Rick Springfield
Musician and actor (born 1949)
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::summary Musician and actor (born 1949) ::
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Rick Springfield |
| image | Rick Springfield, Birmingham, AL 2025.jpg |
| alt | Springfield playing acoustic guitar, seated in front of a microphone |
| caption | Springfield in 2025 on tour with Richard Marx |
| birth_name | Richard Lewis Springthorpe |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Guildford, New South Wales, Australia |
| occupation | |
| years_active | 1962–present |
| citizenship | Australia (1949–present) |
| United States (2006–present) | |
| partner | |
| spouse | |
| children | 2 |
| module | {{Infobox musical artist |
| background | solo_singer |
| genre | |
| instrument | {{flat list |
| label | |
| past_member_of | Zoot, The Morris Springfield Project, The Red Locusts, Sound City Players |
| website | |
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| name = Rick Springfield | image = Rick Springfield, Birmingham, AL 2025.jpg | alt = Springfield playing acoustic guitar, seated in front of a microphone | caption = Springfield in 2025 on tour with Richard Marx | birth_name = Richard Lewis Springthorpe | birth_date = | birth_place = Guildford, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = | years_active = 1962–present | citizenship = Australia (1949–present) United States (2006–present) | partner = | spouse = | children = 2 | module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | background = solo_singer | genre = | instrument = {{flat list|
- Vocals
- guitar
- keyboards}} | label = | past_member_of = Zoot, The Morris Springfield Project, The Red Locusts, Sound City Players | website = 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", which reached 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 US, for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. He followed with four more top 10 US hits: "I've Done Everything for You", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Affair of the Heart" and "Love Somebody". Springfield's two US top 10 albums are Working Class Dog (1981) and Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1982).
As an actor, Springfield starred in the film Hard to Hold in 1984 and the television series High Tide from 1994 to 1997. He appeared in supporting roles in Ricki and the Flash and True Detective (both 2015). He portrayed Noah Drake on the daytime drama General Hospital (1981–1983, 2005–2008, 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). He has also appeared in episodes of Supernatural, Hot in Cleveland, and American Horror Story. In 2010, Springfield published his autobiography, Late, Late at Night: A Memoir.
Early life
Rick Springfield was born Richard Lewis Springthorpe on 23 August 1949 in Guildford, a western suburb of Sydney. He is the son of Eileen Louise (Evennett) and Norman James Springthorpe, an Australian Army career officer. His maternal grandparents were English. When he was young, he lived at the army camp with his family in Broadmeadows, Victoria, Australia. At 14, he saw the Beatles perform at Festival Hall in Melbourne.
Career
Music
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Springfield was 13 when he learned guitar. He joined various bands in England, where his father was stationed from 1958 to 1963, and several more after returning to Australia. In 1968, he was approached by bass guitarist Pete Watson to join his group Rockhouse. Later that year, Watson changed the band's name to MPD Ltd and, in October when Springfield was 19 years old, they toured South Vietnam to entertain Australian troops. Another member of MPD Ltd was Danny Finley (drummer). Upon returning to Australia, they formed Wickedy Wak. They were joined by Phil Blackmore on keyboards and Dick Howard. Go-Set journalist Molly Meldrum produced Wickedy Wak's single, "Billie's Bikie Boys", with Beeb Birtles of pop rock group Zoot as a backing vocalist.
In September 1969, Springfield replaced Roger Hicks as lead guitarist and vocalist in Zoot, with Birtles on bass guitar and vocals, Darryl Cotton on lead vocals and guitar, and Rick Brewer on drums. Upon joining Zoot, Springfield adopted the "Think PinkThink Zoot" theme that had the band members dressed head to toe in pink satin. The publicity gimmick brought attention to the group and attracted numerous teenage girl fans, but caused problems in establishing their credibility as serious rock musicians. Zoot's fifth single, "Hey Pinky", was written by Springfield. The group attempted to shake off their teeny-bopper image. They followed with a hard rock cover version of The Beatles' hit "Eleanor Rigby", which peaked at No. 4 on Go-Set's Top 40 in March 1971. Despite another hit single with "Freak" in April, which was written by Springfield, the band broke up in May.
