On July 22, 1961, Minor married Monyeen Rae Martini the couple had one son but the marriage ended in divorce. He was a member of the Hollywood Hackers, an organization of show-biz golfers who travel around the country playing at choice golf courses and entertaining the spectators.
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Minor's childhood ambition was to be a professional baseball player, but when he matured he switched to golf.
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Minor sang the theme song (" Primrose Lane") on season one of the Henry Fonda television series The Smith Family. Minor recorded two albums, including This Is Mike Minor (1966), and numerous singles, including the successful "Silver Dollar" and "One Day at a Time". In 1968, Minor made his stage debut, playing the romantic lead in The Impossible Years with Ozzie and Harriet Nelson. Royal Dunning on Another World (1983–1984). In the 1980s, he appeared as Brandon Kingsley on All My Children (1980–1982) and as Dr. In the 1970s, Minor made brief appearances on daytime shows The Edge of Night and As the World Turns. Īmong Minor's other television credits were The Donald O'Connor Show (1968 version), The Beverly Hillbillies, CHiPs, Vega$, and L.A. Many sources erroneously reported that Minor sang the series' title song in fact, it was sung by Curt Massey, the series' music composer, who co-wrote the song with show creator and producer Paul Henning. Seasons 6 and 7 of the series focused on the newlywed couple of Betty Jo and Steve, and their newborn daughter Kathy Jo Elliott. Elliott, a pilot, crashed his airplane in Hooterville, then recovered and eventually married the character Betty Jo Bradley, though two seasons earlier, he portrayed the character of Dan Plout, and married a friend of Billie Jo’s in an episode titled “Mother of the Bride” which aired on December 15, 1964. He played Steve Elliott on Petticoat Junction in seasons four through seven (1966–70). In 1961, Minor played the character Ray in an episode of My Three Sons, a show produced by his father. After that he appeared at Bimbo's in San Francisco, the Rat Fink Room in New York City, the Elegante in Brooklyn, Izzy's Supper Club in Vancouver and the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. He attended University High School in Los Angeles and Brown Military Academy in San Diego. His first singing job was at Ye Little Club in Beverly Hills, where he was engaged for two weeks and held over for ten. He began voice lessons in 1953 at the age of 13. Made his stage debut as the male romantic lead in "The Impossible Years" with Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Nelson Nelson.Minor was born on December 7, 1940, in San Francisco to newspaper advertising man Don Fedderson, who would later become a leading television producer, and Helen Macie "Tido" Minor. Mike is a singer and has recorded two albums on the sly. He's been a member of the Hollywood Hackers, an organization of show business amateurs who travel and play golf while entertaining at the same time. They divorced five years later.Īn early interest in professional baseball led to an avid interest in golf in later years.
A real-life romance was set off in the process, and a year after the two characters married on the show, Mike and Linda married in real life. Linda's Betty Jo, the tomboy who showed the least interest, was the eventual winner. Much was made out of which daughter would eventually walk down the aisle with him. In 1966, he joined the cast of Petticoat Junction (1963) as the dashing, deep-voiced, hunky pilot Steve Elliott, who crash lands in Hooterville and is nursed back to health by the lovely countrified trio Billie Jo ( Meredith MacRae), Betty Jo ( Linda Henning)and Bobbie Jo Bradley ( Lori Saunders). Ex-son-in-law of Paul Henning and Ruth Henning.Įnjoyed a nice stretch in the 80s as one of Susan Lucci's various paramours on the soap All My Children (1970), not to mention briefer stints on other soaps, including Another World (1964) and As the World Turns (1956).
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