Biography

Gary Grimes' first major role was in the 1971 film Summer of '42, playing a teenager who has an affair with a beautiful older woman, played by Jennifer O'Neill. For that role, Grimes was nominated in 1972 for a Golden Globe Award as Most Promising Newcomer, as well as the Male and a BAFTA Award as Best Newcomer.

Grimes also starred in the sequel Class of '44 (1973), which followed his character to college.

Grimes' other film credits include Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) alongside John Wayne, The Spikes Gang (1974) with Lee Marvin and Ron Howard and the cult Disney film Gus (1976), about a mule that kicks field goals. He was offered a TV series during that time period, but turned it down.

Grimes retired from show business in the late 1970s, still lives in Los Angeles and has remained out of public view since that time. "I got to the point where the work wasn't up to the quality that I wanted," Grimes told American Profile magazine in 2011. "I'm very happy in my decision."

Grimes appeared in only six motion pictures.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1971	Summer of '42	Hermie
1972	The Culpepper Cattle Co.	Ben Mockridge
1973	Class of '44	Hermie
	Cahill U.S. Marshal	Danny Cahill
1974	The Spikes Gang	Will Young
1976	Gus	Andy Petrovic
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1967	Gunsmoke	Bede Roniger	Episode: Baker's Dozen
1970	The Brady Bunch	Teenage Boy	Episode: Tiger! Tiger!
	My Three Sons	Student	Episode: You Can't Go Home
1971	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law		Episode: The Baby Sitter
1976	Once an Eagle	Jack Devlin	NBC Miniseries
1983	Matt Houston		Episode: The Purrfect Crime

Award nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category	Series or film
1972	BAFTA Awards	Nominated	Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles	Summer of '42
	Golden Globe Awards		Most Promising Male Newcomer

[ Source: Wikipedia ]