Don Grady

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Don Agrati (born June 8, 1944 in San Francisco, California), better known as Don Grady, is an American composer, musician and actor. He is remembered both as one of Mickey Mouse's Mouseketeers, and as Robbie Douglas, from My Three Sons. His sister was also an actress, billed as Lani O'Grady. Their mother was a talent agent, known as Mary Grady.

His acting credits include several Western series, including Zane Grey Theater and Wagon Train. Originally the frustrated middle brother on My Three Sons, he became the confident elder brother with the departure of Mike (Tim Considine, who had earlier appeared with Grady in The New Adventures of Spin and Marty), and the adoption of Ernie (Barry Livingston), who became the new "third son".

During production of My Three Sons, Grady both appeared with his own band The Greefs on the series, and was the drummer for The Yellow Balloon, whose self-titled song became a minor hit during 1967.

After My Three Sons ended in 1972, Grady pursued a musical career. His works include music for the Blake Edwards comedy film Switch, and for EFX, a Las Vegas multimedia stage show which starred Michael Crawford, David Cassidy, Tommy Tune and Rick Springfield.

In the summer of 2008, Don will be releasing BOOMER, a collection of songs written for and about the baby boomer generation. BOOMER will be Don's first original album as an artist since HOMEGROWN was released by Elektra Records in 1973.

For more information, please visit Don's official website at www.dongrady.com.