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Guess This 74-Year-Old Baywatch Star!

One of the heartthrobs from the iconic 1990s series Baywatch was spotted looking fit as a fiddle at the age of 74 this week.Born in Philadelphia in 1952, he lan...

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June 22, 2026

One of the heartthrobs from the iconic 1990s series Baywatch was spotted looking fit as a fiddle at the age of 74 this week.

Born in Philadelphia in 1952, he landed his Hollywood breakthrough in the 1970s with his turn on the show The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries.

He featured as Frank Hardy, the older of the two detective brothers created by author Edward Stratemeyer for the popular book series that originated in the 1920s.

In the 1990s, he struck showbiz gold again with Baywatch, in which he frolicked on the beach as one of the clique of lifeguards who became instant sex symbols.

For over a decade he was also the second husband of , during a period in which she achieved nationwide stardom on Cheers.

When he surfaced for a stroll in this week, he showed off his still-toned physique in a casual outfit of a T-shirt and shorts.

Can you guess who he is?

One of the heartthrobs from the iconic 1990s series Baywatch was spotted looking fit as a fiddle at the age of 74 this week

When he surfaced for a stroll in Los Angeles this week, he showed off his still-toned physique

He is none other than Parker Stevenson, who starred as Craig Pomeroy on the first season of Baywatch alongside fellow beefcake David Hasselhoff.

Born to an investment advisor and a TV commercial actress, Stevenson began auditioning for ads himself at 14, encouraged into the profession by his mother.

Although he studied architecture at Princeton, he kept acting during his university years, including when he was 20 in a TV movie adaptation of John Knowles' classic 1950s boarding school novel A Separate Peace.

He is none other than Parker Stevenson, who starred as Craig Pomeroy on the first season of Baywatch alongside fellow beefcake David Hasselhoff

(left to right) Billy Warlock, Erika Eleniak, Parker Stevenson, David Hasselhoff and Shawn Weatherly are all pictured in a publicity still for season one of Baywatch

During the outing, the star kept it casual wearing a pair of black shorts as well as a short-sleeved shirt

Stevenson (right) exited the show after the first season, telling Hasselhoff (left) he 'was done running around the beach in a little Speedo,' but later returned as a director and guest star

He fell for Kirstie Alley and married her in 1983, four years before she achieved new heights of fame by joining the cast of Cheers; the pair are pictured in 1979

Stevenson is pictured with Alley when she received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1995, the year they adopted their daughter Lillie

When Alley won an Emmy for Cheers in 1991, she thanked 'my husband Parker, the man who has given me the big ones for the last eight years'; pictured at that year's Golden Globes

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As recently as 2019, he revealed that he had stayed friends with both Martin and Cassidy, explaining that they can go through 'long periods when we don't stay in touch, and then somehow life brings it back and suddenly I'm seeing them, and it's just like it was yesterday,' in an interview with the Chicago station WGN9.

After his run as Frank Hardy concluded in 1979, he landed a string of guest shots on several of the iconic shows of the era, including The Love Boat; Falcon Crest; Matlock; Alfred Hitchcock Presents; Murder, She Wrote; and Hotel.

During that period he fell for Kirstie Alley and married her in 1983, four years before she achieved new heights of fame by joining the cast of Cheers.

Stevenson is pictured in 1978 for The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, which propelled him to teen idol status thanks to the show's devoted fanbase of adolescent girls

Stevenson's (right) TV brother Joe Hardy was played by Shaun Cassidy (left), who was simultaneously rising to stardom as a pop singer

Nevertheless, they evidently retained a warm enough relationship that Stevenson posted a fond tribute to Alley when she died of colon cancer aged 71 in 2022.

'Dear Kirstie,' he wrote on Instagram next to a throwback photo of them as a couple. 'I am so grateful for our years together, and for the two incredibly beautiful children and now grandchildren that we have. You will be missed. With love, Parker.'

In 1989, Stevenson's masculine magnetism once again enraptured audiences across America when he starred as Craig Pomeroy on Baywatch.

Stevenson exited the show after the first season, telling Hasselhoff he 'was done running around the beach in a little Speedo.'

A few years after his departure, Hasselhoff prevailed upon him to start directing episodes, which then led to a job as a recurring guest star from season six onwards.

'I never should have left that show. We all make mistakes,' Stevenson confessed, while revealing that his job on the show led to marital strain with Alley.

'My wife at the time wasn't thrilled that I was going to work every day at the beach with Pamela Anderson, Yasmine Bleeth and Erika Eleniak,' he shared.

Although he kept acting through the 1990s and 2000s on shows including Melrose Place, Batman Beyond and Judging Amy, he gradually pivoted to photography.

Nevertheless, his career in front of the camera did not conclude entirely, and from 2017 to 2020 he was part of the main cast of the Netflix show Greenhouse Academy.

In 2018 he married his second wife Lisa Schoen, who used to be Derek Jeter's personal chef and also worked as a food stylist for Anthony Bourdain.

Guess This 74-Year-Old Baywatch Star!

Stevenson exited the show after the first season, telling Hasselhoff he 'was done running around the beach in a little Speedo.'

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