Frank Parker (actor)

For other people named Frank Parker, see Frank Parker (disambiguation).

Frank Parker
Born	Frank Russell Parker (1939-07-01)July 1, 1939 Darby, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	September 16, 2018(2018-09-16) (aged 79) Vacaville, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1953–2008
Children	3 (1 deceased)

Frank Russell Parker (July 1, 1939 – September 16, 2018) was an American television actor.

Biography

Career

Parker was best known as Shawn Brady, husband to Caroline (Peggy McCay) on Days of Our Lives. He portrayed the character semi-regularly from 1983 to 2008, when he started having health issues and made the decision to leave. In order to write Parker's character out of the show, Days of Our Lives writers had Shawn die in February 2008 after giving up his oxygen mask to save his son, Bo (Peter Reckell), on a sabotaged airplane that was going down. Parker subsequently retired from acting the following month. He also had some small roles in Never Too Young, The Young and the Restless and General Hospital.

Other acting credits include multiple episodes of Lost in Space, Hogan's Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, CHiPs, and Quincy, M.E. Until the mid-1970s, he was usually credited as "Brett Parker."

Personal life

He had three daughters: Candace and twins Lindsay and Danielle. His daughter Candace died in a car accident. He resided in Vacaville, California. On September 16, 2018, Parker died from complications of Parkinson's Disease and dementia.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966	The Glass Bottom Boat	Engineer	Uncredited
1968	Stay Away, Joe	Deputy Sheriff Hank Matson
1969	The Trouble with Girls	Iceman
1973	This Is a Hijack	Wyatt
1973	The Naked Ape	College Professor
1973	Pets	Dan Daubrey
1976	Midway	Deke	Uncredited
1979	The Concorde ... Airport '79	Technician #2
1983-2008	Days of Our Lives	Shawn Brady	898 episodes, Contract role, (final appearance)

External links

• Frank Parker at IMDb