Biography
Who is Willie Aames?
Early life and real name
Albert William Upton was born in Newport Beach, California, on July 15, 1960. He grew up in the United States and attended Edison High School in Huntington Beach, California.
During his school years, he participated in both the choir and the Madrigal Ensemble. He began acting as a child in the late nineteen sixties before transitioning into larger television roles.
Television fame
Willie landed early television roles in programs such as Gunsmoke, Adam-12, and The Courtship of Eddie's Father. In 1971, he played Leonard Unger in The Odd Couple on ABC. The following year, he provided the voice of Jamie Boyle in Wait Till Your Father Gets Home.
In 1974, he portrayed a young Benjamin Franklin in a television miniseries. He also co-starred in The Swiss Family Robinson before securing his most famous television role.
Eight Is Enough and Charles in Charge
In 1977, Willie joined the cast of the comedy-drama Eight Is Enough as Tommy Bradford. While working on this series, he sang and played guitar in a band called Willie Aames & Paradise, which secured a recording contract with CBS Custom Label.
After Eight Is Enough ended in 1981, he appeared in films like Scavenger Hunt, Zapped! With Scott Baio, and Paradise with Phoebe Cates. He then played Robbie Hamlin on The Edge of Night and voiced Hank in the cartoon Dungeons & Dragons. From 1984 to 1990, he starred as Buddy Lembeck in the sitcom Charles in Charge.
Later career and Bibleman
Following the end of Charles in Charge, Willie hosted the game show The Krypton Factor. From 1995 to 2003, he starred as the title character in the direct-to-video Christian superhero series Bibleman.
In 2010, his career shifted when he began working as a cruise director for Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Oceania Cruises, and Viking Cruises. He returned to acting in 2016 and starred in the dark comedy Armageddon Road in 2024.
Marriages and personal life
Willie is a Christian who has been married three times. He married Vicki Weatherman in 1979 and they had one child named Christopher. He married Maylo McCaslin in 1986 and they had a child named Harleigh Jean. He married Winnie Hung in 2014.
He has faced struggles with alcohol addiction and once hosted a garage sale in Olathe, Kansas, to sell personal memorabilia and autographs following the repossession of his car during the Great Recession.
Birthday and age
Willie Aames was born on July 15, 1960, which makes Willie 66 years old today. That birthday falls under the Cancer sign. Willie shares the date with 60 other famous people.
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