Willie Aames
I saw Willie Aames on an Eight is Enough reunion on the Today show in 2010. He looked really good, especially since the last time I saw him he had man boobs and was an angry little fat man on Celebrity Fit Club [2005]. On the Today show he said he was a financial advisor in Kansas City. Something like that.
Willie Aames was born Albert William Upton on July 15, 1960 in Newport Beach, CA. Willie was a 1970’s teen idol. He wasn’t as big as Leif Garrett, Shaun Cassidy, David Cassidy, or Scott Baio, but he was definitely a well-known heartthrob. He had two big TV shows during his teeny bopper days, Eight is Enough and Charles in Charge. Willie also had bit parts on the following popular TV shows:
- The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
- Gunsmoke
- Adam-12
- The Waltons
- Medical Center
- Swiss Family Robinson
- Little House on the Prairie
- Family
Wille Trivia
- Willie got hooked on painkillers after beating cocaine and alcohol. I wonder what he’s traded that addiction for.
- He dated Eight is Enough sister Connie Needham.
- His son Christopher is a bass player.
- He is very religious.
- Willie Aames portrayed Bible Man from 1995-2003.
- He originated the role of Leonard Unger, the son of Felix Unger on The Odd Couple. That role was later played by Leif Garrett.
- Willie filed for bankruptcy in 2008. Wait, then he became a financial advisor?
- Sadly, Willie Aames attempted suicide on Thanksgiving 2008.
- He has been married three times.
- Willie has a child with each of his first two wives.
As of this writing, he is no longer a financial adviser. I’m not sure he actually ever became licensed. It appears that Willie Aames has been a cruise director since 2010. Like Julie on The Love Boat? That’s cool. Go Willie! Wait, isn’t that the name of a man’s pee pee? Maybe he should go with the more mature “Will” as he approaches 60.
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