1980s Star John Schneider Comes Back in the 21st Century

In a recent interview, Schneider, known best as Bo Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard television series, shared that he gained a deeper understanding for religion while living with Johnny Cash during a movie shoot in Nashville, "The only time God made sense to me was seeing how a firm belief in God kept Johnny Cash together. It was the first time I saw Christianity not as a mamby-pamby religion. God became real to me with his religion."

During their talk, Schneider also mentioned he is planning an eBay auction for his own "General Lee," the last car made for the reunion movie. "Since I knew I was the only one driving my car, I treated it pretty good," he told Miserandino.

In addition to his Dukes role, Schneider has appeared on Nip/Tuck, Smallville and Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. Soon he can be seen in the upcoming HBO series, 12 Miles of Bad Road, and in the Hallmark miniseries, Shark Swarm, opposite F. Murray Abraham and Daryl Hannah.

This multi-talented singer/actor also began a nine-week run on Broadway, January 14, as Billy Flynn in Chicago, at the Ambassador Theatre. No stranger to Broadway, he made his debut as Felix Von Gaigern in Grand Hotel, and has appeared onstage in The Will Rogers Follies, Brigadoon, The Music Man, The Civil War, and a recent production of Mame at the Hollywood Bowl.

When asked by Miserandino if he had ever run into a fan who didn't know him as Bo Duke, Schneider replied, "Actually, three days ago a woman looked at me and I could tell she wasn't going to say Bo Duke. I could tell she didn't want to. She said, 'Oh my God ... you're Ram Peters [from Nip/Tuck].'" He added, "It's appearing to me that the character in Nip/Tuck might eclipse The Dukes of Hazzard because he's so different from how I was in The Dukes of Hazzard."

You can read Schneider's entire interview at TheCelebrityCafe.com.