Peter Parros (born November 11, 1960) is an American actor and screenwriter. His acting credits include stage, screen and television. Parros portrays Judge David Harrington on
Tyler Perry
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's ''
The Haves and the Have Nots'' airing on the Oprah Winfrey Network, but he may be most recognized for his nearly decade-long portrayal of Dr. Ben Harris on the CBS soap ''
As the World Turns
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.''
Biography
Early life
Peter Parros was born in
Brooklyn, New York
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, but grew up in Los Angeles and
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, th ...
. He became interested in acting and the film industry after holding a job with a company that created special effects miniatures. When interviewed, he referred to the initial stages of his acting endeavor as being completely different than what other actors and actresses found. He said, "What drew me in wasn't the Shakespearean quality of acting. I was going to be the black
Arnold Schwarzenegger."
Career
Initially, Parros acted solely in theater. Eventually, he found minor success on screen. In 1984, Parros landed his first television role as Michael, Tootie's cousin, in ''
The Facts of Life''. His first regular series role was on ''
Knight Rider
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'' in 1985, playing "RC3", a.k.a. Reginald Cornelius III, the semi truck driver (and sometime partner to Michael Knight) who also worked on
KITT
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; he appeared in the fourth and final season of the series. ''Knight Rider'' has appeared in syndication in over 200 countries throughout the world, most notably in Australia, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
Thereafter, Parros was cast in several popular American soap operas. He appeared on ''
The Young and the Restless
''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, ...
'' in the recurring role of Leo Baines from 1986 to 1987, ''
Santa Barbara'' in 1992, ''
One Life to Live'' as the second
Dr. Ben Price from 1994 until 1995, and on ''
As the World Turns
''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other s ...
'' as Dr. Benjamin "Ben" Robert Harris from 1996 to 2005. Parros also starred in the short-lived ''
The New Adam-12'', a spin-off of the 1960s/1970s popular police drama ''
Adam-12'', as Officer Gus Grant. In 1990–91, he played the recurring role of firefighter Eddie Cooper on the CBS comedy ''
The Family Man''. Parros most recently in
Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr., September 13, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and playwright. He is the creator and performer of the Madea character, a tough elderly woman. Perry's films vary in style from orthodox filmma ...
’s ''
The Haves and the Have Nots'', a hit show for Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Channel.
Parros has made guest appearances on such TV shows as ''
Charles in Charge'', ''
Star Trek: The Next Generation'',
and ''
New York Undercover
''New York Undercover'' is an American police drama that aired on the Fox television network from September 8, 1994, to February 11, 1999. The series starred Malik Yoba as Detective J.C. Williams and Michael DeLorenzo as Detective Eddie Torre ...
''.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1960 births
Living people
Male actors from New York City
African-American male actors
American male film actors
American male soap opera actors
American male television actors
People from Bloomfield, New Jersey
People from Brooklyn
Male actors from Los Angeles
Male actors from Salt Lake City
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people