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Willie Aames (born Albert William Upton July 15, 1960 in Orange County, California, USA) is an actor best known for the roles of Buddy Lembeck on Charles in Charge, Tommy Bradford on Eight is Enough and the voice of Hank on Dungeons & Dragons, the cartoon. He also hosted a game show The Krypton Factor from 1990-91. He attended Edison High School in Huntington Beach, CA and was in both the choir and the Madrigal Ensemble During the late 70's/early 80's, he formed a rock band called Willie Aames & Paradise, where he was lead singer/guitarist. From 1995 to 2004, he starred in a video series and annual touring performances as the Christian superhero Bibleman, although he has since retired from the role. In 2005, he appeared on VH1's Celebrity Fit Club 2, where he lost 19 pounds. Aames struggled with drugs and alcohol for over twenty years. * Among several minor films and television shows, both as himself or minor characters, from his early age until today, he gained remarkably a starring role in the early eighties cult film Paradise, alongside Phoebe Cates. Aames has been married twice, and currently resides in Kansas with his second wife and their daughter Harleigh Jean (born 1990). He has one son, Christopher (born 1981), from his first marriage.
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