Researching Rick Springfield
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 99 people with the Springfield surname? In that year Springfield was ranked number 3480 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Rick means "Form of RICHARD. strong ruler" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Rick Springfield on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Rick Springfield and the Springfield Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 55 people with the Springfield surname in the UK? Springfield is now ranked number 3990 for popularity in the UK. |
Springfield Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Springfield surname in the USA? Springfield is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Rick Springfield
Richard Lewis Springthorpe (born 23 August 1949), known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian-American musician and actor. He was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career with his debut single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia in mid-1972, when he moved to the United States. He had a No. 1 hit with "Jessie's Girl" in 1981 in both Australia and the U.S., for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. He followed with four more top 10 U.S. hits: "I've Done Everything for You", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Affair of the Heart", and "Love Somebody". Springfield's two U.S. top 10 albums are Working Class Dog (1981) and Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1982).
As an actor, he starred in the movie Hard to Hold in 1984 and television series High Tide, from 1994 to 1997, and has appeared in supporting roles in Ricki and the Flash and True Detective (both 2015). He portrayed Dr. Noah Drake on the daytime drama General Hospital, 1981–83, 2005–08, and 2012, returning in 2013 for the show's 50th anniversary with his son, actor Liam Springthorpe. He played a depraved version of himself in Californication (2009). In 2010, Springfield published his autobiography, Late, Late at Night: A Memoir. In 2016 he starred as Vince Vincente/Lucifer in season 12 of The CW series Supernatural. In 2012, he starred as Himself in the TV Show Hot in Cleveland episode 16 of season 3 titled “Everything Goes Better With Vampires”. In 2017, he starred as Pastor Charles in the American Horror Story episode entitled "Winter of Our Discontent".
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