Al Corley

Al Corley born May 22 1956 in Wichita Kansas is an American actor singer and producer In the late 1970s he worked as a doorman at Studio 54 He would later appear in a VH1 Behind the Music special on Studio 54 to recount his experiences Corley is best known as the first actor to play Steven Carrington on the 1980s soap opera Dynasty After that Corley acted in fourteen movies then produced five Corley left Dynasty at the end of the second season in 1982 after complaining about Stevens evershifting sexual preferences and wanting to do other things The character was recast in 1983 with Jack Coleman the change in appearance attributed to plastic surgery after an oil rig explosion Coleman remained on the show until 1988 but Corley returned to the role of Steven for the 1991 miniseries Dynasty The Reunion when Coleman was unavailable due to scheduling conflicts He was also known as a singer in the 1980s His 1984 New Wave single Square Rooms from his debut album of the same name became a number one hit in France in 1985 also reaching 6 in Switzerland 12 in Italy in 1985 13 in Germany 15 in Austria and 80 in United States The same year he released Cold Dresses which was also a big hit in France reaching 5 His second album Riot of Color was released in 1986 and a third album Big Picture followed in 1988 Married in 1989 to actress Jessika Cardinahl They have three children Sophie Elena Ruby Cardinahl and Clyde Nikolai Corley He resides in the Pacific Palisades Description above from the Wikipedia article Al Corleylicensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia