He went to North Springs High School in Sandy Springs, Georgia. When he was 14, he and his mother moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where his love for performing continued. This once got him into trouble, when he had himself chained up and tossed into a swimming pool with the intention of re-creating Harry Houdini's legendary escape act. John's life as an entertainer began at the age of eight, when he put on magic shows for his peers and their families.

His other brother (also called John) died of lung failure age 3, three years before John's birth. His family included an older brother Robert, an artist living in southern New York. Schneider was born on April 8, 1960, in Mount Kisco, New York, the youngest of three boys for Shirley Conklin (1932-2016) and John 'Jack' Schneider III (1930-2013), a pilot who had served in the U.S. This total includes ' I've Been Around Enough to Know', ' Country Girls', ' What's a Memory Like You', and ' You're the Last Thing I Needed Tonight', all of which reached the top of the Billboard country singles charts.

He is best known for his portrayal of Beauregard 'Bo' Duke in the American television action/comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard (opposite Tom Wopat, Catherine Bach and James Best), Jonathan Kent in the 2001–11 TV series Smallville, and James 'Jim' Cryer on the television series The Haves and the Have Nots, created by Tyler Perry.Īlongside his acting career, Schneider has been a singer since the early 1980s, releasing nine studio albums and a greatest hits package, as well as eighteen singles. John Richard Schneider (born April 8, 1960) is an American actor and country music singer.

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