Morgan Stevens

Born October 16 1951 in Knoxville Tennessee Stevens headed to Hollywood soon after graduating college He appeared as Paul Northridge in one episode of The Waltons and in three reunion movies including A Wedding on Waltons Mountain in which his character married Erin Walton played by Mary Elizabeth McDonough His first major role was playing teacher David Reardon during two seasons of the TV show Fame Stevens appeared in 20 episodes during season 2 then appeared as an occasional guest star when the show was syndicated writing a third season episode Catch A Falling Star While working on Fame Stevens also had one shot roles on The Love Boat The Return of Marcus Welby MD Airwolf and the original Magnum PI among other shows He also costarred in the TV movie Roses are for the Rich All of that came to a halt in August 1989 when Morgan had a minor car accident and was arrested on suspicion of DUI by the Los Angeles police While in custody he was severely beaten suffering a broken nose fractured cheek dislocated jaw and nerve damage to his face A blood alcohol test cleared him of the DUI charge and his treatment was later settled in a lawsuit against LAPD Morgan returned to acting in 1992 playing Nick Diamond in seven episodes of the TV hit Melrose Place But work became sporadic and his last appearance was in 1999 in an episode of Walker Texas Ranger