learned he has a twelve-year-old son, played by Ricky Schroder, the product of his first marriage. The series ran from 1982 to 1987, the first four seasons airing on NBC and the fifth and final, in first-run syndication. Higgins returned to ABC in a new comedy, Have Faith, in the spring of 1989, playing a church monsignor overseeing a madcap staff, co-stars of which included Ron Carey and Stephen Furst. The series did not fare well in the ratings, and expired after its short tryout run. He continued to guest star on numerous television series since that time. During the late 1970s and 1980s, he also appeared in several movies, including Bare Essence, Threesome, First Affair, and Killing at Hell's Gate. He also continued to perform on stage, starring in the musicals She Loves Me at the Music Center in Los Angeles and Oklahoma! on Broadway, as well as writing over 200 jingles for products such as Kool-Aid, Kal Kan, M&M's, Coors Light and several theme songs including one for Lucille Ball's unsuccessful ABC comeback series, Life with Lucy. Higgins continued to perform throughout the 1990s and 2000s in several theaters around the country including The Muny in Forest Park, St. Louis (the largest and oldest outdoor theatre in America), The Starlight in Kansas City, The Fox in Atlanta, Cape Cod Playhouse, etc. He returned to Broadway in 1991–92 to star as "Stone/Stein" in City of Angels. All the while continuing to write, Higgins co-wrote and starred in The Fields of Ambrosia which debuted at New Jersey's George Street Playhouse before transferring to the Aldwych Theatre on London's West End. He also co-wrote and directed the premiere production of Johnny Guitar, The Musical, at the Century Center Theater For The Performing Arts in New York, garnering numerous Drama Desk, Drama League and Lucille Lortel Award nominations (including Best Lyrics, Music, and Musical) and winning the Outer Critics Circle Award as Best Musical of 2004. The Musical has had over 30 subsequent productions around the country. Higgins has continued to appear in films, such as Dead Canaries, and No Pay, Nudity. In 2017, he released an EP of original songs titled A World Away on CD Baby under his full name, Joel Franklin Higgins. Filmography References External links Biography page of "Official Joel Higgins Website" American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors American male soap opera