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Richard Bartlett Schroder (born April 13, 1970) is an American actor and filmmaker. As a child actor billed as Ricky Schroder he debuted in the film The Champ (1979), for which he became the youngest Golden Globe award recipient, and went on to become a child star on the sitcom Silver Spoons (1982–87). He has continued acting as an adult, usually billed as Rick Schroder, notably in the Western miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989) and on the police drama series NYPD Blue (1998–2001). He made his directorial debut with the film Black Cloud (2004) and has produced several films and television series, including the anthology film Locker 13 and the war documentary The Fighting Season.
He was ranked at #18 and #33 on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid-Stars" and “100 Greatest Teen Stars” list, respectively.
Schroder then became well known as the star of the television series Silver Spoons. He played a starring role as Ricky Stratton, the son of a wealthy and eccentric millionaire, Edward Stratton. His performance earned him two Young Artist Awards. He struggled with his identity as an actor when Silver Spoons ended. Prospective roles were rare, and he was mainly designated to play boyish-looking teenagers or blond-haired heartthrobs. Schroder avoided the vices of other child actors and attempted to establish himself as a more mature actor, dropping the "y" from his first name. His mother enrolled him in Calabasas High School, but Schroder had trouble adjusting to the new environment.
In 1988, a year after Silver Spoons ended, Schroder starred in a prime time CBS TV movie based on a true story, the drama Too Young the Hero, as 12-year-old Calvin Graham who passes for 17 to enlist in World War II. He also appeared as the guest timekeeper in Wrestlemania 2 for a match between Hulk Hogan and King Kong Bundy. In 1990 he was in Across the Tracks as the younger brother of Brad Pitt.
Schroder made his directorial debut in 2004 with the feature film Black Cloud, a drama also written by him about a Navajo people boxer. Black Cloud received positive receptions at film festivals, including two awards at the Phoenix Film Festival and Best Director award for Schroder at the San Diego Film Festival. He also directed and starred in the music video for "Whiskey Lullaby",Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: a song by Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss. The video garnered Schroder an award for Best Music Video at the 2005 Nashville Film Festival, while at the 2005 CMT Music Awards, the video won an award for Collaborative Video of the Year, and Schroder won for Director of the Year.
In 2009, he directed the adventure horror film Hellhounds. He guest-starred in a January 2011 episode of ABC's No Ordinary Family.
With his production company, Ricky Schroder Productions, he produced Starting Strong, a series of recruiting commercials for the U.S. Army shot as reality series in 2013. His production company has well as other documentaries The Fighting Season, My Fighting Season, and The Volunteers. Schroder spent 110 days in Afghanistan with the US military in 2014 to capture footage. In 2013 he directed, produced, and starred in the TV film Our Wild Hearts for the Hallmark Channel, and the following year co-produced and starred in the anthology film Locker 13. He portrayed the father of Dolly Parton in the 2015 TV film Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors and its sequel, .
He is an avid hunter and fisherman, having learned to shoot at the age of 10 from actor William Holden on the set of The Earthling. For 16 years he owned a 15,000-acre ranch near Grand Junction, Colorado, adjacent to Grand Mesa National Forest.
A 2004 news article called Schroder "one of the few out-of-the-closet conservatives" in the entertainment industry. Schroder has long identified as a Republican, and he spoke at the 2000 Republican National Convention, although he said in 2010 that he did not align with either major political party.
In 2019, Schroder was arrested twice within a month for suspicion of domestic violence; no charges were filed.
In November 2020, Schroder contributed $150,000 towards the $2million bail fund for Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year old charged and later acquitted in the shooting deaths of two people during the August 2020 Kenosha unrest.
In May 2021, Schroder created controversy when he uploaded a video to social media that showed him harassing a Costco employee regarding the company's policy and California mandate requiring face masks or coverings to be worn inside stores during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shortly after the incident, Schroder began receiving backlash, causing him to upload a second video apologizing to the employee, stating that while he stood by his beliefs on the mask mandate, he was sorry if he hurt the employee's feelings.
