# Moosie Drier > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Moosie_Drier > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Moosie_Drier.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moosie_Drier > Source revision: 1342748897 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American television and film actor|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Moosie Drier | image = Moosie Drier 2025.jpg | caption = Drier in 2025 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|08|6}} | birth_place = [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois), U.S. | occupation = Actor | children = 1 | years_active = 1971–present }} '''Moosie Drier''' (born August 6, 1964) is an American [television](/source/television) and [film](/source/film) [actor](/source/actor). He is best known for his roles as Adam Landers in ''[Oh, God!](/source/Oh%2C_God!_(film))'' and Riley on ''[Kids Incorporated](/source/Kids_Incorporated)''. Drier had regular appearances on ''[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In](/source/Rowan_%26_Martin's_Laugh-In)'' and ''[The Bob Newhart Show](/source/The_Bob_Newhart_Show)''. He has also worked as a [voice actor](/source/voice_actor) and as a director. ==Life and career== Drier was born in [Chicago](/source/Chicago) but raised in [California](/source/California). He was named after former New York Yankee Bill "Moose" Skowron, who was a friend of Drier's father. He attended [U.S. Grant High School](/source/Grant_High_School_(Los_Angeles)), Van Nuys, California. Drier began his television career as a recurring performer on ''[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In](/source/Rowan_%26_Martin's_Laugh-In)'' from the middle of season three until the final season in 1973, hosting a "Kid News for Kids" segment. His first dramatic role was as a [deaf](/source/deaf) boy in two 1972 episodes of ''[Lassie](/source/Lassie_(1954_TV_series))''. During this period, Drier had movie roles in the 1972 [Jack Lemmon](/source/Jack_Lemmon) comedy, ''[The War Between Men and Women](/source/The_War_Between_Men_and_Women)'', the 1972 [Barbra Streisand](/source/Barbra_Streisand) comedy ''[Up the Sandbox](/source/Up_the_Sandbox)'', and the made-for-TV comedies ''[Roll, Freddy, Roll!](/source/Roll%2C_Freddy%2C_Roll!)'' (1974) and ''All Together Now'' (1975). In 1977 he was cast in ''[Oh, God!](/source/Oh%2C_God!_(film))'' starring [John Denver](/source/John_Denver) and [George Burns](/source/George_Burns). He followed this with a prominent role in the [Alan Freed](/source/Alan_Freed) screen biography ''[American Hot Wax](/source/American_Hot_Wax)'' (1978), in which the adolescent Drier recounts his reaction to [Buddy Holly](/source/Buddy_Holly)'s death in a broken voice. At age 10, Drier began voice-acting as a regular character on [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company)’s 1974 ''[These Are the Days](/source/These_Are_the_Days_(TV_series))''. Other recurring television roles included Howie Borden, the son of series regular Howard ([Bill Daily](/source/Bill_Daily)) on ''[The Bob Newhart Show](/source/The_Bob_Newhart_Show),'' and on [CBS](/source/CBS)’s short-lived series ''[Executive Suite](/source/Executive_Suite_(TV_series))'' as B.J. Koslo. He made appearances on ''[The Waltons](/source/The_Waltons)'' (1973), ''[Adam-12](/source/Adam-12)'' (1973), ''[Apple's Way](/source/Apple's_Way)'' (1974), ''[Police Story](/source/Police_Story_(1973_TV_series))'' (3 episodes, 1974–75), ''[Emergency!](/source/Emergency!)'' (2 episodes; 1975), ''[Doc](/source/Doc_(1975_TV_series))'' (1975), and ''[Little House on the Prairie](/source/Little_House_on_the_Prairie_(TV_series))'' (1976), ''[CHiPs](/source/CHiPs)'' (1980), ''[Family Ties](/source/Family_Ties)'' (1983), ''[Kids Incorporated](/source/Kids_Incorporated)'' (1984), ''[Diff'rent Strokes](/source/Diff'rent_Strokes)'' (1986), ''[The A-Team](/source/The_A-Team)'' (1986), ''[Highway to Heaven](/source/Highway_to_Heaven)'' (1986), ''[Blacke's Magic](/source/Blacke's_Magic)'' (1986), ''[Cagney & Lacey](/source/Cagney_%26_Lacey)'' (1986), ''[Hunter](/source/Hunter_(1984_U.S._TV_series))'' (1986), ''[Just