Then, in 1979, Lawlor was cast as Steven Bradley, the well-meaning if often befuddled headmaster of the all-girls school at the center of "The Facts of Life." For Season 2, showrunners opted for a ...

Monday morning, Newlands Cross. Stephen Bradley sits down, orders a vanilla cappuccino and laughs off the suggestion that he ought to have better things to be at. In this week of all weeks ...

Lawlor's most famous role was as headmaster Steven Bradley at the Eastland School for Girls in "The Facts of Life." The sitcom also starred George Clooney, Lisa Whelchel, Nancy McKeon and Mindy Cohn.