The Partridge Family Where Are They Now?

The Partridge Family was a TV sitcom that ran on ABC from 1970-1974 about a widowed mom and her five kids and their music career singing together as The Partridge Family. The family lived in Northern California and often traveled to gigs in their multi-colored touring school bus.

The show was a bigger hit than The Brady Bunch which also aired on ABC on the same night as The Partridge Family. Like The Brady Bunch, the Partridge Family really became a part of Americana when it went into syndication and was played daily in the afternoons and watched by millions of kids after school.

Some of the songs performed by the Partridge Family did very well on the music charts and the song "I Think I Love You" went to # 1 and sold over 4 million copies. Here's where the cast of The Partridge Family is today.

The Partridge Family Where Are They Now?

Shirley Jones who played Mom Shirley Partridge

Shirley Jones was a successful movie actress and singer who starred in Oklahoma, Carousel, The Music Man and won the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her role in Elmer Gantry in 1960 before she played mom Shirley Partridge on The Partridge Family.

In real life Shirley Jones was the step-mom of David Cassidy who played eldest son and teen idol Keith Partridge on the show. Cassidy has always claimed that neither he nor Jones knew they were each trying out for their parts on the show but Jones was hired before Cassidy and was a big star and if she asked the producers to hire Cassidy they almost certainly would have.

After the show ended Shirley Jones did many TV show guest appearances and TV films and also appeared in a number of plays. She had three sons of her own with Jack Cassidy the father of David and has eight grandchildren and two step-grandchildren.

Danny Bonaduce as Danny Partridge

Danny Bonaduce played the smarter than his age wise-cracking red headed mopped haired middle son Danny Partridge on the show. Bonaduce was a big part of the show's success as people loved his get rich quick schemes and wise-cracking jokes. In the show Bonaduce interacted a lot with Reuben Kincaid the band's manager played by Dave Madden and in real life Madden was a father figure to Bonaduce and helped him through his difficult childhood which involved domestic problems with his father.

After The Partridge Family Danny Bonaduce has lived a rough life often involved with drugs, alcohol and trouble with the law. He's made numerous appearances on TV shows, had his own reality TV show, has fought in a number of celebrity boxing and wrestling matches including a boxing match against Barry Williams who played Greg Brady on the Brady Bunch and had many different jobs as a radio DJ including a current gig as a morning drive host on a Philadelphia radio station.

Danny Bonaduce has been been married and divorced twice, has two kids and can currently be seen on TruTV's The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest . . . where he makes wise-cracking jokes about the videos along with other B list celebrities.

David Cassidy as Keith Partridge

David Cassidy played teen heartthrob Keith Partridge on the show and thanks to the show became a genuine teen idol lusted after by millions of American teenage girls. Cassidy is a real life musician and singer and has continued to perform and release music since The Partridge Family ended with limited success. Cassidy had three marriages and two children. He passed away on November 21, 2017, from liver and kidney failure.

Susan Dey as Laurie Partridge

Susan Dey starred as teenager Laurie Partridge on the show and was lusted after by millions of American teenage boys in the 1970's and beyond. Before The Partridge Family Dey was a model and was 17 when she landed the role of Laurie. In real life Dey had a huge crush on David Cassidy while doing the show but Cassidy loved her as a sister. When the show ended Cassidy and Dey allegedly slept together once but Cassidy regretted it saying Dey was far too wholesome for him.

After The Partridge Family, Susan Dey played District Attorney Grace Van Owen on the TV series LA Law for which she won a Golden Globe and received an Emmy Nomination. She by far has had the most success after the show of any member of the cast. Dey was twice married and has a daughter and today she serves as a board member of the Rape Treatment Center at the UCLA Medical Center.

Dave Madden as Reuben Kincaid

Dave Madden played the manager of The Partridge Family singing group on the show and was strait man for most of Danny Partridge's jokes and pranks. In real life Madden helped and sheltered Danny Bonaduce by inviting him into his real life family and home to help Bonaduce through his own difficult home-life. Dave Madden passed away on Januray 16, 2014, from a blood disorder.

Suzanne Crough as Tracy Partridge

Suzanne Crough played youngest daughter Tracy Partridge as a child actress who played the tambourine in the band. In adult life, Suzanne owned her own bookstore for a number of years. She passed way on April 27, 2015, from heart disease leaving behind two children.

Brian Forster as Chris Partridge

Brian Forster joined the cast after season one to play Chris Partridge the kid drummer in the band. After the show Forster became a race car driver and performed in community theater productions. He is the grandson of Alan Napier the aged actor who played Alfred the Butler in the Batman TV show and also the great-great-great grandson of the most popular writer of his time Charles Dickens.

Jeremy Gelbwaks as Chris Partridge

Gelbwaks was a child actor who played drummer Chris Partridge for the first year of the show and was replaced by Brian Forster after season one.

Sources:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Partridge_Family