Springfield signed with Sparmac Records and issued his debut solo single, "Speak to the Sky", in October, which peaked at No. 5 on the Go-Set singles chart. Sparmac label owner, Robie Porter, was also producer and manager for Springfield. After recording his debut album, Beginnings, in London, Springfield moved to the United States in mid-1972. Springfield provided all the songwriting, lead vocals, guitar, keyboard and banjo for the album. In August 1972, "Speak to the Sky" was issued in the U.S. by Capitol Records and peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September. Beginnings was the first of seven top 40 Springfield albums on the related Billboard 200. However, follow-up success was hampered by rumours that Capitol Records paid people to purchase Springfield's albums, which led to some radio stations boycotting his music.
In 1973, Springfield signed to Columbia Records and recorded his second album, Comic Book Heroes, which was also produced by Porter. In Australia, released on Porter's new label, Wizard Records, the album and its two singles failed to chart. Springfield was promoted as a teen pop idol similar to David Cassidy and Donny Osmond. Springfield spoke of the teenybopper image in Circus Magazine in 1973. He said he was not sure how it happened. "Someone saw my photo and that was it." Around this time, he took a brief hiatus from recording.
Between 1985 (After TAO) & 2020, Springfield still recorded and released nine studio albums.
Springfield returned in 2020 via a one-off featured performance in the Coheed and Cambria single "Jessie's Girl 2", a sequel to the 1981 Springfield single "Jessie's Girl".
In 2021, Springfield started hosting a weekly radio show on Sirius XM's "80s on 8" Channel called 'Working Class DJ with Rick Springfield', the musician spins eight songs around a theme.
In 2021, Springfield joined Russell Morris and formed The Morris Springfield Project. The Morris Springfield Project released Jack Chrome and the Darkness Waltz in October 2021 which debuted at number 34 on the ARIA Charts.
Acting
Main article: Noah Drake, Eli Love
Springfield made his acting debut on The Six Million Dollar Man on 30 October 1977, in an episode entitled "Rollback". In December, he appeared on The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, portraying Ned Nickerson. On 20 January 1978, Springfield guest-starred on an episode of Wonder Woman titled "Screaming Javelin". The character he portrayed was Tom, the concerned fiancé of an Olympic gymnast who had been kidnapped by a megalomaniac. Later in 1978, Springfield played the character of Zac in Saga of a Star World, which was, with some differences, the pilot episode of the original Battlestar Galactica TV series. He also co-starred as Keith Stewart in episode 17 of season 4 ("Dwarf in a Helium Hat") on The Rockford Files and as Tommy Archer in episode 4 ("Murder on the Flip Side") of The Eddie Capra Mysteries in 1978. In 1979, he guest-starred on an episode of "The Incredible Hulk" entitled "The Disciple" as Michael Roark, a San Francisco police officer who must decide whether to avenge the death of his father who was also a police officer, or simply provide justice and capture the alleged criminal. In 1981, he became a soap opera star on General Hospital. He had signed a contract with RCA Records and already recorded the album Working Class Dog, which neither he nor his agent had expected would do very well, which is why Springfield took the soap role. But the song "Jessie's Girl" went to No. 1 and Springfield ended up both playing the role of Dr. Noah Drake from 1981 to 1983, while simultaneously going on tour with his band. The success of the song boosted the ratings of the show which, according to Springfield, "became the biggest show on TV for that summer". The fame from the show also boosted the sale of the song. In 1984, Springfield made a full-length feature film titled Hard to Hold. In 1998, he played in the film Legion. He also wrote the soundtrack for Hard to Hold. In 1992, he played the title role in the short-lived ABC series Human Target, based on the DC Comics character of the same name. In 1989, he starred in the film Nick Knight, in which he played an 800-year-old vampire seeking a cure for his condition. The film was later remade as the first two episodes of the series Forever Knight. In 1991, he appeared in the television film Dying to Dance. In 1994, he starred in the series Robin's Hoods. From 1994 to 1997, he starred in the television series High Tide that ran for 69 episodes.
