# Eric Shea

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{{Short description|American actor (born 1960)}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2019}}
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| name                  = Eric Shea
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| birth_date             = {{Birth date and age|1960|2|14}}
| birth_place            = [Los Angeles County, California](/source/Los_Angeles_County%2C_California), U.S.
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| occupation            = Actor
| years_active           = 1966–2007
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| relatives             = [Stephen](/source/Stephen_Shea) and Christopher (brothers)
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'''Eric Shea''' (born February 14, 1960) is an American former [child actor](/source/child_actor). Active from age six through seventeen, he is best known for his roles in the feature films ''[Yours, Mine and Ours](/source/Yours%2C_Mine_and_Ours_(1968_film))'' (1968), ''[Smile](/source/Smile)'' (1975), and ''[The Poseidon Adventure](/source/The_Poseidon_Adventure_(1972_film))'' (1972), as well as his numerous guest-starring appearances throughout the 1960s and 1970s on various television series, including ''[Batman](/source/Batman_(TV_series))'', ''[Gunsmoke](/source/Gunsmoke)'', ''[The Flying Nun](/source/The_Flying_Nun)'', ''[Nanny and the Professor](/source/Nanny_and_the_Professor)'', ''[The Brady Bunch](/source/The_Brady_Bunch)'', and ''[Little House on the Prairie](/source/Little_House_on_the_Prairie_(TV_series))''.

Shea's brothers Christopher and [Stephen Shea](/source/Stephen_Shea) each voiced [Linus van Pelt](/source/Linus_van_Pelt) for the ''[Peanuts](/source/Peanuts)'' TV animation specials in the 1960s and 1970s, respectively.

==Filmography==
{|class="wikitable"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
|rowspan="1"|1968
|''[Yours, Mine and Ours](/source/Yours%2C_Mine_and_Ours_(1968_film))''
|Phillip North 
|
|-
|1969
|''[Gaily, Gaily](/source/Gaily%2C_Gaily)''
|Younger Brother 
|
|-
|rowspan="1"|1972
|''[The Poseidon Adventure](/source/The_Poseidon_Adventure_(1972_film))''
|Robin Shelby
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|1973
|''Alvin the Magnificent''
|
|TV movie
|-
|''[Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies](/source/Ace_Eli_and_Rodger_of_the_Skies)''
|Rodger Walford 
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|1974
|''[Houston, We've Got a Problem](/source/Houston%2C_We've_Got_a_Problem)''
|Mikey "Mike" Matthews 
|TV movie
|-
|''Bobby Parker and Company''
|Bobby (9 year old) 
|TV movie
|-
|''[The Castaway Cowboy](/source/The_Castaway_Cowboy)''
|Booton "Little Maca" MacAvoy
|
|-
|rowspan="1"|1975
|''[Smile](/source/Smile_(1975_film))''
|Little Bob Freelander
|
|-
|1978
|''[When Every Day Was the Fourth of July](/source/When_Every_Day_Was_the_Fourth_of_July)''
|Red Doyle 
|TV movie
|-
|-
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Television
|-
! Year
! Television
! Role
! Notes
|-
|{{center|1972}}
|''[Anna and the King](/source/Anna_and_the_King_(TV_series))''
|Louis Owens 
|-
|{{center|1976–77}}
|''[Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman](/source/Mary_Hartman%2C_Mary_Hartman)''
|Little Garth 
|
|-
|-
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Guest Appearances
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Episodes
|-
|rowspan="3"|1966
|''[Felony Squad](/source/Felony_Squad)''
|Mike Bradley 
|"A Date with Terror"
|-
|rowspan="2"|''[Batman](/source/Batman_(TV_series))''
|rowspan="2"|Andy 
|"Come Back, Shame"
|-
|"It's How You Play the Game"
|-
|1967
|rowspan="2"|''[Gunsmoke](/source/Gunsmoke)''
|Billy Madison 
|"Stranger in Town"
|-
|rowspan="2"|1968
|Mike Jarvis 
|"The Money Store"
|-
|''[Here Come the Brides](/source/Here_Come_the_Brides)''
|Thorne
|"And Jason Makes Five"
|-
|rowspan="1"|1969
|''[Gunsmoke](/source/Gunsmoke)''
|Timmy Decker 
|"The Intruder"
|-
|rowspan="3"|1970
|''[The Flying Nun](/source/The_Flying_Nun)''
|Joey 
|"The Dumbest Kid in School"
|-
|''[Disneyland](/source/Walt_Disney_anthology_television_series)''
|Mark McIver  
|''Menace on the Mountain'', Parts 1 & 2<br>(co-starring [Jodie Foster](/source/Jodie_Foster))
|-
|rowspan="2"|''[Nanny and the Professor](/source/Nanny_and_the_Professor)''
|Franklin  
|"The Human Element"
|-
|1971
|Rodney  
|"The Human Fly"
|-
|1972
|''[The Brady Bunch](/source/The_Brady_Bunch)''
|Tommy Jamison
|"Cindy Brady, Lady"
|-
|1973
|''[Room 222](/source/Room_222)''
|Tim
|"Someone Special"
|-
|rowspan="5"|1974
|rowspan="2"|''[Emergency!](/source/Emergency!)''
|Clyde 
|"The Hard Hours"
|-
|Danny Freeman
|"I'll Fix It"
|-
|''[Disneyland](/source/Walt_Disney_anthology_television_series)''
|Alvin Fernald
|''The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton'', Parts 1 & 2
|-
|rowspan="2"|''[Adam-12](/source/Adam-12)''
|Gary Rogers 
|"Teamwork"
|-
|Donnie  
|"Lady Beware"
|-
|rowspan="1"|1975
|''[Shazam!](/source/Shazam!_(TV_series))''
|Corky
|"On Winning"
|-
|rowspan="3"|1976
|''[Disneyland](/source/Walt_Disney_anthology_television_series)''
|Alvin Fernald
|''The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper'', Parts 1 & 2
|-
|rowspan="2"|''[Little House on the Prairie](/source/Little_House_on_the_Prairie_(TV_series))''
|rowspan="2"|Jason
|"The Talking Machine"
|-
|"Bunny"
|-
|2006
|''[Inside Edition](/source/Inside_Edition)''
|Himself
|Episode dated 11 May 2006
|}

==Bibliography==
* Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995''. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p.&nbsp;331.

==External links==
* {{IMDb name}}

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Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
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