Editing Leif Garrett (section)

===Acting career===
Garrett and his sister [[Dawn Lyn]] worked a variety of acting jobs. They co-starred in the horror movie ''[[Devil Times Five]]'' as juvenile mental patients who go on a murder spree at an isolated ski resort. Dawn and Leif also guest-starred in an episode of ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' as well as ''[[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/an-old-pro-at-17-leif-garrett-has-a-toehold-on-teenage-passions-vol-10-no-20/|title=An Old Pro at 17, Leif Garrett Has a Toehold on Teenage Passions|website=People}}</ref>

Garrett's more notable performances include the breakthrough role of Jimmy Henderson in ''[[Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice]]'' (1969); the protagonist's son Mike Pusser from the ''[[Walking Tall (1973 film)|Walking Tall]]'' movies (1973, 1975, 1977) and the recurring role of Zack Russell on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] TV series ''[[Family (1976 TV series)|Family]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-tatum-kristy-come-of-age-vol-13-no-13/|title=Tatum & Kristy Come of Age|website=People}}</ref> He also played the role of Leonard Unger, the son of Felix Unger ([[Tony Randall]]), on the ABC series ''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]'', a part that had been previously played by [[Willie Aames]].

In late 1975, Garrett appeared in the role of Endy Karras in a 12-week [[CBS]] drama series ''[[Three for the Road (TV series)|Three for the Road]]'', with [[Alex Rocco]] as his father, Peter Karras, and [[Vincent Van Patten]] as his older brother, John Karras.<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0072576 |title=Three for the Road}}</ref> Garrett's appearance in the program triggered a response from teenage girls and led to his first appearances in teenage magazines, such as ''[[Tiger Beat]]''. Garrett also played alongside [[Lee Van Cleef]] in two [[Spaghetti Western]]s shot mainly in Israel: ''{{Interlanguage link|Kid Vengeance|it|3=L'uomo di Santa Cruz|lt=Kid Vengeance}}'' and ''[[God's Gun]]''. He played the title role in the television film ''[[Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion]]'' and also starred in the film ''[[Skateboard (film)|Skateboard]]''.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|title=Skateboard (1977) Cast, Credits & Awards|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/44970/Skateboard/details|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523120350/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/44970/Skateboard/details|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2015|archive-date=May 23, 2015}}</ref>

In the early 1980s, Garrett returned to acting, appearing in a small role as Bob Sheldon in the 1983 [[Francis Ford Coppola]] film ''[[The Outsiders (film)|The Outsiders]]''. In 1985, he starred in ''[[Thunder Alley (1985 film)|Thunder Alley]]'' as the lead singer of a pop band that is torn apart by drugs, and in ''[[Shaker Run]]'' as a mechanic. Other notable Garrett movies from the decade include ''Delta Fever'' and the [[horror film]] ''[[Cheerleader Camp]]''. He played a deranged murderer who was in love with his sister in ''[[Party Line (film)|Party Line]]''.