Joey Cramer

Deleriyes Joe August Fisher Cramer (born August 23, 1973) is a Canadian former child actor who had a briefly successful career in Canadian television and Hollywood in the mid-1980s, most notably for his role in the film Flight of the Navigator.[1]

This article is about the actor. For the drummer of Aerosmith, see Joey Kramer.
Joey Cramer
Cramer in 2007
Born
Deleriyes Joe August Fisher Cramer

(1973-08-23) August 23, 1973
Edgewood, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationFormer television and movie actor
Years active1984–1996

Early life

Deleriyes Cramer was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on 23 August 1973. He entered professional acting in his early teenage years using the name Joey Cramer.

Filmography

Television
  • Murder, She Wrote - Season 3 episodes 1 and 2 "Death Stalks the Big Top" (1 and 2) (1986) as Charlie McCallum.
  • The Disney Sunday Movie - "I-Man" (1986) as Eric Wilder.

Awards

Cramer received a 'Saturn Award' nomination in the category of 'Best Performance by a Young Actor' from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films in 1987 for his performance in Flight of the Navigator.[4]

Personal life

Cramer returned to live in Canada's Sunshine Coast after the end of his acting career in the late 1990s, being employed in a small sporting goods store.[5]

A decade later, Cramer began to run into conflict with legal authorities. In 2008, he was prosecuted for careless storage of a gun, receiving a sentence of three months' probation; later in the year, he was convicted for possession of narcotics with the intention of trafficking, receiving an imprisonment sentence of six months.[6] In October 2010 he was fined for consuming alcohol in a public place. In 2011, Cramer was convicted of threatening behaviour with a weapon and jailed for 30 days, and received another conviction in that year for cashing forged bank cheques.[7]

On May 1, 2016, Cramer was arrested in connection with a bank robbery of a Scotiabank outlet that occurred in Sechelt, British Columbia a few days earlier.[8] On June 8, 2016, he pleaded guilty to charges of robbing a bank, wearing a disguise to commit a crime, fleeing the police and dangerous driving.[9] On August 31, 2016, he was sentenced to a custodial term of two years less a day, as well as two years of probation, conditions of which include attending counselling and residing in a treatment centre for narcotics abuse.[10]

In 2018, production began on a documentary about Cramer's life, entitled Life After the Navigator.[11][12]

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References
  1. "What Ever Happened To … the kid from 'Flight of the Navigator'?". Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. Goldberg, Lee (2015). The Best TV Shows That Never Were.
  3. "Flight of the Navigator". Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. Saturn Awards list nomination 1987. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1987.
  5. "The actor who printed his life on a business card". Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  6. 'National Post' (Canada) 4 May 2016, 'Former child star of Flight of the Navigator charged in B.C. bank robbery', http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/former-child-star-of-flight-of-the-navigator-joey-cramer-charged-in-sechelt-b-c-bank-robbery
  7. 'People.com', 'Former Disney child star arrested', 5 May 2016. http://www.people.com/article/disney-star-joey-cramer-arrest-bank-robbery-canada
  8. "Former child star arrested in connection with Sechelt bank robbery". CBC. May 4, 2016.
  9. 'Cramer Pleads Guilty to Sechelt Bank Robbery', 'Coast Reporter', 16 June 2016. http://www.coastreporter.net/news/local-news/cramer-pleads-guilty-to-sechelt-bank-robbery-1.2280437
  10. 'Cramer Sentenced for Bank Hold-up', 'Coast Reporter', 1 September 2016. http://www.coastreporter.net/news/local-news/cramer-sentenced-for-bank-holdup-1.2335307
  11. Downs, Lisa, Life After the Navigator, Joey Cramer, retrieved 2018-05-14
  12. "Navigator". navigator. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
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