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Radames Perá (born September 14, 1960) is an American former actor best known for his role as "Grasshopper" the student Kwai Chang Caine in the 1972–1975 television series ''Kung Fu''. He is the only living regular cast member from the show, besides James Hong who appeared in several episodes, including the pilot movie. ==Early life and acting career== Pera was born in New York City, New York, the son of actress Lisa Pera. His mother moved to Hollywood in 1963 so that she could pursue an acting career. From 1972 until 1975, Radames appeared as the young Kwai Chang Caine in the ABC television series ''Kung Fu''. Caine was an orphan from Hunan Province in China who had an American father and a Chinese mother. He appeared throughout the 4-year run show on ABC and worldwide re-runs.〔 For the role of Caine, Radames had to shave his head other than the pilot movie where he was initially shown with hair before scenes showing his head being shaved. He appeared bald in all other episodes. In the series he mainly worked with veteran Asian-American actors Philip Ahn (Master Kan), Keye Luke (blind Master Po who called him "Grasshopper") and Richard Loo (Master Sun), and was mostly shown living in a Shaolin Monastery where he was taught by the monks to be a Shaolin master. He is depicted as the first person to be welcomed into a Shaolin Monastery who was not of full Chinese birth. The main role of Kwai Chang Caine as an adult was played by David Carradine. Radames also had a recurring role on ''Little House on the Prairie'' as John (Jr.), eldest adopted son of Mr. Edwards, and became Mary Ingalls' love interest during the show's first three seasons.〔 At age eight, Radames was asked by director Daniel Mann to play the role of Anthony Quinn and Irene Papas' dying son in the film ''A Dream of Kings'' (1969). He met the director at a dinner party and was eventually cast in the role of Stavros. Pera's other acting roles include a disturbed pre-teen in an episode of ''Night Gallery'', Silent Snow, Secret Snow, narrated by Orson Welles, and guest appearances on ''The Six Million Dollar Man'', as Don Ameche's son in the episode ''Gidget Gets Married''. Between 1969 and 1985m other guest-starring credits include two episodes of ''Lassie'', ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'', the single episodes of ''Family Affair'', ''Hawaii Five-O'', and ''The Waltons'' among many others. Radames dropped out of the acting business entirely in the mid 1980s.〔 His final television appearances were in the episodes of Mickey Spillane's ''The New Mike Hammer'', and ''Starman''. His last film role was as Sgt. Stepan Gorsky in John Milius' ''Red Dawn'' (1984). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Radames Pera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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