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Carl Steven’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

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Intro American child actor
Was Actor 
Television actor 
Voice actor 
From United States of America 
Type Film, TV, Stage & Radio 
Gender male
Birth 4 November 1974, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Death 31 July 2011, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
(aged 36 years)
Star sign Scorpio

Carlo Steven Krakoff (November 4, 1974 – July 31, 2011), professionally known as Carl Steven, was an American former child actor.

Early life

Stevens was a native of Glendale, California. He was the son of Cynthia Krakoff.

Career

As a boy, he appeared in a number of television series and films, with recurring roles on Webster, Punky Brewster, Out of This World, and Weird Science. Steven also appeared in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) as a young Spock (the first actor other than Leonard Nimoy to play the role in a live action portrayal), and in a minor role in Disney’s Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989). He provided the voice of a young Fred Jones for four seasons on the Hanna-Barbera animated series A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, the first actor besides Frank Welker to do so.

Personal life

As an adult, Steven retired from acting. He became addicted to prescription medications after a tonsillectomy, and stole to support his addiction. He married Dawn Krakoff in 1998, they remained married until his death in 2011. He had a son named Noah.

Legal issues

In 2009, Steven was arrested for armed robbery at CVS Pharmacy, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2010.

Death

Steven died on July 31, 2011, at the age of 36, of a heroin overdose while in prison in Tucson, Arizona.