Robert Anthony Rist (born April 4, 1964) is an American actor and musician.
As a child, Rist played Cousin Oliver in the final season of The Brady Bunch. It was hoped that, with his Dutch Boy haircut and wire-rimmed glasses, his resemblance to pop singer John Denver and juvenile appeal would help the flagging series. (It did not; the series was cancelled, giving rise later to the term "Cousin Oliver Syndrome".) After The Brady Bunch, he co-starre...
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Robert Anthony Rist (born April 4, 1964) is an American actor and musician.
As a child, Rist played Cousin Oliver in the final season of The Brady Bunch. It was hoped that, with his Dutch Boy haircut and wire-rimmed glasses, his resemblance to pop singer John Denver and juvenile appeal would help the flagging series. (It did not; the series was cancelled, giving rise later to the term "Cousin Oliver Syndrome".) After The Brady Bunch, he co-starred in a Saturday morning show called Big John, Little John, and in 1976 and 1977, Rist played David Baxter (Ted Baxter's son), on Mary Tyler Moore. In 1980, Rist played "Dr. Zee" on Galactica 1980. He made an appearance on the short-lived CBS series Whiz Kids, and also played Booger in a failed Revenge of the Nerds TV pilot.
As an adult, Rist has worked as a voice actor, such as in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film series (as Michelangelo); from 1984 to 1986, he starred in the Saturday morning cartoon Kidd Video, playing the character Whiz...
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