Stanley Livingston

Stanley Livingston Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: November 24, 1950

Age: 74 years old

Birth Place: Los Angeles, California

Siblings: Barry Livingston

The 1960-1972 series "My Three Sons," which ran first on ABC and then on CBS, is the progenitor of the single-parent sitcom genre. It also was an early indication of how a successful film star, Fred MacMurray, could transition to an more broadly popular role on the small screen, in this case as widowed dad Steve Douglas. Playing his third son, Chip, was Stanley Livingston. He is the only actor along with MacMurray to work the entire length of the series. In later years, Livingston's real-life brother Barry played his on-screen adopted sibling, Ernie.

Livingston came up through the ranks via "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," playing the incidental role of a small boy on half a dozen episodes. While he never crashed and burned in his adult life like many a child star, he never found his footing again in the TV or film industry. He resurfaced much later, briefly, as the director of failed 2000 series "Cory the Clown."

Credits

Chicago Sons

Guest Star
Show
1997

Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfolds

Actor
Glenn Manning
Movie
1995

Smokey and the Hot Wire Gang

Actor
Russ
Movie
1979

Private PartsStream

Actor
Jeff
Movie
1972

Room 222

Guest Star
Series
1969

X-15

Actor
Mike Brandon
Movie
1961

My Three SonsStream

Actor
Chip Douglas
Series
1960

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

Actor
Peter Bannerman (uncredited)
Movie
1958

The Adventures of Ozzie and HarrietStream

Guest Star
Series
1952