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In December 2005, Springfield was asked by the General Hospital producers to return to the show in his role as Dr. Noah Drake after a 23-year absence. His run was subsequently extended as a recurring guest star and not a full contract cast member until 2008. Springfield returned to General Hospital as Dr. Noah Drake in April 2013. Springfield also starred in "Everything Goes Better With Vampires", an episode of Hot in Cleveland. He played the role of a toll booth worker who pretended to be the famous singer/musician Rick Springfield in an attempt to impress women. Springfield had a recurring role on True Detective as Dr. Irving Pitlor, a psychiatrist. In 2015, Springfield appeared as Greg alongside Meryl Streep in the film Ricki and the Flash. In 2016, Springfield was cast in the twelfth season of The CW series Supernatural where he played rocker Vince Vincente and Lucifer. In July 2016, Springfield appeared on ABC's Greatest Hits. In October 2017, Springfield appeared as Pastor Charles on FX's American Horror Story: Cult. In July 2018, Rick played himself on Episode 4 of the YouTube original series Sideswiped.
Personal life
When Springfield was 17, he attempted suicide by hanging himself. "I hang suspended for fifteen or twenty seconds and am just sliding into unconsciousness when the knot tying the rope to the beam somehow unravels. I'm slammed hard to the concrete floor, rather the worse for wear."
Springfield has been dealing with depression for several decades. "I want them to have hope ... and know that the moment will pass," Springfield said in an exclusive interview with ABC News' Paula Faris. "I'm an example of the moment passing, because I've been there a couple of times, and haven't ... for want of a better phrase, pulled the trigger."
From late 1974 to early 1976, Springfield was in a romantic relationship with actress Linda Blair, beginning when she was 15 and he was 25.
On 24 April 1981, his father, Norman James Springthorpe, died.
In October 1984, Springfield married his girlfriend, Barbara Porter, at his family's church in Australia. They had met several years earlier when Springfield was recording Working Class Dog and she was working as the recording studio receptionist. They have two sons, Liam (born 1985) and Joshua (born 1989). In 1985, when his first son was born and after the release of his Tao album, Springfield took a break from his musical career to spend more time with his family and to deal with the depression that had affected him since his adolescence.
At a concert at the House of Blues in Orlando, Florida, on 2 March 2006, Springfield announced he had become a US citizen.
In January 2018, Springfield stated in an interview that he contemplated suicide in 2017. "Last year I was close to it, really close to it," explained Springfield on how he considered killing himself. "When Robin Williams and Chester (Bennington) and Chris Cornell and those guys... I didn't go, 'Oh that's terrible.' I went, 'I get it.' I get being that lost and dark."
He practices Transcendental Meditation. Springfield is a pescetarian.
Memoir
Springfield's autobiography Late, Late at Night: A Memoir () was released in 2010. In October, it peaked at No. 13 on The New York Times Best Seller list. In May 2014, Springfield published Magnificent Vibration: a novel, which also made The New York Times Best Seller list.
In August 2012, Late, Late at Night was named No. 23 of "The 25 Great Rock Memoirs of All Time" by Rolling Stone.
Songs referencing Springfield
In 1985, Jimmy Hart recorded the song "Eat Your Heart Out Rick Springfield", featured on The Wrestling Album. The premise of the song is that the object of Hart's affection seems to idolise Springfield to the point that Hart feels rivalled by him, prompting Hart to pick up singing as well in order to compete for his girl's affection. The song makes references to "Dr Noah Drake" as well as to "Jessie's Girl". In a 2014 interview, Springfield said that although he had heard the title and was aware of the song's existence and had met with Jimmy Hart in person, he had never actually heard the song.
Jonathan Coulton recorded the song "Je Suis Rick Springfield" about an American man trying to impress a French girl he just met in France by pretending to be Springfield. It was recorded in 2011 and appeared on the album Artificial Heart.
