Douglas Emerson
{{short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Douglas Emerson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|10|4}}
| birth_place = Glendale, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = {{marriage|Emily Barth|1996}}
| children = 2
| years_active = 1982–1991
}}
Douglas Emerson (born October 4, 1974) is an American former child actor who played Scott Scanlon on Beverly Hills, 90210 in the show's first and second seasons and played Eddie Beckner in The Blob.
Biography
=Early life=
Douglas Emerson was born October 4, 1974 in Glendale, California to Diane and John Emerson. One of six children, he grew up in Canoga Park, California{{cite news |last1=Steptoe |first1=Sonja |title=Up, Up and Away |work=People Magazine |date=21 January 2002 |url=https://people.com/archive/up-up-and-away-vol-57-no-2/ |accessdate=5 May 2013}} and began working as a child actor at age 4.{{cite web |title=Beverly Hills, 90210 Show EP 75 'Scott Scanlon' |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVyUgMFXTR4 |website=Beverly Hills Show Podcast |date=21 July 2021}}
=Career=
In the first season of Beverly Hills, 90210, Emerson's character Scott Scanlon was a nerdy freshman and best friends with David Silver, played by Brian Austin Green. Emerson's character was reduced to a recurring role in the second season and the character died following the unintentional discharge of a handgun at his birthday party.{{cite news |title=Usually cheery '90210' takes somber turns |work=Dallas Morning News |date=12 November 1991 |quote=Social outcast Scott, played by Douglas Emerson, was killed recently when a gun accidentally discharged.}}
After his departure from the show, Emerson enrolled in junior college and in 1993 transferred to Pepperdine University. He dropped out to join the U.S. Air Force in 1996. By 2002, he attained the rank of staff sergeant working in intelligence and had earned a dozen awards for, among other accomplishments, planning missions during the 1999 Kosovo War. He left the Air Force in 2003.
In 2019, Emerson reunited with 90210 co-stars Brian Austin Green and Ian Ziering at a Peach Pit charity pop up honoring the late Luke Perry.{{cite news |last1=Yang |first1=Rachel |title=Brian Austin Green reunites with '90210' BFF at Peach Pit charity event honoring Luke Perry |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=1 September 2019 |url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/09/01/brian-austin-green-reunites-with-90210-bff-at-peach-pit-pop-up-honoring-luke-perry/}}
=Personal life=
Filmography
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=2|1982 | CHiPs | Boy in Car | Episode: "Flare Up" |
| Herbie, the Love Bug | Robbie MacLane | 5 episodes | |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | Donny Wells | Episode: "Hotel of Dreams" |
| rowspan=3|1985 | Wildside | Markie Jonsen | Episode: "The Crimea of the Century" |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Kid Soldier | Segment: "Bang! You're Dead!" | |
| Malice in Wonderland | Young Bill Harper | TV movie | |
| rowspan=8|1986 | The Twilight Zone | Young Roger | Segment: "The Elevator" |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Morgan Christmas | Episode: "Life, Death and Dr. Christmas" | |
| Brothers | Harry | Episode: "Harry and the Ogre of Ock" | |
| Something in Common | Jason Grant | TV movie | |
| The Disney Sunday Movie | Harry | Episode: "The Leftovers" | |
| Body Slam | Kid in Parking Lot | ||
| Small Wonder | Adam | Episode: "Thanksgiving Story" | |
| Night Court | Ernie | Episode: "Earthquake" | |
| rowspan=2|1987 | Million Dollar Mystery | Howie Briggs | |
| Dolly | Episode: "A Down Home Country Christmas" | ||
| rowspan=5|1988 | Fun House | Himself, contestant | pilot |
| Mr. Belvedere | Vance | Episode: "G.I. George" | |
| The Wonder Years | Kid #1 | Episode: "Swingers" | |
| The Blob | Eddie Beckner | ||
| The River Pirates | Spit | ||
| 1990–1991 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Scott Scanlon | 26 episodes |
| 1991 | Blossom | Boy #2 | Episode: "Honor?" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0256197}}
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Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:American male child actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:Male actors from California
Category:Actors from Glendale, California
Category:United States Air Force personnel of the Kosovo War