1. Leif Garrett was born on Leif Per Nervik; November 8,1961 and is an American actor, singer, and television personality.
41 Facts About Leif Garrett
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Leif Garrett worked as a child actor, then in the 1970s became famous as a teen idol in music.
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Leif Garrett later received much publicity for his drug abuse and legal troubles.
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Leif Garrett's father was absent for most of his life.
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Dawn and Leif Garrett guest-starred in an episode of Gunsmoke as well as Wonder Woman.
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Leif Garrett played the role of Leonard Unger, the son of Felix Unger, on the ABC series The Odd Couple, a part that had been previously played by Willie Aames.
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In late 1975, Leif Garrett appeared in the role of Endy Karras in a 12-week CBS drama series Three for the Road, with Alex Rocco as his father, Peter Karras, and Vincent Van Patten as his older brother, John Karras.
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Leif Garrett played alongside Lee Van Cleef in two Spaghetti Westerns shot mainly in Israel: Kid Vengeance and God's Gun.
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Leif Garrett played the title role in the television film Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion and starred in the film Skateboard.
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Leif Garrett played a deranged murderer who was in love with his sister in Party Line.
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In late 1976, Leif Garrett signed a five-album recording contract with Atlantic Records.
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In 1981, Leif Garrett recorded "I Am a Rebel", words and music expressly composed for him by Victorio Pezzolla and produced by Richard Finch of KC and the Sunshine Band, which became the theme song for an Italian TV program entitled Il Barattolo.
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Leif Garrett mostly stopped recording music in the early 1980s and concentrated on acting for the rest of the decade.
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Leif Garrett later claimed the producers would not allow him to make music aimed at an adult audience when he reached his early twenties.
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In 1998, a greatest hits compilation, The Leif Garrett Collection, was released.
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Leif Garrett appeared in summer stock at The Barn Theatre's production of Old Timer in 2001.
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In 2003, Leif Garrett appeared as himself in the David Spade film Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.
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Leif Garrett co-wrote and sang "Former Child Star" for the film's soundtrack and was one of the singers of "Child Stars on Your Television", which played over the ending credits.
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Leif Garrett appeared with Aaron Carter in the 2005 film Popstar.
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In September 2006, Leif Garrett appeared on the celebrity edition of Fear Factor.
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Leif Garrett has frequently spoofed his troubled past and participates in a wide variety of sketches and skits written specially for him by the show's producers.
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Leif Garrett toured South Korea in May 2010, with shows in Seoul and Busan.
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Leif Garrett embarked on another tour of the country in 2013.
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Leif Garrett was a cast member in the fourth season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew, which documented Leif Garrett's struggle with addiction to heroin.
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Leif Garrett released two singles on the Internet, sharing Else's credits, "Everything" and "Help You, Make You".
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Leif Garrett published an autobiography entitled Idol Truth in 2019.
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Leif Garrett dated celebrities such as his former Family co-star Kristy McNichol, Tatum O'Neal, and Justine Bateman.
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In October 2001, Leif Garrett was in a personal bankruptcy proceeding in a federal court in Los Angeles.
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Leif Garrett's only listed possessions were his clothes, some household goods and about $350 in cash.
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Leif Garrett had accumulated a $76,198 debt in unpaid credit card bills over a four-year period.
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Leif Garrett admitted that he started using drugs when he was 14.
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Leif Garrett was later tried as a juvenile on drunk-driving charges; his driver's license was suspended for a year and he was placed on a year's probation.
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Winkler sued in January 1980, claiming Leif Garrett was at fault in the accident.
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The panel ordered Leif Garrett to pay $15,000 in punitive damages, which was not diminished by Winkler's partial responsibility.
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Two days later, the judge lifted the warrant and dropped the 1999 charges after Leif Garrett submitted evidence that he had completed a rehab program.
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Leif Garrett pleaded guilty in March 2005 to attempted possession of cocaine-based narcotics and was placed on probation.
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On January 14,2006, when Leif Garrett was arrested on a Los Angeles Metro Rail platform for not having a ticket, police found heroin in his possession.
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Leif Garrett agreed to join a strict drug-diversion program, and his release from jail was ordered.
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On February 1,2010, Leif Garrett was arrested again for possession of narcotics.
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Leif Garrett posted $10,000 bail and was charged with a felony count of heroin possession.
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Leif Garrett has sung on releases by the Melvins, the Crush Ups and Liberty n' Justice, among others.