Andrew Koenig

Joshua Andrew Koenig (; August 17, 1968 – February 16, 2010) was an American character actor, film director, editor, writer, and human rights activist. He was known for his role as Richard "Boner" Stabone in Growing Pains.

Early life Andrew Koenig was born August 17, 1968, the son of Star Trek actor Walter Koenig and Judy Levitt. He was Jewish.

Writer Harlan Ellison spoke of the young Koenig as being the inspiration for his story "Jeffty Is Five".

The story went on to win the 1977 Nebula Award and the 1978 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.

Career From 1985 to 1989, Koenig played a recurring role as Richard "Boner" Stabone, best friend to Kirk Cameron's character Mike Seaver in the first four seasons of the ABC sitcom Growing Pains. During the same period, he guest starred on episodes of the sitcoms My Sister Sam and My Two Dads as well as the drama 21 Jump Street. In the early 1990s he provided a voice for the animated series G.I. Joe as Ambush and Night Creeper Leader, and had a minor role as Tumak in the 1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Sanctuary".

Koenig played the role of The Joker in the 2003 fan film Batman: Dead End.

Onstage, he played the Page Boy in the eight performances of Verdi's Falstaff, a production of the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, in April 1982. As an adult, he starred as the M.C. in the 2007 interactive theater play The Boomerang Kid and performed with the improv group Charles Whitman Reilly and Friends.

Though he continued his performing career in the 2006 independent film The Theory of Everything (2006), Koenig worked increasingly behind the scenes. He wrote, produced and/or directed the shorts Good Boy (2003) and Woman in a Green Dress and Instinct vs. Reason (2004). He worked as an editor on a number of films and was a video producer for the podcast Never Not Funny (2006–2010). His final role was in the film DaZe: Vol. Too — NonSeNse, in post-production at the time of his death, with Koenig portraying the role of Vice Chancellor. traveled to Burma in July 2007 and visited Burmese refugee camps in Thailand with his father as part of the U.S. Campaign for Burma. The following January, he protested the People's Republic of China's political and financial support of the military dictatorship in Burma during the 119th Tournament of Roses in Pasadena, California; after a pre-parade human rights march agreed to by parade officials was allegedly stifled by them, he entered the parade and stood in front of a Chinese float promoting the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Koenig, who carried a sign reading "China: Free Burma" in both English and Chinese, was arrested and briefly held for his act of civil disobedience. Koenig's defense attorney was Bill Paparian, a fellow protester and former mayor of Pasadena.

"China sits on the UN Security Council and they have refused to condemn Burma. China purchases gas from Burma and sells them weapons that the military uses on the Burmese people. So they are really quite complicit, and that was the whole point of protesting the China float," Koenig explained. The Pasadena Weekly quoted Koenig as stating, "Their free speech rights have been totally censored. As a country with a Constitution and a Bill of Rights, we need to continue to support and enforce ours, and [use it to] recognize the rights of human beings all over the world". On February 25, a group of friends and family found him dead in Vancouver's Stanley Park; he had apparently hanged himself. Koenig was 41 years old.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1973 Adam-12 Little Boy Episode: "Rampart Division: The Senior Citizens" (uncredited) 1985–1989 Growing Pains Richard "Boner" Stabone 25 episodes 1987 My Sister Sam Mr. Rudnick Episode: "Go Crazy" 1988 21 Jump Street Wally Episode: "Champagne High" 1989 My Two Dads Jon Episode: "You Can Count on Me" 1990 G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero AmbushNight Creeper LeaderVarious Cobra Troopers (Season 1) 1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Tumak Episode: "Sanctuary" 2003 Batman: Dead End The Joker Fan film 2006The Theory of Everything Scott Direct to video 2008InAlienable Emil Feature film 2010 DaZe: Vol. Too — NonSeNse Vice Chancellor