Discography
Main article: Rick Springfield discography
- Beginnings (1972)
- Comic Book Heroes (1973)
- Mission: Magic! (1974)
- Wait for Night (1976)
- Working Class Dog (1981)
- Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1982)
- Living in Oz (1983)
- Hard to Hold (1984)
- Beautiful Feelings (1984)
- Tao (1985)
- Rock of Life (1988)
- Sahara Snow (1997)
- Karma (1999)
- Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance (2004)
- The Day After Yesterday (2005)
- Christmas with You (2007)
- Venus in Overdrive (2008)
- My Precious Little One: Lullabies for a New Generation (2009)
- From the Vault (2010)
- Songs for the End of the World (2012)
- Rocket Science (2016)
- The Snake King (2018)
- Orchestrating My Life (2019)
- The Red Locusts (2021)
- Jack Chrome & the Darkness Waltz (2021)
- Working Class Dog (40th Anniversary Live) (2022)
- Springfield (2023)
- Automatic (2023)}}
Filmography
Films
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| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Hard to Hold | James Roberts | |
| 2015 | Ricki and the Flash | Greg | |
| 2021 | Traces | Carl | |
| :: |
Television
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| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Niles | Episode: "Rollback" |
| The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Ned Nickerson | Episode: "Will the Real Santa Claus...?" | |
| 1978 | The Rockford Files | Keith Stuart | Episode: "Dwarf in a Helium Hat" |
| Battlestar Galactica | Lieutenant Zac | Episode: "Saga of a Star World" | |
| The Eddie Capra Mysteries | Tommy Archer | Episode: "Murder on the Flip Side" | |
| Wonder Woman | Tom | Episode: "Screaming Javelins" | |
| 1979 | Turnabout | Rick | Episode: "Till Dad Do Us Part" |
| The Incredible Hulk | Mike Roark | Episode: "The Disciple" | |
| California Fever | Adam | Episode: "Portrait of Laurie" | |
| Wonder Woman | Anton | Episode "Amazon Hot Wax" | |
| CHiPs | Guy at Accident Scene | Episode: "Second Chance" | |
| 1981–1983; 2005–2013 | General Hospital | Noah Drake | Series regular |
| 1989 | Nick Knight | Det. Nick Knight | Television film |
| 1990 | Dead Reckoning | Kyle Rath | Television film |
| 1992 | Human Target | Christopher Chance | Lead role |
| 1993 | In the Shadows, Someone's Watching | Paul Merritt | Television film |
| 1994 | A Change of Place | Philip | Television film |
| 1994–1997 | High Tide | Mick Barrett | Lead role |
| 1995 | Robin's Hoods | Nick Collins | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| 1997 | Johnny Bravo | Andy (voice) | Episode: "Beach Blanket Bravo" |
| 1998 | Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House | Senator Barklay | Television film |
| Legion | Ryan | Television film | |
| 1999 | Suddenly Susan | Zach Hayword | 2 episodes |
| Martial Law | Special Agent Stockwell | Episode: "Friendly Skies" | |
| 2001 | Dying to Dance | Dave Lennox | Television film |
| 2007–2008 | General Hospital | Eli Love | Recurring role |
| 2009 | Californication | Himself | 4 episodes |
| 2011 | Hawaii Five-0 | Renny Sinclair | Episode: "Ho'ohuli Na'au (Close to Heart)" |
| 2012 | Hot in Cleveland | Tom | Episode: "Everything Goes Better with Vampires" |
| 2014 | Drop Dead Diva | Liam Matthews | Episode: "First Date" |
| Family Guy | Himself (voice) | Episode: "Chap Stewie" | |
| 2015 | True Detective | Dr. Irving Pitlor | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | Supernatural | Lucifer / Vince Vincente | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | American Horror Story: Cult | Pastor Charles | Episode: "Winter of Our Discontent" |
| 2018 | Sideswiped | Himself | Episode: "The Rock Star" |
| The Goldbergs | Gary | Episode: "RAD!" | |
| 2020 | Duncanville | Bobby Bastille (voice) | Episode: "Jack's Pipe Dream" |
| 2025 | All’s Fair | Tommy Keith | Episode: |
| :: |
Awards and nominations
''Go-Set'' pop poll
The Go-Set pop poll was coordinated by teen-oriented pop music paper Go-Set. The paper was established in February 1966 and conducted an annual poll from 1966 to 1972 to determine the most popular personalities.
|- | rowspan="2"| 1970 || rowspan="2" | Ricky Springfield || Best Guitarist || style="background:silver;"| 2nd |- | Best Composer || 5th |- | rowspan="2" | 1971 || rowspan="2"| himself || Best Guitarist || |- | Best Songwriter/Composer || 4th |- | rowspan="5"| 1972 | rowspan="3"| himself | Best Male | style="background:tan;"| 3rd |- | Best Newcomer
| 4th |
|---|
| Best Songwriter/Composer |
| style="background:silver;" |
| - |
| Best Album |
| Beginnings |
| style="background:silver;" |
| - |
| Best Single |
| "Hooky Jo" |
| 10th |
King of Pop Awards
The King of Pop Awards were voted by the readers of TV Week. The award started in 1967 and ran through to 1978.
