One of the things that keeps me excited about FH is that I'm always discovering new images, new artists and new actors to feature. Now, as most of you know, Craig Sheffer isn't a 'new' actor, he's been working professionally since his debut on the soap One Live To Live in the early 80's.
For some reason, until now that is, Craig Sheffer never appeared on FH. I've known who he is for years, but never thought I had much of a connection with any of his role, movies or television appearances. I know from looking at at IMDB page that I've seen many of his movies and TV appearances, but nothing, until recently stood out.
Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)
I certainly knew Sheffer from his role on One Tree Hill, but I never really watched that show, at least not, giving it any real attention. I certainly crushed over actors James Lafferty and Chad Michael Murray, my crush on Murray, still has the power to occasionally stimulate... Except for video clips however, especially of that basketball scene, I don't remember ever really watching with any frequency.
Last month however, a memory of arose which reminded me that I do indeed have a Craig connection. There's a page on Twitter, RetroNewSnow, that I enjoy following. The page basically posts old movie posters, tv promotional images and TV guide ads and show descriptions. Earlier this year, they posted an ad from the 1989 television movie Babycakes. I had a memory flash of crushing over the movie's male lead.
Sheffer by Barry King
I was only kid at the time I watched, so I'll cut myself a little slack for not connecting the hottie in the film was Craig. If anyone remembers the film, it starred Ricki Lake as a girl who crushes over Rob, (Sheffer) who she meets on the subway. I attempted to find a copy on-line, but couldn't find a one that was really watchable. Amazon to the rescue!
Craig was as cute and crush worthy as I remembered, and forgot he had a brief scene in briefs in the film. (see below) This had me searching for more about the actor and he's really had quite a long, successful, and eclectic series of roles. Both indie films and blockbusters, plus some interesting roles on the small screen as well.
Searching for Craig, it was fascinating to read about his meeting up, and being shot by Andy Warhol. The image above is credited as Andy's. The shot below is from photographer Christopher Makos who shot Craig at The Factory at the same time as Andy did. Makos saw Sheffer on the streets of New York and in addition to thinking he was incredibly handsome, also thought he make an interesting subject.
If you search Craig and 'Andy Warhol' there are also a series of full nudes that come up. Unfortunately, they don't show the actors face. I didn't include them in the piece as I'm not sure there's any way to identify that it's actually him.
Babycakes (1989)
'Grace, an overweight girl, spends her Christmas trying to start up a romance with a guy who controls the subway she boards for work each day.'
I don't think Sheffer did what I would consider a actual 'nude scene'. He did however, show a bit of side butt and a bit of skin in a few films, and in a few images. Check out what I did find on the
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