- Born
- Birth nameFrancis Jameson Parker Jr.
- Nicknames
- J.P.
- Jamie
- Jimbo
- Jim
- Height5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)
- Jameson Parker is best known for his role as A.J. Simon on Simon & Simon (1981), which ran on CBS for eight seasons. He was born in Baltimore and saw most of the capitals of Europe during his father's foreign service career. Young Parker also managed to see an inordinate number of boarding schools, claiming to have attended 10 in 13 years, and being bounced out of two.
During a recuperative year off, he acted and worked in production at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. and he returned to finish his Beloit degree in theater arts in 1972. After graduation, he moved to New York, getting his first big break in a commercial for a breath mint. It helped him to get his role on the NBC soap Somerset (1970), which led to a two year part on ABC's One Life to Live (1968). He moved to LA in 1980. He loves camping and hunting.
- IMDb mini biography by: Stacey Sanders <tsanders@comsource.net>
- SpousesDarleen Carr(June 18, 1992 - present)Bonnie Parker(October 30, 1976 - February 14, 1992) (divorced, 3 children)Anne Taylor Davis(July 26, 1969 - August 7, 1975) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenChristian Buchanon ParkerKatherine ParkerFrancis Jameson Parker IIIAmye Parker
- Jameson Parker was shot twice by a neighbor on October 1, 1992 near his condominium in Studio City in a dispute over dog waste. He was released from the hospital a day later. The man who shot him was charged with attempted murder and sentenced to 9 years in state prison.
- He has played the same character (Andrew Jackson 'A.J.' Simon) on three different series: Magnum, P.I. (1980), Simon & Simon (1981) and Whiz Kids (1983).
- Has two sons, Jamie III and Christian Buchanon, and a daughter, Katherine, with ex-wife Bonnie Parker.
- Has two sons (Jamie Jr. and Christian Buchanan) and a daughter (Katherine)
- Brother-in-law of Charmian Carr and Shannon Farnon.
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