From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Gary Grimes born June 2 1955 in San Francisco is an American actor Gary Grimes first major role was in the 1971 motion picture Summer of 42 playing a teenager who has an affair with a beautiful older woman played by Jennifer ONeill For that role Grimes was nominated in 1972 for a Golden Globe Award as Most Promising NewcomerMale and a BAFTA Award as Best Newcomer Grimes also starred in the sequel Class of 44 1973 which followed his character to college Grimes other movie credits include Cahill US Marshal 1973 alongside John Wayne The Spikes Gang 1974 with Lee Marvin and Ron Howard and the cult Disney film Gus 1976 about a mule that kicks field goals He was offered a TV series during that time period but turned it down Grimes retired from show business in the late 1970s still lives in Los Angeles and has remained out of public view since that time I got to the point where the work wasnt up to the quality that I wanted Grimes told American Profile magazine in 2011 Im very happy in my decision Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Grimes licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia