HOLLYWOOD has turned its back on Adam Rich – the beloved mop-topped tot on the hit ’70s series “Eight Is Enough.”
Now 44, the virtually unrecognizable former child star is barely getting by, sources say.
“Adam has been trying to sell script ideas for TV shows and movies,” said an entertainment industry source.
“HE’S desperate to get back into the business, but he mostly exists on piddling payments from TV residuals or loans from friends.”
At the height of his popularity, Adam landed guest gigs on many top TV shows and also did voice work on the cartoon series “Dungeons & Dragons.”
But after his fame as primetime cutie Nicholas Bradford faded, his acting career went nowhere.
He’d started smoking marijuana at age 14, and after dropping out of high school at 17 in 1986, his life began revolving around drugs.