TV series · 1989
I Know My First Name Is Steven
“Based on a TRUE STORY of a kidnapped boy who returned 7 years later”
First aired 22 May 1989 Drama / Crime TMDB ↗
In 1973, 7-year-old Steven Stayner is kidnapped by pedophile Kenneth Parnell. Under the belief that Parnell has been given legal custody of him, and that his family has moved away, he stays with Parnell for seven years, enduring repetitive sexual abuse the entire time. Finally, in 1980, when Parnell kidnaps another young boy, Steven finds a way for them both to escape and return home.
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Ray Walston
as Bob Augustine
Barbara Tarbuck
as School Counselor
John Ashton
as Del Stayner
Gregg Henry
as Officer Kean
Arliss Howard
as Kenneth Parnell
Pruitt Taylor Vince
as Irving Murphy
Todd Eric Andrews
as Cary Stayner (Age 18)
Scott Curtis
as Cary Stayner (Age 11)
Luke Edwards
as Steven Stayner (Age 7)
Jacob Gelman
as Timmy White
Stephanie Walski
as Cindy Stayner (Age 9)
Everyone else (16) ↓
Jim Haynie
as Officer Scott
Dennis Fimple
as Fred
Peter Michael Goetz
as Pat Hallford
William Frankfather
as Judge Sabraw
Cindy Pickett
as Kay Stayner
Annie O'Donnell
as Official
Bryan Cranston
as Officer Dickenson
John DeMita
as Dan Smith
Darcy DeMoss
as Debbie
Harold Pruett
as Birch
David C. Glasser
as Boots
Amy O'Neill
as Jodie
Corin Nemec
as Steven Stayner
Stephen Dorff
as Pete
Allison Mack
as Nettie
Billy Ray Sharkey
as Sheriff Suggs