The Lively Set explores the Beach Party phenomenon

With his sun-drenched blonde hair, All-American good looks, swimmer's physique and quirky charm, actor Aron Kincaid epitomized the surfer boy image so prevalent during the mid-sixties. Unjustly considered a Troy Donahue clone by casting directors, Kincaid could more than hold his own (looks and acting-wise) against golden boys Donahue and Tab Hunter who were popular at that time.

Kincaid's beach persona easily transferred to the screen as he could be seen frolicking on the shores of Santa Monica in The Girls on the Beach (1965) and Beach Ball (1965), hitting the slopes of Sun Valley in Ski Party (1965) and dancing poolside at a haunted house in The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966). Though he is remembered most for these surfer boy roles, Kincaid confesses, "I surfed until I was in my early twenties and then stopped. I decided it was a crazy sport and much too dangerous."

Kincaid was not only a handsome hunk but also a hell of a nice guy too winning not only the hearts of the girls in the audience but his female co-stars as well. Lana Wood, Salli Sachse, Susan Hart, Luree Holmes and Quinn O'Hara are just some of the lucky ladies who worked with Aron who have nothing but praise for him. His Beach Ball co-star, Chris Noel, gushed in the book, Fantasy Femmes of Sixties Cinema that "Aron Kincaid is a great guy. He was one of the most fun people I met in Hollywood."

Kincaid's career wasn't limited to the beach. He also appeared on a number of TV shows during the sixties and seventies including Thriller, Our Man Higgins, Death Valley Days, The Beverly Hillbillies, The New People, Love, American Style, The Smith Family and a regular gig on Bachelor Father during its last season.

Like all actors in Hollywood, Kincaid had a number of career highs (the snappy Walt Disney musical, The Happiest Millionaire and the Emmy Award winning TV-Movie A Storm in Summer) and lows (Creature of Destruction and The Proud and the Damned).Cartoon fans may recognize Kincaid's baritone as he has voiced a number of animated characters including Sky Lynx on Transformers, Killer Croc on Batman: The Animated Series and the Iron Sheik on Rock ‘N' Wrestling.

Despite his long, varied career, Aron Kincaid's beach movies and stint at American International Pictures are what has given him cult status.

Today, Aron Kincaid is an accomplished actor, painter and voiceover artist. He seems to have settled down into a contented life in his studio in Beverly Hills ("It's not at all like [Beverly Hills] 90210 even though that is my zip code. Tori Spelling is the farthest thing you could find around my house.") His California landscapes (signed N. N. Williams II) are sold at Joan Irvine Smith Fine Arts, Inc and over the web. Red Productions (http://www.redprods.com) offers his Hollywood caricatures that were painted in the early seventies.

Aron still does an occasional voiceover gig when they are offered but acting in front of the camera is out of the question. "The pressure today is unbelievable," opines Kincaid. "Movies are filmed with that horrible MTV mentality."