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Danny Cooksey
2 November 1975
Danny Cooksey played in 4 movies in the Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Music, Action, Thriller, Animation, Horror genres.
Danny Cooksey got succeed with average imdb rating 5.7.
Shocked Johnny Carson (c. 1982) when he sang the country hit "Hey, Bartender (Draw 1, Draw 2, Draw 3 More Glasses of Beer)" at age 7 on "The Tonight Show" (1962).
Performed lead vocals in the heavy metal band Bad 4 Good, which released one album, "Refugee," on August 18, 1992. The album was written with and produced by Steve Vai, guitarist for Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, Alcatrazz, and many others.
Moved with his mother from Oklahoma to Los Angeles in 1980 to pursue a career singing country music. This led to an audition, and eventually a role on "Diff'rent Strokes" (1978).
... Enjoyed a close relationship with his "Diff'rent Strokes" (1978) co-star Dana Plato, partly because both their birthdays fell within the same month (with an 11-year age difference). When she was found dead of a prescription drug overdose in 1999, Cooksey served as one of Plato's pallbearers.
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