Brian Forster

Brian A. Forster (born April 14, 1960) is an American former child actor and racing car driver. He is best known as the second actor to play the role of Chris Partridge in the television series The Partridge Family.

Biography Forster was born in Los Angeles, the son of English-born actors Jennifer Raine and Peter Forster and, through his mother, a great-great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens. He is also the stepson of actor Whit Bissell and stepgrandson of actor Alan Napier, who portrayed Alfred the Butler in the Batman television series (1966–1968).

Forster joined The Partridge Family in 1971, replacing Jeremy Gelbwaks, and continued until the show ended in 1974. Chris Partridge was the drummer of the fictional family band. He also voiced Chris in the 1974 Saturday morning cartoon Partridge Family 2200 A.D. As of 2002/2003, Forster was a racing car driver in northern California, and continued to act in community theater there.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1969 How We Fell About Sound Clancy (voice) educational film 1969 The Brady Bunch The Elf Episode: "Eenie, Meenie, Mommy, Daddy" 1969 Family Affair Boy Episode: "What's Funny About a Broken Leg?" 1971–74 The Partridge Family Chris Partridge 71 episodes 1973 Goober and the Ghost Chasers Chris Partridge (voice) 8 episodes 1974–75 Partridge Family 2200 A.D. Chris Partridge (voice) 16 episodes 1977–78 Fred Flintstone and Friends Chris Partridge (voice) segment: The Partridge Family in Outer Space 1977 Thanksgiving Reunion with The Partridge Family and My Three Sons Himself TV special 2008 Break a Leg Chris Partridge episode: "Ghosts, Mimes & Partridges"