Acting
Apr 12, 1969
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Harold Pruett
Acting
Biography
Harold P. Pruett (April 13, 1969 – February 21, 2002) was an American film and television actor. He appeared in over 30 films and TV series in the 1970s to the 1990s. During the 1970s and 1980s, Pruett guest starred on numerous television series including Wonder Woman, The New Leave It to Beaver, It's Your Move, Eye to Eye, The Best Times, Hotel and Night Court. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he danced in several music videos including two for the pop singer Martika, "More Than You Know" (1989) and "Coloured Kisses" (1992). In 1990, Pruett had his first co-starring television role on the NBC musical teen drama Hull High. Due to low ratings, the series was canceled in October 1990 after nine episodes. Later that year, he was cast as Steve Randle in the television adaptation of the 1967 S. E. Hinton novel The Outsiders, shown on Fox. That series was also canceled after one season because of low ratings.[3] From 1992 to 1993, he had a recurring role as Brad Penny on the teen sitcom Parker Lewis. In 1995, he co-starred on another short lived Fox series, Medicine Ball. His last television appearance was in a recurring role on the Fox teen drama series Party of Five, in 1996. Pruett's final film appearance was in the independent drama The Right Way (1998), starring Geoff Pierson.
Feature Films (11)
A teenage musician goes on the run from killers and the police when he returns home to find his home empty and his family gone.
Moving Target
The year is 2049. 200 years after the great Californian goldrush. The new generation of gold diggers are just as full of gold fever as their ancestors.
Precious Find
An 18-year-old college freshman is seduced by a handsome vampire lover who introduces her to a dark world of carnal desires.
Embrace of the Vampire
Members of an all-female black singing group learn about the industry and themselves in their rise to success.
Divas
Alexandra Michaelson has spent two years on the city streets as a runaway, but she awakens after an accident with no memory of her recent past. Her family welcomes her back, but soon she's visited by a man who claims he's her boyfriend. While trying to rekindle her memory, he tells Alexandra that somewhere she has hidden $100,000 stolen from a dangerous drug dealer.
The Perfect Daughter
Leda Beth Vincent lives in the small town of Shiloh and works as a cocktail waitress there. She is not too well thought of as she is nothing of a blushing virgin. But she is far from a whore and brings up her daughter Julie, a high school student, as a loving responsible mother. So, when she becomes aware that Julie's very popular history teacher, Mr Baker, spreads antisemitic ideas among his pupils, Leda Beth decides to ask Mr Baker for an explanation. But she comes up against a wall. Nobody in town - Julie less than all others - wants to support her and it looks as if she will have to bring the Board of Education to court. The trouble is that a school dropout and a tramp of her kind does not count for much compared to the holders of knowledge and of morality.
Scandal in a Small Town
A wealthy widow, a restless housewife, and a former model seek to reshape themselves through cosmetic surgery to please the men in their lives.
Mirror, Mirror
A rookie black journalist investigates the tensions of the Watts section of Los Angeles in the bloody summer of 1965.
Heat Wave
Teenage girl doesn't understand why her father is against her campaign to promote literacy at his factory. Until she discovers that her father can't read.
Daddy Can't Read
A group of campers revolt against their strict camp director and take over the camp for themselves.
Summer Camp Nightmare
A group of people are killed one by one while participating at a million dollar treasure hunt in a mysterious Italian castle.
Spellcaster
Television & Series (11)
In 1973, 7-year-old Steven Stayner is kidnapped by pedophile Kenneth Parnell. Under the belief that Parnell has been given legal custody of him, and that his family has moved away, he stays with Parnell for seven years, enduring repetitive sexual abuse the entire time. Finally, in 1980, when Parnell kidnaps another young boy, Steven finds a way for them both to escape and return home.
I Know My First Name Is Steven
An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.
Night Court
A young woman whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed at least 13 different personalities.
Sybil
Lucky Chances is a three-part 1990 television miniseries based on Jackie Collins' novels Chances (1981) and Lucky (1985), and produced by William Peters for NBC. It stars Vincent Irizarry, Nicollette Sheridan, Shawnee Smith, Alan Rosenberg, Anne-Marie Johnson, and Phil Morris. The Santangelo family builds a casino empire in Las Vegas. After Gino's death, his daughter Lucky fights to maintain control of the business and fortune.
Lucky Chances
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.
