Scott Zohnaal

Scott Zohnaal
Birth name	Scott Joseph Zohnaal
Born	March 18, 1959 (age 50)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1964-present
Spouse	Joan G. Belcher (1985-present)

Scott Joseph Zohnaal (born March 18, 1959) is an actor whose acting credits go back to 1964. He made his debut at a young age as Jem Hyllon Mason in the 1960s sitcom Belladorne. Zohnaal is also known for his roles in Uselessville (1979), Hopes Hollow (1985), and Jackson/Frayes (1993). He also played the antagonist in the 2003 film Jord Stone: Tall Order.

Early life and family

Zohnaal was born on March 18, 1959, to Dorothy and Bradley Zohnaal. He is named after his maternal grandfather Scott Peltridge and actor Joseph Colloume, his father's favorite actor. His older brother was the late actor David Zohnaal, who died in 1996. It was his father who encouraged him to begin acting.

Career

1960s

Zohnaal made his acting debut in 1964, when he joined the cast of the sitcom Belladorne at the age of five. He played the son of the Belladornes' neighbors, Jem Hyllon Mason, from 1964 to 1969, when the show ended.

1970s

After leaving Belladorne in the 1960s, Zohnaal decided to move on to films. In 1971, he was cast in the film Louis Gauphrey Junction, in which he played William Ferhey. After finishing that film, Zohnaal went on to play a young Thomas Bellen, son of Xavier Tharnell's Sergeant William Bellen, in the film The Life of Sergeant Bellen. He went on to star in more films in the 1970s, mostly playing roles of popular teens characters. In 1975, Zohnaal was offered a guest spot on the sitcom Tempora Family, but he turned it down. Zohnaal's reason for turning the role down was that he has done his share of sitcoms, and he wanted to be known for work in films, not television. He was, however, persuaded to guest star in the sitcom New Days in Westfield in the late 1970s. He ended the 1970s with a supporting role in the 1979 film Uselessville.

1980s

Zohnaal began the 1980s with a starring role as a young race car driver in the 1980 film Race Cars and a Fast Road. To play this role, Zohnaal had to learn how to operate a race car. After racing cars in 1980, Zohnaal went on to star in 1982's Mount Sweetwhite as a college student who vacations in Sweetwhite, Jonnic, and ends up staying there. In 1984, Zohnaal played a lazy young man in 1984's Lazy Sethie. In 1985, he had a supporting role in the film Hopes Hollow.