- Born
- Birth nameBrian Alan Forster
- Height5′ 4½″ (1.64 m)
- Brian Forster was born in Los Angeles, California. He came from an acting family and his Mom started him in commercials to get money for college. Brian did his first commercial at age seven for Texaco. He did 21 commercials in total including United Airlines, Texaco, and one for Nestle's Quik. The commercial he did for Mattel Hot Wheels won an award. His Mom was an actress named Jennifer Raine. His father was an actor and his stepfather was a character actor named Whit Bissell. His great-great- great grandfather is Charles Dickens.
His first big role was as Susan Olsen's Prince on an episode of The Brady Bunch. During the rehearsal, he forgot his line. The Director thought the mess up was great and they decided to keep it in.
In 1970, Jeremy Gelbwaks was leaving The Partridge Family and they asked for Brian instead. He only went to one interview and they told him he got the job.
Brian was good friends with the late Suzanne Crough, and they kept in touch until she sadly passed in 2015. As kids they shared a trailer, rode bikes together, and they both had crushes on each other, even though Suzanne tried to deny it!
Brian is now a race car driver in California and lives a private life.
- IMDb mini biography by: cathleen87
- Parents
- RelativesAlan Napier(Grandparent)Charles Dickens(Great Grandparent)
- Born on April 14, 1960, 101 years (to the day) after the publication of "A Tale of Two Cities" (written by his great-great-great-grandfather Charles Dickens).
- Great-great-great-grandson of author Charles Dickens.
- Has met numerous drummers who told him they were inspired to take up playing drums by his "The Partridge Family" character Chris. He embarrassedly admitted that he never actually learned how to play them, but merely "faked it" for the cameras.
- Professional racecar driver and racing instructor.
- As a race car driver, his track record is quite good--he won, on average, every fourth race he has competed in.
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