|- | 1971 | himself | Best Lead Guitarist | |- | 1972 | himself | Most Popular Australian Musician | |-
Grammy Awards
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| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Best Rock Vocal Male Performance | "Jessie's Girl" | |
| 1983 | "I Get Excited" | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9UMsAAAAIBAJ&pg=4249,2732693&dq | title=Toto Dominates Annual Grammy Nominations |
| 1983 | Best Pop Vocal Performance Male | "Don't Talk to Strangers" | |
| 1984 | Best Rock Vocal Male Performance | "Affair of the Heart" | |
| :: |
On 9 May 2014, Springfield was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to music.
Books
References
References
- (1949-08-26). "Family Notices". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954).
- Springfield, Rick. (12 October 2010). "Late, Late at Night". Simon and Schuster.
- (2015-08-21). "Rick Springfield: On learning the craft of acting, wanting to be a rock star and living with depression".
- "Official Web Site". Rick Springfield.
- (7 June 2002). "Zoot". Birtles.com.
- According to the 2005 [[A&E Network. A&E]] documentary ''Rick Springfield: Behind The Image''.
- "Rick Springfield – A Comic Book Hero No More" by Hugh Slafia, p. 27, ''[[Circus Magazine]]'', No 36 – Vol 8, No 3, 1973 – Circus Enterprises Organisation K47453.
- Linder, Lee. (14 July 1985). "'Global jukebox' makes plea for Africa". The Southeast Missourian.
- (2020-08-21). "Coheed and Cambria Share 'Jessie's Girl 2' Video Featuring Rick Springfield".
- (22 October 2021). "Music Of The Spheres hands Coldplay seventh ARIA #1 album".
- ''Soapography'', "Rick Springfield and [[Kimberly McCullough]]", aired 16 June 2007 on [[SOAPnet]]
- King, Susan. (31 July 1992). "Rick Springfield Targets Acting as Road to Success". Chicago Sun-Times.
- Vagg, Stephen. (14 July 2019). "Australian Singers Turned Actors".
- "Smokey Joe's Cafe". [[Internet Theatre Database]].
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- "Rick Springfield returning to 'General Hospital' -- along with his son - the Clicker".
- (28 March 2012). "Everything Goes Better With Vampires Recap: Joy dates a guy she thinks is her teen crush Rick Springfield (Rick Springfield)...".
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- Herzog, Kenny. (28 June 2015). "True Detective Recap: Death Crow". New York.
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- . (12 January 2018). ["Rick Springfield admits he recently considered suicide in new interview"](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/rick-springfield-admits-he-recently-considered-suicide-in-new-interview/). *[[Fox News]]*.
- . (12 October 2010). ["Rick Springfield's icky new memoir: we read it so you don't have to"](http://ew.com/article/2010/10/12/rick-springfield-memoir-review/).
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- (1981-04-27). "Obituary for Norman SPRINGTHORPE". The Age.
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- "Interview".
- Hilbern, Brian. (2006) ''Rick Springfield Live at the House of Blues Orlando'', Recorded 2 March 2006.
- (8 December 2021). "Ahead of MGM Northfield Center Stage show, rocker-actor Rick Springfield talks about his 40-year career, meditation and The Beatles".
- (2023). "5 Ways Rick Springfield Stays Fit at 73".
- "NYT BestSellers list October 24, 2010 through November 7, 2010". [[The New York Times]].
- "The 25 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time: Rick Springfield_ 'Late Late At Night' (2010)".
- (17 December 2009). "The Wrestling Album:Jimmy Hart - Eat Your Heart Out, Rick Springfield". YouTube.
- "Jimmy Hart interview from pro wrestling Daily".
- "WWE News, RAW Results, Smackdown Results".
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- "Je Suis Rick Springfield - JoCopedia, the Jonathan Coulton wiki".
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- "Nominees for the 26th Annual Grammy Awards presented Feb....". United Press International.
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- "Rick Springfield > Charts & Awards > Grammy Awards". [[Rovi Corporation]].
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