David Bruce Cassidy (born April 12, 1950) is a retired American actor, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is widely known for his role as Keith Partridge, the son of Shirley Partridge (played by his stepmother Shirley Jones), in the 1970s musical-sitcom The Partridge Family, which led to his becoming one of pop culture’s most celebrated teen idols and pop singers of the 1970s. He later had a career in both acting and music. – Wikipedia