<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actor, singer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> The Courtship of Eddie's Father </Td> </Tr> <P> Brandon Edwin Cruz (born May 28, 1962) is an American actor best known for his role as Eddie Corbett, son of widower Tom Corbett (played by Bill Bixby) on the television comedy - drama series The Courtship of Eddie's Father . Cruz is also a punk rock musician, having sung for such bands as Dr. Know, Dead Kennedys, and Flipper . </P> <P> Cruz was born in Bakersfield, California, and moved to Silver Strand Beach in Ventura County, California, with his family at the age of 2 months . At age five he auditioned for, and won, his breakthrough role as Eddie Corbett in the television series The Courtship of Eddie's Father, which aired on ABC from 1969 to 1972 . Bixby and Cruz spent considerable time together, especially when the show was on hiatus, prompting Cruz to tell American Profile magazine, "Bill Bixby was like my second father ." </P>

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