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Brian A. Forster (born April 14, 1960) is an American former child actor and race car driver. He is best known as the second actor to play the role of Chris Partridge in the television series The Partridge Family.

Brian Forster
Brian Forster, c. 1968
Born	Brian A. Forster (1960-04-14) April 14, 1960 (age 62) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Actor, race car driver
Years active	1969–1977, 2008

Biography

Forster joined The Partridge Family in 1971, replacing Jeremy Gelbwaks,[1] and continued until the show ended in 1974.[2] Chris Partridge was the drummer of the fictional family band. As of 2002/2003, Forster was a racing car driver in Northern California, and continued to act in community theater there.[3]

Forster was born in Los Angeles, the son of English-born actors Jennifer Raine and Peter Forster and, through his mother, a great-great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens. He is also the stepson of actor Whit Bissell and stepgrandson of actor Alan Napier, who portrayed Alfred the Butler in the Batman television series (1966–1968).[4]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	The Brady Bunch	The Elf	Episode: "Eenie, Meenie, Mommy, Daddy"
1969	Family Affair	Boy	Episode: "What's Funny About a Broken Leg?"
1971–74	The Partridge Family	Chris Partridge	71 episodes
1973	Goober and the Ghost Chasers	Chris Partridge (voice)	8 episodes
1974–75	Partridge Family 2200 A.D.	Chris Partridge (voice)	16 episodes
1977–78	Fred Flintstone and Friends	Chris Partridge (voice)	Segment: The Partridge Family in Outer Space
1977	Thanksgiving Reunion with The Partridge Family and My Three Sons	Himself	TV special
2008	Break a Leg	Chris Partridge	Episode: "Ghosts, Mimes & Partridges"

References

External links

• Brian Forster at IMDb
• Archive.org: The Talking Car (1969) – Forster stars in and narrates this traffic safety film

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