Rick Schroder (born Richard Schroder on April 13, 1970 on Staten Island, New York) (also known as Ricky Schroder) is an American actor who began his career as a child actor.
Schroder debuted in the 1979 remake of the movie The Champ. In the following year, he made a Walt Disney film called The Last Flight Of Noah’s Ark with Elliott Gould in which he gave a generally recognised as good performance. However, the film bombed at the box office is generally forgotten. He became well-known as star of the television series Silver Spoons, but as he grew older, he struggled to become known as a serious actor, changing his name from Ricky to Rick and preferring to take roles which helped him to stretch as an actor.
His co-starring role in the Western mini-series Lonesome Dove and its sequel, Return to Lonesome Dove , helped Schroder’s attempt at maturity. Still, it came as a surprise to much of the public when it was announced that he had been chosen to act in the series NYPD Blue, notorious for its partial nude scenes.