Eric Shea (born February 14, 1960) is an American former

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. Active from age six through seventeen, he is best known for his roles in the feature films '' Yours, Mine and Ours'' (1968), ''

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'' (1975), and '' The Poseidon Adventure'' (1972), as well as his numerous guest-starring appearances throughout the 1960s and 1970s on such popular television series as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Flying Nun'', '' Nanny and the Professor'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', among others. Shea's brothers

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and

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each voiced Linus van Pelt for the '' Peanuts'' TV animation specials in the 1960s and 1970s, respectively.

Filmography

Bibliography

* Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995''. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 331.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shea, Eric 1960 births Male actors from Los Angeles American male child actors American male film actors American male television actors Living people 20th-century American male actors