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Rick Springfield (born Richard Lewis Springthorpe; 23 August 1949)^[1] is an Australian songwriter, musician and actor. As a musician, he is known for the 1981 #1 single “Jessie’s Girl“, which became a blockbuster of 1980s pop-rock and helped establish the emerging music video age. As an actor, Springfield is known for playing Doctor Noah Drake on the daytime drama General Hospital. He originated the character from 1981–1983 and then returned to play him again from 2005 until 2008.

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In 1981, Springfield 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 #1, and Springfield ended up both playing the role of Dr. Noah Drake from 1981 through 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,” and the fame from the show likewise boosted the sale of the song.^[3]

In 1984, Springfield made one full length feature film, Hard to Hold,^[11] and in 1998 he played in the film Legion. 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.^[12]

In addition to the roles on television and in film, Springfield also acted in musical theatre. In 1995, he was a member of the original Broadway cast of the musical Smokey Joe’s Cafe.^[13] This Tony Award-nominated musical featured the songs of rock & roll songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. From February 2000 through December 2002, Springfield performed in EFX Alive!^[14] at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Rick stars in several episodes of the third season of Showtime‘s Californication. His first appearance was in episode 3 on October 11, 2009, in which he plays a “twisted version of himself”; a “hedonistic Rick Springfield” from the past.^[15]

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