U.S. actor and performer David Cassidy was arrested and charged with drunken driving on Wednesday (August 21).

SCHODACK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 21, 2013) (SCHODACK POLICE DEPARTMENT) - Former teenage idol David Cassidy of 1970s U.S. television series "The Partridge Family" was arrested and charged with felony drunken driving on Wednesday (August 21), authorities said.

Cassidy, who shot to stardom as an actor and singer in the early 1970s, failed a field sobriety test and was booked at Rensselaer County Jail for driving while intoxicated, authorities said. His blood-alcohol concentration was 0.1, above the state's limit of .08, they said.

He was held on $2,500 bail, which he later posted.

Cassidy was arrested in 2010 in Florida, where he has a home, on suspicion of drunken driving. Authorities said his misdemeanor conviction in that case led to Wednesday's felony charge. If found guilty, he could face up to four years in prison.

Cassidy's shag haircut and baby-faced looks made him a worldwide teenage heartthrob in the 1970s, with hits like "Cherish" and "I Think I Love You" during the run of the "The Partridge Family," about a family of pop singers. Since then he has appeared on Broadway, in U.S. stage shows and in films.