the Ten of Us](/source/Just_the_Ten_of_Us)'' (1988), ''[The Munsters Today](/source/The_Munsters_Today)'' (1990), and ''[Jack & Jill](/source/Jack_%26_Jill_(TV_series))'' (2000). [[File:Drier Television Academy Event.jpg|alt=Drier attending television academy event honoring Lily Tomlin|thumb|right|Drier attending television academy event honoring [Lily Tomlin](/source/Lily_Tomlin)]] During his early acting career, Drier also appeared in three [ABC Afterschool Special](/source/ABC_Afterschool_Special)s, in one of which, ''Hewitt's Just Different'', Drier had a lead role as Willie Arthur, the friend of the [developmentally disabled](/source/developmentally_disabled) title character. His late 1970s and early 1980s roles included ''[When Every Day Was the Fourth of July](/source/When_Every_Day_Was_the_Fourth_of_July)'' (1978) and [Peter Benchley](/source/Peter_Benchley)'s thriller ''Hunters of the Reef'' (1978). Other teen roles consist primarily of biographical dramas; most notably, Drier played a young [Mickey Rooney](/source/Mickey_Rooney) in the 1978 [Judy Garland](/source/Judy_Garland) biography ''[Rainbow](/source/Rainbow_(1978_film))''. The year 1978 also saw the filming of the made-for TV [Jack Albertson](/source/Jack_Albertson) vehicle ''Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase'', which was not released until three years later. In the 1980s made-for-TV movie ''Homeward Bound'', he played a terminally ill young man, Bobby Seaton, who spends a last summer vacation repairing his relationship with his father, Jake, played by [David Soul](/source/David_Soul). During the late 1990s, Drier accepted minor roles in the sci-fi space-ship hijack thriller ''[Velocity Trap](/source/Velocity_Trap)'' (1997) and ''[Storm](/source/Storm_(1999_film))'' (1999), a thriller about a secret military weather control machine gone awry. Since 2000, he has specialized in voice-over work in such films as ''[Teaching Mrs. Tingle](/source/Teaching_Mrs._Tingle)'' (1999), ''[American Beauty](/source/American_Beauty_(1999_film))'' (1999), ''[What Lies Beneath](/source/What_Lies_Beneath)'' (2000) ''[Shrek](/source/Shrek)'' (2001), ''[40 Days and 40 Nights](/source/40_Days_and_40_Nights)'' (2002), ''[The Shape of Things](/source/The_Shape_of_Things)'' (2003), ''[Jungle Book 2](/source/Jungle_Book_2)'' (2003), ''[the Lion King 1½](/source/the_Lion_King_1%C2%BD)'' (2004), ''[The Chronicles of Riddick](/source/The_Chronicles_of_Riddick)'' (2004), ''[Hauru no ugoku shiro](/source/Hauru_no_ugoku_shiro)'' (Eng: ''Howl's Moving Castle'') in 2004, and ''[Madagascar](/source/Madagascar_(2005_film))'' (2005). Drier directed episodes of such series as ''[Reba](/source/Reba_(TV_series))'' (2005) and ''[Too Late with Adam Carolla](/source/Too_Late_with_Adam_Carolla)'' (2005). He directed a well-received children's musical, ''Precious Piglet and Her Pals'' at the Whitefire Theatre in [Sherman Oaks](/source/Sherman_Oaks) as well as the critically acclaimed ''Love Like Blue'' in 2007, also at the Whitefire Theatre. ==Selected filmography== ===Television=== {{div col}} * 1968 : ''[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In](/source/Rowan_%26_Martin's_Laugh-In)'': Regular Performer (1971–1973) * 1972 : ''[Lassie](/source/Lassie_(1954_TV_series))'': Tommy * 1972 : ''[Here Comes the Judge](/source/Here_Comes_the_Judge_(film))'': First child * 1972 : ''[The Bob Newhart Show](/source/The_Bob_Newhart_Show)'': recurring character: Howie Borden (1972–1977) * 1973 : ''[The Waltons](/source/The_Waltons)'': Georgie * 1973 : ''[Adam-12](/source/Adam-12)'': Dennis Wingard * 1974 : ''[Apple's Way](/source/Apple's_Way)'': Craig Carlson * 1974 : ''Runaways'' (special): Freddie Britton * 1974 : ''[These Are the Days](/source/These_Are_the_Days_(TV_series))'' (voice) * 1974 : ''[Roll, Freddy, Roll!](/source/Roll%2C_Freddy%2C_Roll!)'': Tommy Danton * 1975 : ''[Police Story](/source/Police_Story_(1973_TV_series))'': Mike Brenner, Kevin Prescott * 1975 : ''[All Together Now](/source/All_Together_Now_(1975_TV_Movie))'': Rafe * 1975 : ''[Doc](/source/Doc_(1975_TV_series))'': Michael * 1975 : ''[Emergency!](/source/Emergency!)'': Rick Jenkins * 1976 : ''[Little House on the Prairie](/source/Little_House_on_the_Prairie_(TV_series))'': Junior Barrett * 1976 : ''[Executive Suite](/source/Executive_Suite_(TV_series))'': B.J. Koslo (a recurring character) * 1977 : ''Hewitt's Just Different'' (special): Willie Arthur * 1977 : ''[It Happened at Lakewood Manor](/source/It_Happened_at_Lakewood_Manor)''): Tommy West * 1978 : ''[When Every Day Was the Fourth of July](/source/When_Every_Day_Was_the_Fourth_of_July)'' (special): Howie Martin * 1978 : ''[Rainbow](/source/Rainbow_(1978_film))'': Mickey Rooney * 1980 : ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080885/ Homeward Bound]'' (TV movie) * 1980 : ''[CHiPs](/source/CHiPs)'': Wayne * 1981 : ''Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase'' (TV movie): Morris O'Neill (produced 1978) * 1983 : ''Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy'' (special): David * 1983 : ''[Family Ties](/source/Family_Ties)'': Arnie * 1984 : ''[Kids Incorporated](/source/Kids_Incorporated)'': Riley (1984–1988) * 1986 : ''[Diff'rent Strokes](/source/Diff'rent_Strokes)'': John * 1986 : ''[The A-Team](/source/The_A-Team)'': Bobby Sherman * 1986 : ''[Highway to Heaven](/source/Highway_to_Heaven)'': Tim Charles Jr * 1986 : ''[Blacke's Magic](/source/Blacke's_Magic)'': Dale * 1986 : ''[Cagney & Lacey](/source/Cagney_%26_Lacey)'': Gorham * 1986 : ''[Hunter](/source/Hunter_(1984_U.S._TV_series))'': Phillip Epperson * 1988 : ''[Just the Ten of Us](/source/Just_the_Ten_of_Us)'': Warren * 1990 : ''[The Munsters Today](/source/The_Munsters_Today)'': The Gateman's Son * 2000 : ''[Jack & Jill](/source/Jack_%26_Jill_(TV_series))'' {{div col end}} ===Filmography (actor)=== * 1972 : ''[The War Between Men and Women](/source/The_War_Between_Men_and_Women)'': David Kozlenko * 1972 : ''[Up the Sandbox](/source/Up_the_Sandbox)'': Billy * 1973 : ''The Toy Game'': Matthew Norris * 1977 : ''[Oh, God!](/source/Oh%2C_God!_(film))'': Adam Landers * 1978 : ''[American Hot Wax](/source/American_Hot_Wax)'': Artie Moress, Buddy Holly Fanclub President * 1980 : ''[The Hollywood Knights](/source/The_Hollywood_Knights)'': Moosie * 1989 : ''[The 'burbs](/source/The_'burbs)'': voice * 1997 : ''[Velocity Trap](/source/Velocity_Trap)'': E.D. Officer * 1999 : ''[Storm](/source/Storm_(1999_film))'': Radar Tech{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165498/fullcredits/|title=Storm (Video 1999) - Full cast & crew - IMDb|via=www.imdb.com}} * 2018 : ''[Charming](/source/Charming_(film))'': Additional voices ===Filmography (director)=== * 1988 : ''[Kids Incorporated](/source/Kids_Incorporated)'' (TV): Kahuna Kids * 2005 : ''[Reba](/source/Reba_(TV_series))'' (TV) * 2005 : ''[Too Late with Adam Carolla](/source/Too_Late_with_Adam_Carolla)'' (TV) * 2009 : ''The Peacemaker'' (TV pilot) ===Theater (director/producer)=== * 2005: ''Precious Piglet and Her Pals'' * 2007: ''Love Like Blue'' * 2012: ''[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof](/source/Cat_on_a_Hot_Tin_Roof)'' * 2013: ''[God of Carnage](/source/God_of_Carnage)'' * 2014: ''Hollywood Shorts'', ''Lend Me a Tenor'', ''Littlest Angel'' * 2015: ''Hollywood Shorts'', ''Dead Pilots Society'', ''Hound of the Baskervilles'' ==Bibliography== * Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995''. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 349-350. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|237881|Moosie Drier}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Drier, Moosie}} Category:1964 births Category:American male child actors Category:American male television actors Category:American male film actors Category:American television directors Category:American theatre directors Category:Living people Category:Male actors from Los Angeles Category:Grant High School (Los Angeles) alumni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Moosie Drier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moosie_Drier) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moosie_Drier?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.