Child star Barry Livingston's hero role
LOS ANGELES (AP) - May 22, 2008 Livingston usually gets mild-mannered, science-geek roles, so he
was excited to land a role in the action movie "Final Approach,"
airing 8 p.m. EDT Saturday on the Hallmark Channel.
The 54-year-old actor plays an airline passenger whose expertise
as an aeronautical engineer allows him to help Dean Cain's
character as they attempt to foil hijackers.
"I ultimately get to step up and be a hero in my own right,"
Livingston says. "When I got to that part in the script, I said,
'Wow, I've never done that before! How can I pass this up?"'
Anthony Michael Hall, Lea Thompson, Ernie Hudson and Richard
Roundtree also star in the movie.
Livingston is best remembered as Ernie Douglas on the hit sitcom
"My Three Sons" that aired in the 1960s and early '70s.
"Unlike many former kid actors who struggle to find good roles
as adults, my 'My Three Sons' fame has never been a burden for
me," he says. "I've worked hard to be good at what I do and it's
paid off in the respect I get from producers and casting people.
They see me as a capable actor they want to hire."
Livingston's credits include the TV series "Mad Men," "Eli
Stone" and "Crossing Jordan." He has a role in the upcoming Adam
Sandler movie comedy "You Don't Mess With the Zohan."
