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Grabeel in 2014, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Lucas Stephen Grabeel
Place of Birth: Springfield, Missouri, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 23, 1984
Ethnicity: English, German, Scottish, distant French-Canadian and Spanish
Lucas Grabeel is an American actor, film producer, singer, and songwriter. He played Ryan Evans in the made-for-tv movies High School Musical and High School Musical 2 , and the theatrical sequel High School Musical 3: Senior Year . His roles also include the made-for-tv movies Halloweentown High and Return to Halloweentown ; the shows Smallville , Veronica Mars , I Kissed a Vampire , Family Guy , Switched at Birth , DreamWorks Dragons , Sheriff Callie’s Wild West , Elena of Avalor , Spirit Riding Free , Pinky Malinky , High School Musical: The Musical: The Series , and My Adventures with Superman ; and the films Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth ; Alice Upside Down , College Road Trip , The Adventures of Food Boy , Milk (2008), I Kissed a Vampire , Dragon Nest: Warriors’ Dawn , and Little Women (2018).
He was partly raised in Rogersville, Missouri.
Lucas’s paternal grandfather was Billy Jackson Grabeel (the son of William Jackson Grabeel and Beulah G. Hunt). Lucas’s grandfather Billy was born in California. Lucas’s great-grandfather William was the son of Andrew Jackson Grabeel and Rhoda Ann Padgett. Beulah was the daughter of John Edward Hunt and Mary Eva/Eve Killian.
Lucas’s paternal grandmother was Myrtle Louise Johnson (the daughter of Bert Edward Johnson and Harriett Myrtle Wagner). Lucas’s grandmother Myrtle was born in Ohio. Bert was the son of Fred Elmer Johnson and Matilda Sophia Sumner. Harriett was the daughter of John Howard Wagner and Anna May Vimpeny.
Lucas’s maternal grandfather was Raymond Thadious Harman (the son of Thadious/Thadius/Thad Harman and Nellie Lunora Iden). Raymond was born in Iowa. Lucas’s great-grandfather Thadious was the son of Jonas Page Harman/Harmon and Nancy Young Pratt. Nellie was the daughter of James Henry Iden and Elizabeth/Eliza A./J. Kirkpatrick.
Lucas’s maternal grandmother was Edith Geraldine Scott (the daughter of Thomas George Scott and Maude Myrtle Northcutt). Edith was born in Missouri. George was the son of Henry Lowery Scott and Emily Reynolds. Maude was the daughter of John S. Northcutt and Matilda Ellen Gough.
Through his Grabeel ancestors, Lucas is a fourth cousin of actress Sarah Ramos .
Sources: Genealogy of Lucas Grabeel (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Lucas’s maternal grandfather, Raymond Thadious Harman, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Lucas’s maternal grandmother, Edith Geraldine Scott, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Lucas’s maternal grandmother, Edith Geraldine “Gerry” (Scott) Harman – http://www.eatonfuneralhome.com