
Growing up, it felt like everyone in Robert Carradine’s family was in the movies – his dad, John Carradine, was a really versatile character actor, known for everything from spooky horror films to Westerns and even Shakespeare! Funny enough, Robert wasn’t interested in acting at all. He dreamed of being a race car driver! He actually started with a small role in a John Wayne Western called The Cowboys back in 1972, and while it didn’t stop him from racing cars for years, it did make him realize he loved being on screen. Most people probably remember him as Lewis Skolnick, one of the nerds in Revenge of the Nerds, and later as the hilarious dad, Sam McGuire, on Lizzie McGuire with Hilary Duff. He even started filming a reboot of Lizzie McGuire for Hulu, but sadly it was canceled. Thankfully, he and the original cast got together for a fun table read of an old episode in 2020, which was a real treat for fans like me.