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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
During a slow day at school, Alfalfa spends penmanship class writing a note to Spanky, informing his pal that the two "little kids", Buckwheat and Porky, have firecrackers and that Spanky should think of a way to relieve them of their possessions.
Switzer began his career as a child actor in the mid-1930s appearing in the Our Gang short subjects series as Alfalfa, one of the series' most popular and best-remembered characters. After leaving the series in 1940, Switzer struggled to find substantial roles owing to typecasting. As an adult, he appeared mainly in bit parts and B-movies. He ...
Carl Switzer as Alfalfa ... Many of the regular adult actors in Our Gang also frequently appeared in other Hal Roach ... most notably Mr. Crutch in Shrimps for a Day ...
The film focused more on the adult leads (Phillips Holmes and Rosina Lawrence) than the children and was a box office disappointment. [33] No further Our Gang features were made. George McFarland, Darla Hood, and Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer in the "Club Spanky" dream sequence from the 1937 short Our Gang Follies of 1938.
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.
At school, the kids trudge through their Arbor Day recitals and songs (Alfalfa contributes a squeaky rendition of Joyce Kilmer's "Trees" set to music by Oscar Rasbach.) When the midgets-in-disguise offer to join in the show, they contribute a shimmy routine which shocks the entire audience of faculty and parents.
Founded in 1941, Country Day was the first independent school in Charlotte, according to its website. The school remains one of the largest independent, coeducational college prep schools in the ...