2019}}</ref> He left the series after the first season, and was replaced by [[Brian Forster]] in the summer of 1971.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Partridge family album | publisher=HarperPerennial | author=Joey Green | year=1994 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/partridgefamilya00gree/page/35 35, 74] | isbn=978-0-06-095075-0 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/partridgefamilya00gree/page/35 }}</ref> According to his ''Partridge Family'' castmate [[David Cassidy]], Gelbwaks "had a personality conflict with every person in the cast, and with the producers".<ref>''C'mon, Get Happy'' Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus by David Cassidy and [[Chip Deffaa]], 1994 DBC Enterprises, [[Warner Books]] Inc, p. 87</ref> In a 2005 interview with the Television Academy Foundation, [[Shirley Jones]] mentioned that Gelbwaks "was not happy doing [the show] ... his parents wanted him to do it, so we replaced him".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/shirley-jones#interview-clips|title=Shirley Jones|date=October 22, 2017}}</ref>


Gelbwaks retired from acting when his family moved from California to [[Reston, Virginia]], a suburb of [[Washington, D.C.]], where they resided for a year and a half before moving again to Connecticut, and later to [[Potsdam, New York]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nyheritage.nnyln.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/sunypotsdam/id/11085/rec/91 | title=Recent College Transitions Conference a Success &#124; Northern New York Library Network }}</ref> Gelbwaks graduated from Hermon Dekalb Central School (Hermon, NY) in 1978 and was a member of the National Honor Society.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/sllboces/id/116879/rec/1 | title=Demon_1978_039 }}</ref> His father Norman taught computer science at the [[State University of New York at Potsdam]].<ref name="Spin">{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b9_qs_-pof8C&q=%22Jeremy+Gelbwaks%22&pg=PA68 | title=The Partridge Family Tree | work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] | date=September 1990 | accessdate=August 20, 2011 | author=Lauren Spencer | pages=67, 68}}</ref>
Gelbwaks retired from acting when his family moved from California to [[Reston, Virginia]], a suburb of [[Washington, D.C.]], where they resided for a year-and-a-half before moving again to Connecticut, and later to [[Potsdam, New York]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nyheritage.nnyln.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/sunypotsdam/id/11085/rec/91 | title=Recent College Transitions Conference a Success &#124; Northern New York Library Network }}</ref> Gelbwaks graduated from Hermon Dekalb Central School (Hermon, NY) in 1978 and was a member of the National Honor Society.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/sllboces/id/116879/rec/1 | title=Demon_1978_039 }}</ref> His father Norman taught computer science at the [[State University of New York at Potsdam]].<ref name="Spin">{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b9_qs_-pof8C&q=%22Jeremy+Gelbwaks%22&pg=PA68 | title=The Partridge Family Tree | work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] | date=September 1990 | accessdate=August 20, 2011 | author=Lauren Spencer | pages=67, 68}}</ref>


Gelbwaks graduated from college in 1982, and became a computer analyst while studying chemistry at [[UC Berkeley]]. He worked in the computer industry until 1999, studied business at [[Columbia University]], and became a management consultant. He married Patricia Polander, and moved to [[New Orleans]], where he works as a business and technology planner.<ref name="People">{{cite news | url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20106624,00.html | title=By the Way...Whatever Happened to the Other Partridge Kids? | work=People | date=November 1, 1993 | accessdate=August 20, 2011 | author=Tim Allis}}</ref>
Gelbwaks graduated from college in 1982, and became a computer analyst while studying chemistry at [[UC Berkeley]]. He worked in the computer industry until 1999, studied business at [[Columbia University]], and became a management consultant. He married Patricia Polander, and moved to [[New Orleans]], where he works as a business and technology planner.<ref name="People">{{cite news | url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20106624,00.html | title=By the Way...Whatever Happened to the Other Partridge Kids? | work=People | date=November 1, 1993 | accessdate=August 20, 2011 | author=Tim Allis}}</ref>

Latest revision as of 18:16, 22 March 2024

Jeremy Gelbwaks
Jeremy Gelbwaks, c. 1970
Born
Jeremy Russell Gelbwaks

(1961-05-22) May 22, 1961 (age 63)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1970–1971

Jeremy Russell Gelbwaks (born May 22, 1961, in Los Angeles) is an American former child actor who starred in the television series The Partridge Family (1970–71).[1]

Career[edit]

Gelbwaks was the first actor to play the role of Chris Partridge.[2] He left the series after the first season, and was replaced by Brian Forster in the summer of 1971.[3] According to his Partridge Family castmate David Cassidy, Gelbwaks "had a personality conflict with every person in the cast, and with the producers".[4] In a 2005 interview with the Television Academy Foundation, Shirley Jones mentioned that Gelbwaks "was not happy doing [the show] ... his parents wanted him to do it, so we replaced him".[5]

Gelbwaks retired from acting when his family moved from California to Reston, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C., where they resided for a year-and-a-half before moving again to Connecticut, and later to Potsdam, New York.[6] Gelbwaks graduated from Hermon Dekalb Central School (Hermon, NY) in 1978 and was a member of the National Honor Society.[7] His father Norman taught computer science at the State University of New York at Potsdam.[1]

Gelbwaks graduated from college in 1982, and became a computer analyst while studying chemistry at UC Berkeley. He worked in the computer industry until 1999, studied business at Columbia University, and became a management consultant. He married Patricia Polander, and moved to New Orleans, where he works as a business and technology planner.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Lauren Spencer (September 1990). "The Partridge Family Tree". Spin. pp. 67, 68. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  2. ^ "Jeremy Gelbwaks". TVGuide.com. TV Guide. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  3. ^ Joey Green (1994). The Partridge family album. HarperPerennial. pp. 35, 74. ISBN 978-0-06-095075-0.
  4. ^ C'mon, Get Happy Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus by David Cassidy and Chip Deffaa, 1994 DBC Enterprises, Warner Books Inc, p. 87
  5. ^ "Shirley Jones". October 22, 2017.
  6. ^ "Recent College Transitions Conference a Success | Northern New York Library Network".
  7. ^ "Demon_1978_039".
  8. ^ Tim Allis (November 1, 1993). "By the Way...Whatever Happened to the Other Partridge Kids?". People. Retrieved August 20, 2011.

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