Background
Brandon Spencer Lee Call was born on November 17, 1976, in Torrance, California. He is currently divorced, and has a daughter who was born in 1998.
Brandon Spencer Lee Call was born on November 17, 1976, in Torrance, California. He is currently divorced, and has a daughter who was born in 1998.
He played J.T. for seven seasons on the television series Step by Step. Call began his career as a child actor in 1984 appearing in guest roles on Simon & Simon and Hotel. His film debut was voicing "Fairy #1" in Disney"s The Black Cauldron in 1985.
Also in 1985, he landed a recurring role on the National Broadcasting Company daytime drama, Santa Barbara.
During his stint on Santa Barbara, Call earned two Young Artist Awards for the role. After leaving the series in 1987, he guest starred on two episodes of Saint Elsewhere, and appeared on the short-lived series The Charmings.
From 1989 to 1990, Call portrayed Hobie Buchannon on the first season of Baywatch. Also in 1990, he played Billy in the film Blind Fury.
The following year, he starred opposite Andrew Dice Clay in The Adventures of Ford Fairlane and in 1991, appeared in Foreign the Boys starring Bette Midler.
That same year, Call was cast as John Thomas "J.T." on the American Broadcasting Company sitcom Step by Step, which moved to Columbia Broadcasting System in 1997. He then regularly appeared as J.T. until the series ended in 1998. After Step by Step ended Call retired from acting.
After finishing taping a session for Step by Step on September 3, 1996, Call got into a traffic dispute while driving home and was shot in both arms by Tommy Eugene Lewis.
He was treated at the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center and made a full recovery.