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Baby Richie Was Played by Twins

Before baby Richie magically aged three years on the show, he was played by two twin boys, Joseph Wright and Julius Wright, but the producers didn’t want you to know that. Instead, He was credited as Joseph Julius Wright.

This was common practice with child actors and happened on another popular ’90s sitcom. On Full House which starred Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as the youngest Tanner daughter, the twins were originally credited as Mary-Kate Ashley Olsen. Since California has strict labor laws that put a limit on how many hours child actors can work each day, it makes sense to cast twins to double shooting time.