Byron Thames

About

Former child actor known for his role as Matt Sims on Father Murphy in the early 1980s. He also played Randy on Silver Spoons and was in the movies Johnny Dangerously and Seven Minutes in Heaven.

Before Fame

He moved to Hollywood, California at the age of eight and started acting on Father Murphy when he was 11 years old.

Trivia

He played Laird Gibbons on A Brand New Life from 1989 to 1990 and has since appeared in the likes of Not Another B Movie and Saving Grace B. Jones.

Family Life

He had a child with Lisa Alpert before they divorced. He had another child with Tricia Leigh Fisher, whom he married in 2007.

Associated With

He starred alongside Merlin Olsen on Father Murphy.