Gregory Ralph Evigan (born October 14, 1953) is an American film, stage, and television actor. He began his career in theater, appearing in the Broadway production of Jesus Christ Superstar, followed by a stage production of the musical Grease, in which he portrayed the lead, Danny Zuko. Evigan made his feature film debut in Scorchy (1976), then was cast as the lead in the comedy series B.J. and the Bear, in which he starred between 1979 and 1981.
Evigan continued to appear as a guest star on numerous television series throughout the 1980s before being cast as the lead Joey Harris in the comedy series My Two Dads (1987–1990). He later appeared on the science fiction series TekWar (1995–1996), and had guest-starring roles on Melrose Place (1996–1997) and 7th Heaven (1997). He subsequently had starring roles on the soap opera Pacific Palisades (also 1997), and portrayed a record executive in the Canadian series Big Sound from 2001 to 2002.
Evigan's other film credits include the Joey Travolta–directed drama films Mel (1998) and Arizona Summer (2004), the Western film 6 Guns (2010), and the Hallmark Channel film Once Upon a Holiday (2015). In 2018, he guest-starred in a multi-episode arc as Jim Harvey on the soap opera General Hospital.
Early years
Evigan was born October 14, 1953, in South Amboy, New Jersey, the son of Ralph Milan Evigan, an electrician, Beginning at age 8, Evigan was classically trained in piano, and went on to play the organ and saxophone. In 2007 he was inducted into the school's Alumni Hall of Fame for his contributions to the arts.
thumb|170px|Evigan at the time of B.J. and the Bear TV show, 1979
In 1978, he was cast as Billie Joe "B.J." McKay, a truck driver whose best friend was a chimpanzee named Bear, in the series B.J. and the Bear. Following the series' conclusion in 1981, Evigan continued to work in television, with recurring guest roles on Masquerade (1984) and Murder, She Wrote (1986), then was cast in the comedy series My Two Dads (1987–1990), in which he portrayed a man who co-parents the daughter of his deceased girlfriend alongside her ex-boyfriend.
In 1989, he starred in the sci-fi film DeepStar Six, Between 1996 and 1997, Evigan guest-starred as Dr. Dan Hathaway on the soap opera Melrose Place, followed by a main role on Pacific Palisades, in which he portrayed one of several friends who relocate from the Midwest to California. He reunited with director Joey Travolta, appearing in his family drama Arizona Summer (2004), Evigan returned to theater in 2008, appearing as Gar in a stage adaptation of Mask at the Pasadena Playhouse.
Personal life
On June 3, 1979, Evigan married dancer Pamela C. Serpe.
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| 16 and Missing
| Monte
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| Terror Birds
| Harvey Sullivan
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| A Thousand Miles Behind
| Gary
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| The Christmas Listing
| Herb Erickson
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! scope="row" | 1976
| Good Heavens
| Duane
| Episode: "Funny Fellow"
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! scope="row"|1976
| The Six Million Dollar Man
| Joe Hamilton
| Episode: "The Bionic Boy"
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! scope="row"| 1977
| A Year at the Top
| Greg
| 6 episodes
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! scope="row"|1978
| The Runaways
| Eddie Couch
| Episode: "The Lies We Live In"
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! scope="row"| 1978–1981
| B.J. and the Bear
| Billie Joe 'B.J.' McKay
| 47 episodes
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! scope="row"| 1972–1973
| Grease
| Danny Zuko
| Broadway; Chicago tour
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