Personal life

Growing up as a child actor, Adam Rich lived in Granada Hills, California with his parents and younger brother. He was active in sports, including baseball, football, bicycle riding, skateboarding, and swimming. He also had an interest in drawing. At age 14, he tried smoking marijuana, and at 17, in 1986, he dropped out of high school. He almost died of a Valium overdose in 1989. In 1991 he was arrested and charged with attempted burglary of a pharmacy.

In 1996, there was a media hoax that Rich had been murdered; the story was published in the San Francisco-based magazine Might, with Rich's consent.

In 2002, he was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI). He has been in drug rehabilitation at least three times.

He currently occasionally makes personal appearances and is marketing script ideas for TV shows and films.

Career

Rich won the role of Nicholas at the age of eight. After Eight Is Enough, he had roles in Irwin Allen's short-lived 1981 TV series Code Red on ABC and the 1983 sitcom Gun Shy on CBS.

Rich made guest appearances on television series including The Love Boat, CHiPS, Fantasy Island, The Six Million Dollar Man, St. Elsewhere, and Baywatch. He also did voice work on the cartoon series Dungeons & Dragons, along with Eight Is Enough co-star Willie Aames.

Filmography

Rich appeared in the following:

• The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series 1976)
• The City (TV movie 1977)
• Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas (TV movie 1979)
• The Love Boat (TV series 1979)
• 3-2-1 Contact (TV series 1980)
• The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)
• Eight Is Enough (TV series 1977-1981)
• CBS Children's Mystery Theatre (TV series 1982)
• Code Red (TV series 1981-1982)
• Fantasy Island (TV series 1978-1982)
• CHiPs (TV series 1982)
• Gun Shy (TV series 1983)
• Dungeons & Dragons (TV series 1983-1985)
• George Carlin: Playing with Your Head 1986
• St. Elsewhere (TV series 1986)
• Silver Spoons (TV series 1986)
• Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion (TV movie 1987)
• Small Wonder (TV series 1986-1988)
• An Eight Is Enough Wedding (TV movie 1989)
• Baywatch (TV series 1993)

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