Frank Russell Parker (July 1, 1939 – September 16, 2018) was an American television actor.

Career

Parker was best known as

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, husband to Caroline (

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) on ''

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''. He portrayed the character semi-regularly from 1983 to 2008, when he started having health issues and made the decision to leave. In order to write Parker's character out of the show, ''Days of Our Lives'' writers had Shawn die in February 2008 after giving up his oxygen mask to save his son, Bo (

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), on a sabotaged airplane that was going down. Parker subsequently retired from acting the following month. He also had some small roles in ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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.'' Other acting credits include multiple episodes of ''

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'', ''

Hogan's Heroes ''Hogan's Heroes'' is an American television sitcom set in a Nazi German prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during World War II. It ran for 168 episodes (six seasons) from September 17, 1965, to April 4, 1971, on the CBS network, the longest broadcast ...

'', ''

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'', ''

CHiPs ''CHiPs'' is an American crime drama television series created by Rick Rosner and originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to May 1, 1983. It follows the lives of two motorcycle officers of the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The serie ...

'', and ''

Quincy, M.E. ''Quincy, M.E.'' (also called ''Quincy'') is an American mystery medical drama television series from Universal Studios that aired on NBC from October 3, 1976, to May 11, 1983. Jack Klugman starred in the title role as a Los Angeles County med ...

'' Until the mid-1970s, he was usually credited as "Brett Parker."

Personal life

He had three daughters: Candace and twins Lindsay and Danielle. His daughter Candace died in a car accident. He resided in

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. On September 16, 2018, Parker died from complications of Parkinson's Disease and dementia.

Filmography

References

External links

* 1939 births 2018 deaths People from Darby, Pennsylvania American male soap opera actors American male television actors American male film actors Male actors from Pennsylvania {{US-screen-actor-1930s-stub