Steve Shaw

Steve Shaw (February 19, 1965 – December 5, 1990) was an American actor best known for playing Eric Fairgate in the television drama series Knots Landing.

Life and career One of Shaw's earliest acting appearances was on episode 22 of the third season of Little House on the Prairie entitled "Gold Country," as Sam Delano, the son of an Italian couple mining for gold. He made another appearance on Little House on the Prairie in a Season 5 episode entitled "The Odyssey" in which he played a character named Dylan Whittaker who has been diagnosed with terminal leukemia and wishes to see the Pacific Ocean before he dies. He also appeared in two episodes of The Waltons in 1978 as George Simmons. Also in 1978, he played Alexander Armsworth in the weekly Disney TV movie Child of Glass. Shaw then appeared regularly in Knots Landing from 1979 to 1987, and thereafter made occasional return appearances until 1990.

Death Shaw died on December 5, 1990, in a head-on traffic collision with a truck in Los Angeles.

He was survived by his mother. His father had died six months previously of a heart attack.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes 1976 Having Babies Mark McNamara TV movie 1977 Raid on Entebbe Jonathan Sager TV movie 1977 Little House on the Prairie Sam Delano Episode: "Gold Country" 1977 Emergency! Earl Robinson Episode: "Limelight" 1978 Barnaby Jones Stevie Sayers Episodes: "Final Judgment" (Parts 1 & 2) 1978 The President's Mistress Boy at Zoo TV movie 1978 The Waltons George Simmons Episodes: "The Festival", "The Revelation" 1978 ABC Afterschool Specials Early McLaren Episode: "It's a Mile from Here to Glory" 1978 Child of Glass Alexander Armsworth TV movie 1978 Flying High Phil TV movie 1978 Three's Company Albert Episode: "The Crush" 1979 Centennial Paul Garrett Episode: "The Winds of Death" 1979 Little House on the Prairie Dylan Whittaker Episode: "The Odyssey" 1979 When Hell Was in Session Jim Denton TV movie 1979 A Shining Season Ron Bellamy TV movie 1979–90 Knots Landing Eric Fairgate 105 episodes