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Carl Dean Switzer (August 7, 1927 [1] – January 21, 1959) was an American child actor, comic singer, dog breeder, and guide. He was best known for his role as Alfalfa in the Our Gang series of short-subject comedies. Switzer (rhyming with "Schweitzer", as referenced in the 1939 film Alfalfa's Aunt) began his
Switzer was born in Paris, Illinois, the first son of George Frederick (1905–1960) and Gladys C. Shanks Switzer (1904–1997).He and younger brother, Carl, became famous around their hometown for their musical talent and performances; both sang and played a number of instruments.
Carl Switzer; Darla Hood; Shirley Coates; Leonard Landy; Harold Switzer; Mickey Gubitosi (replaced first Junior, and then Porky, in 1939) Billy Laughlin as Froggy (joined in 1940, replaced Alfalfa in 1941) Janet Burston (made guest appearances from 1940 until she replaced Darla in 1942)
Billy Halop had only agreed to the one picture, and was no longer available for a sequel. The Gas House Kids series was now built around Halop's co-star Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer with a new cast of kids, and resulted in two features: Gas House Kids Go West and The Gas House Kids in Hollywood (both 1947). The series came to an abrupt end when the ...
Twenty-six-year-old Clooney played older sister Betty and 33-year-old Vera-Ellen played the younger sister Judy. Even more striking is the age difference between Rosemary and her male counterpart.
After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Bond returned to acting, and appeared in two Gas House Kids features alongside former on-screen rival Carl Switzer. In the late 1940s, Bond became the first actor to portray cub reporter Jimmy Olsen in two Superman film serials: Superman (1948) and Atom Man vs. Superman (1950).
Switzer is the surname of the following people Barbara Switzer (born 1940), English trade unionist; Barry Switzer (born 1937), American football coach; Bill Switzer (born 1984), Canadian actor; Bob Switzer (1914–1997), American inventor of fluorescent paint; Carl Switzer (1927–1959), American actor and singer
A sequel to For Pete's Sake! (which also featured William Wagner and Leonard Kibrick as a father/son villain team), The Lucky Corner was filmed and completed in mid-1935. . However, the short was withheld from release until March 1936, by which time Scotty Beckett, one of the principal Our Gang kids in the short, had departed the s