Where Are They Now?
He Lived Every Kid’s Dream! Snakkle Catches Up With Ricky Stratton And The Cast Of Silver Spoons, 31 Years Later!
For five seasons, Silver Spoons brought laughs with the hilarious antics of Ricky and his wealthy father, Edward Stratton III. In the classic formula of role reversal between parent and child, Ricky teaches his immature dad to be a grown-up while the latter teaches him how to be a kid. By Snakkle Staff
Ricky Schroder as Richard “Ricky” Bluedhorn-Stratton
Before catapulting to child stardom in Silver Spoons, Shroder made his acting debut at the age of 9 in the 1979 remake of the boxing film The Champ, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best New Male Star of the Year in a Motion Picture. He then went on to star in a few minor films before getting his big break playing Ricky Stratton on Silver Spoons, the adorable yet slightly uptight kid who moves in with his really rich (and really childish) dad, played by Joel Higgins. TV execs were aiming to create an innocent TV version of the 1981 film Authur which starred Dudley Moore --without the booze.