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He was on a beloved family TV series in the 1960s that made him a household name.
The show - which ended in 1971 - ran for five seasons and had such big-name guest stars as Joan Blondell, Ann Sothern, Dana Andrews and Ida Lupino.
Fans loved how cute he was with his curly hair.
He also made a movie with Eva Marie Saint and Alan Arkin in 1966. And he popped up on other TV shows, too, like Bonanza, Green Acres, Bewitched, The Virginian and Gunsmoke.
When he grew up to a teen, he partied in the Los Angeles circuit which led to addiction which he has since battled and won.
Later he appeared in the Disney film Snowball Express that starred Harry Morgan from TV's MASH. And he was on the soap opera General Hospital.
The star was seen exiting a Los Angeles bakery with a friend.
Can you guess who he is?
He was on a beloved family TV series in the 1960s that made him a household name. The show - which ended in 1971 - ran for five seasons and had such big-name guest stars as Joan Blondell, Ann Sothern, Dana Andrews and Ida Lupino. Fans loved how cute he was with his curly hair. Who is he?
The star was seen for the first time in years as he exited a Los Angeles bakery with a friend
The star is Johnny Whitaker, 64.
He was on the family show Family Affair with Anissa Jones as Buffy, Brian Keith as Bill Davis, Kathy Garver as Cissy, and British actor Sebastian Cabot as Mr French.
He was only three years old when he began to play Jody Davis on the beloved CBS sitcom which launched in 1966.
The show was about a New York engineer named Bill Davis who finds his life as a swinging bachelor turned upside-down by the arrival of his newly orphaned nieces and nephew.
There is twins Buffy and Jody and their teenaged big sister, Cissy.
In time, however, Bill adjusts his lifestyle to accommodate his young charges, with a little help from his fastidious British butler, Mr. French.
Johnny started his career off by acting in commercials for Mattel - before he landed the role of young Scotty Baldwin in the soap opera General Hospital.
His first feature film was in 1966, in the movie The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming.
But his breakout role came later that year, when he was cast in Family Affair. It was a massive success, and went on for five seasons before concluding in 1971.
'It was always fun,' Johnny recalled to Fox News last week of being on set of Family Affair as a kid.
After Family Affair came to an end, Johnny went on to star in a few other movies and shows, including Disney's Snowball Express and Napoleon and Samantha, the musical film adaptation of Tom Sawyer, and the series Sigmund and the Sea Monsters.
But amid his sudden fame, he said he started attending a slew of Hollywood parties as young as 16 - where he was exposed to drugs and alcohol.
The star is Johnny Whitaker, 64. He was on the family TV show Family Affair from 1966 until 1971
Seen with Anissa Jones as Buffy, Brian Keith as Bill Davis, Kathy Garver as Cissy, and British actor Sebastian Cabot as Mr French. He was only three years old when he began to play Jody Davis on the beloved CBS sitcom
The show was about a New York engineer named Bill Davis who finds his life as a swinging bachelor turned upside-down by the arrival of his newly orphaned nieces and nephew. There is twins Buffy and Jody and their teenaged big sister, Cissy
Things only got worse for him when he went through a divorce in 1988, and his girlfriend, who was pregnant with his child, tragically took her own life later that year.
He married a woman named Symbria Wright in