On March 6, 2022, while traveling with the U.S. freedom convoy, Schroder entered the Dwight D. Eisenhower museum without the mask, and upon being notified that masks are required for entry, he called the security guard a "Nazi" for enforcing "evil federal government" mask rules. He left the building without an incident.
Schroder married Julie Trammel on July 9, 2025, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.Speakman, Kimberlee & Erin Clack. “NYPD Blue” Star Ricky Schroder Marries Theater Actress Julie Trammel in Seaside Cabo Wedding: 'Our Hearts Are Grateful', People, August 25, 2025.
Personal life
Schroder married Andrea Bernard on September 26, 1992. They have four children: Holden, Luke, Cambrie, and Faith. They all appeared in Schroder's Our Wild Hearts (2013) . In 2000, Schroder joined his wife's church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is not very vocal about his religious beliefs, and said in a 2015 interview: "I don't consider myself an extremely religious person, but at the same time I do believe there is higher power." He and his wife separated in 2016, and she filed for divorce later in the year.
Filmography
Film
1979 Timothy Joseph ("T.J.") Flynn 1980 Bobby 1980 Shawn Daley 1980 Little Lord Fauntleroy Ceddie Errol (Little Lord Fauntleroy) 1984 Broadway Danny Rose Thanksgiving Parade Celebrity Uncredited 1991 Across the Tracks Billy Maloney 1994 There Goes My Baby Stick 1995 Crimson Tide Lt. Paul Hellerman 2002 Poolhall Junkies Brad 2003 Face of Terror Nick Harper 2003 Consequence Consequence, DVD, HBO Video, 2003 John Wolfe 2004 Black Cloud Eddie 2009 Locker 13 Tommy Novak 2010 Blood Done Sign My Name Vernon Tyson 2010 Get Him to the Greek Himself
Television
1982 Something So Right Joey Bosnick Movie 1982–1987 Silver Spoons Ricky Stratton 116 episodes 1983 Faerie Tale Theatre Hansel Episode: "Hansel and Gretel" 1983 Two Kinds of Love Robbie Farley Movie 1985 Alex Stewart Movie 1988 Too Young the Hero Calvin Graham Movie 1989 Terror on Highway 91 Clay Nelson Movie 1989 Out on the Edge Danny Evetts Movie 1989 Lonesome Dove Newt Dobbs Miniseries; 4 episodes 1990 A Son's Promise Terry O'Kelly Movie 1990 The Stranger Within Mark Movie 1991 Blood River Jimmy Pearls ("The Kid") Movie 1991 My Son Johnny Johnny Cortino Movie 1992 Miles from Nowhere Frank Reilly Movie 1993 Call of the Wild John Thornton Movie 1993 Return to Lonesome Dove Newt Dobbs Miniseries; 4 episodes 1994 Texas Otto MacNab Movie 1994 To My Daughter with Love Joey Cutter Movie 1994 In the Heat of the Night A bad guy Episode: "Dangerous Engagement" 1996 Innocent Victims Billy Richardson Movie 1997 Ebenezer Samuel Benson Movie 1997 Too Close to Home Nick Donahue Movie 1997 Jason Copeland Movie 1997 Heart Full of Rain Isaiah Dockett Movie 1998–2001 NYPD Blue Det. Danny Sorenson 58 episodes 1999 Murder at Devil's Glen Henry Movie (aka What We Did That Night) 2001 Major Charles White Whittlesey Movie 2003 Scrubs Nurse Paul Flowers 4 episodes 2005 14 Hours Dr. Foster Movie 2005–2006 Strong Medicine Dr. Dylan West 19 episodes 2006 Robot Chicken Cloudkeeper Episode: "Password: Swordfish" 2007 24 Mike Doyle 12 episodes 2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth Jonathan Brock Movie 2008 Major Bill Keane MD Miniseries; 4 episodes 2010 No Ordinary Family Dave Cotten Episode: "No Ordinary Friends" 2011 To the Mat Aaron Movie 2013 Cyril Knox Movie 2013 Our Wild Hearts Jack Thomas Movie 2014 Hell's Kitchen Himself Season 13 Episode 15: "4 Chefs Compete" 2015 Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors Robert Lee Parton Movie 2016 Robert Lee Parton Movie
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