{"id":17870,"date":"2025-06-27T02:15:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T02:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/17870\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T02:15:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T02:15:17","slug":"80s-icon-celebrates-husbands-birthday-with-rare-first-crush-photo-from-his-days-as-child-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/17870\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201880s Icon Celebrates Husband\u2019s Birthday With Rare \u2018First Crush\u2019 Photo From His Days as Child Actor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/80s-icon-celebrates-husbands-birthday-with-rare-first-crush-photo-from-his-days-as-child-actor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201880s Icon Celebrates Husband\u2019s Birthday With Rare \u2018First Crush\u2019 Photo From His Days as Child Actor;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u201880s Icon Celebrates Husband\u2019s Birthday With Rare \u2018First Crush\u2019 Photo From His Days as Child Actor<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Parade;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes fairy tale endings do come true, just ask <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/iconic-80s-singers-return-solo-022936094.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Belinda Carlisle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belinda Carlisle<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Go-Go\u2019s singer and noted solo artist celebrated her husband <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0556876\/bio\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Morgan Mason;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Morgan Mason<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s 70th birthday on Thursday, June 26 by sharing a photo of Mason as a child actor in a guest spot on the 1960s TV series Daniel Boone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udfac <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/newsletters\/daily?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=top\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SIGN UP for Parade&#039;s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news &amp; celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>SIGN UP for Parade&#8217;s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news &amp; celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><strong> \ud83c\udfac<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWay back when I was about 9 years old I had my first crush on the Dauphin of France from the tv show Daniel Boone &#8211; crazy that I would marry him 20 odd years later\u2026. My heart \u2665\ufe0f Happy birthday to my partner in life and love &#8211; @morganmason1955 what a lucky gal I am to have you in my life. \ud83c\udf82\u2665\ufe0f\ud83c\udf82\u2665\ufe0f\ud83c\udf82\u2665\ufe0f,\u201d the \u201cMad About You\u201d singer posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DLXTAl_Mh61\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=eXF1NHFkZGlsdW1l\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a> alongside a photo of young Mason in the role.<\/p>\n<p>Mason, the son of British actors James and Pamela Mason, also appeared with his father in the 1962 film Hero\u2019s Island and was in the 1965 movie The Sandpiper alongside <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/71272\/parade\/elizabeth-taylor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Elizabeth Taylor;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Elizabeth Taylor<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/108616\/parade\/elizabeth-taylor-reveals-richard-burton-love-letters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Richard Burton;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Richard Burton<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>He later went onto a career in politics, working on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/80883\/parade\/ronald-reagan-through-the-years\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ronald Reagan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ronald Reagan<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s presidential campaign in 1980 and served in a variety of other roles after Reagan was elected. He returned to the entertainment business after leaving the White House, working behind the scenes as a PR executive and a promoter working with <strong>Don King<\/strong> on the Jacksons\u2019 Victory Tour, and serving as executive producer of the film Sex Lies and Videotape.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/iconic-80s-singers-return-solo-022936094.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Related: Iconic \u201980s Singer&#039;s Return With Solo Album After Reunited Band Triumph Has Fans \u2018So Excited\u2019;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Related: Iconic \u201980s Singer&#8217;s Return With Solo Album After Reunited Band Triumph Has Fans \u2018So Excited\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mason married Carlisle in 1986 after the couple eloped to Lake Tahoe. Their son, <strong>James Duke Mason<\/strong> was born in 2017. The couple currently resides in Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p>Fans were impressed with Carlisle sweet birthday post for her husband, with one writing, \u201cThis is the best story I\u2019ve ever heard \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow there\u2019s no way to deny a love \u2665\ufe0f meant to be! \u2728Happy birthday wishes to Morgan! \ud83c\udf88\ud83d\udcab,\u201d another added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve loved and admired you both as a young teenager in the eighties. You\u2019re an adorable couple \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f Happy birthday Mr Mason\ud83c\udf82,\u201d a third fan added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/80s-icon-celebrates-husbands-birthday-with-rare-first-crush-photo-from-his-days-as-child-actor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201880s Icon Celebrates Husband\u2019s Birthday With Rare \u2018First Crush\u2019 Photo From His Days as Child Actor;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u201880s Icon Celebrates Husband\u2019s Birthday With Rare \u2018First Crush\u2019 Photo From His Days as Child Actor<\/a> first appeared on Parade on Jun 26, 2025<\/p>\n<p>This story was originally reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/80s-icon-celebrates-husbands-birthday-with-rare-first-crush-photo-from-his-days-as-child-actor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Parade;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Parade<\/a> on Jun 26, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201880s Icon Celebrates Husband\u2019s Birthday With Rare \u2018First Crush\u2019 Photo From His Days as Child Actor originally appeared&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[17154,185,17156,171,17158,17155,17157,15119,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-17870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-belinda-carlisle","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-daniel-boone","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-james-duke-mason","13":"tag-morgan-mason","14":"tag-pamela-mason","15":"tag-ronald-reagan","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114752921831286506","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}