Knight, Christopher 1957–

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KNIGHT, Christopher 1957–

(Chris Knight, Christopher A. Knight)

PERSONAL

Full name, Christopher Anton Knight; born November 7, 1957, in New York, NY; father, an actor; married Julie, 1989 (divorced, 1992); married Toni Erickson, 1995 (divorced, 2000). Education: Attended University of California, Los Angeles. Avocational Interests: Gourmet cooking, food and wine tasting, scuba diving, tennis, travel.

Career:

Actor and singer. Appeared in commercials. Martec, Inc. (computer software company), account sales manager, 1988; New Image Industry, vice president for design system marketing and sales, 1989–91; Visual Software, cofounder, 1991; Kidwise Learning-ware, cofounder, partner, and executive producer, 1995; Adesso (keyboard manufacturer), vice president for sales, 1996; Integrated Micro Solutions, began as vice president for strategic marketing, became vice president for marketing, 1997; Eskape Laboratories, cofounder and partner, 1998; Hauppauge Computer Works, head of Eskape Laboratories, 2000–03; Casting Networks, Inc. (online talent exchange), executive, 2002. Spokesperson for "Healthy Skin, Healthy Outlook" campaign, American Counseling Association, beginning 2000, and "ADHD Campaign to Inform the Nation," National Consumer League, 2002–03.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Peter Brady, The Brady Bunch, ABC, 1969–74.

Voice of Peter Brady, The Brady Kids (animated), ABC, 1972–73.

Peter Brady, The Brady Bunch Hour, ABC, 1977.

Steve Wabash, Joe's World, NBC, 1979–80.

Leigh Hobson, Another World (also known as Another World: Bay City), 1980–81.

Peter Brady, The Bradys, CBS, 1990.

Peter Brady, Pop–Up Brady, VH1, beginning 2001.

Host, TV Road Trip, Travel Channel, beginning c. 2002.

Himself, The Surreal Life, VH1, 2005.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Nick, Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker, ABC, 1979.

Jimmy, Valentine Magic on Love Island (also known as Magic on Love Island), NBC, 1980.

Peter Brady, A Very Brady Christmas, CBS, 1988.

Television Appearances; Specials:

One of the Brady kids, The World of Sid & Marty Krofft at the Hollywood Bowl, 1973.

(As Chris Knight) Joe Melby, "The Summer of the Swans" (also known as "Sara's Summer of the Swans"), ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1974.

Host, A 70s Celebration: The Beat Is Back, NBC, 1993.

TV's Funniest Families, NBC, 1994.

(In archive footage) Brady Bunch Home Movies, CBS, 1995.

Himself, TV Guide's Truth behind the Sitcoms, Fox, 1999.

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration, ABC, 2003.

The Brady Bunch 35th Anniversary Reunion Special: Still Brady after All These Years, TV Land, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Christopher A. Knight) Josh, "Coffin for a Clown," Mannix, CBS, 1967.

Boy, "The Miracle Man," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1968.

American Bandstand, ABC, 1970, multiple episodes in 1972.

Arthur Owens, "Two Petes in a Pod," The Brady Bunch, ABC, 1974.

Pete, "Barbara's Emergence," One Day at a Time, CBS, 1976.

Doug, The Krofft Supershow, ABC, 1977.

Binky Hodges, "Be My Valentine," Happy Days, ABC, 1978.

Bobby, "Max," The Bionic Woman, NBC, 1978.

Wes Miller, "Family Crisis," CHiPs, NBC, 1978.

Peter Brady, "A Very Brady Episode," Day by Day, NBC, 1989.

James, "Private Enemy No. 1," New York Undercover, Fox, 1995.

Himself, The Brady Bunch: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1999.

Himself, "The Brady Bunch Episode," Weakest Link, NBC, 2001.

Himself, "Florence Henderson—Here's the Story," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2001.

Himself, "Robert Reed: Unfinished Business," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2001.

Himself, Intimate Portrait: Florence Henderson, Lifetime, 2003.

Guest, The Wayne Brady Show, syndicated, 2003.

Member of the Brady Bunch, TV Road Trip, Travel Channel, 2003.

(In archive footage) "VH1's One Hit Wonders Presents: Star Tracks," One Hit Wonders, VH1, 2003.

Discovery Health Celebrity Body Challenge, Discovery Health Channel, 2003.

"Best Kept Hollywood Secrets 101," E!'s 101, E! Entertainment Television, 2004.

Pyramid, syndicated, 2004.

Himself, The View, ABC, 2005.

Also appeared in Little House on the Prairie, NBC; and SuperSecret TV Formulas, VH1.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Voice of Peter Brady, "The Brady Kids on Mysterious Island," The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (animated; also known as The New Saturday Superstar Movie), ABC, 1972.

Peter Brady, The Brady Girls Get Married (also known as The Brady Brides), NBC, 1981.

Television Work; Pilots:

Casting associate, Circus, ABC, 1988.

Film Appearances:

Cotter, 1973.

Roy, Just You and Me, Kid, Columbia, 1979.

Curfew, New World, 1989.

Montana, Good Girls Don't, 1993.

Coach, The Brady Bunch Movie, Paramount, 1995.

Television news anchor, The Doom Generation, Samuel Goldwyn, 1995.

Mr. Sigvatssohn, Nowhere, Fine Line, 1997.

The guru, Family Jewels (also known as Pride & Peril), Buena Vista, 2000.

(As Chris Knight) Himself in music video, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (also known as Dickie Roberts: (Former) Child Star), Paramount, 2003.

Bernie Taylor, L.A. Dicks, 2004.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Business Journal, November 26, 1999, p. 48.