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Billie Thomas first appeared in the 1934 Our Gang shorts For Pete's Sake!, The First Round-Up, and Washee Ironee as a background player. The "Buckwheat" character was a girl at this time, portrayed by Our Gang kid Matthew "Stymie" Beard's younger sister Carlena in For Pete's Sake!, and by Willie Mae Walton in three other shorts.
Louis Charles "B. W." Stevenson (October 5, 1949 – April 28, 1988) [2] (originally known as Buckwheat Stevenson) was an American country pop singer and musician, working in a genre now called progressive country. "B.
Bagley also portrayed Buckwheat in the feature film adaptation of 1994 of The Little Rascals, [1] and along with his Fresh Prince co star Will Smith he appeared in the film Independence Day (1996). Just months after The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ended, he appeared on the Children's Tylenol commercial.
He originated iconic characters like Buckwheat, a street-wise spoof of Mr. Rogers called Mister Robinson, and a more cynical version of Gumby. ... the 56-year-old starred in "The Dead Zone" for ...
Where There's Smoke There's Fire is an album by the American musician Buckwheat Zydeco, released in 1990. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Zydeco and his band, Ils Sont Partis, supported the album with a North American tour. [ 3 ]
Upon learning of Hood's death, fellow Our Gang member Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas said "I hate to hear it. It's a shock. She was an awfully nice person, a fine woman. We got along real good as kids." Thomas died a little over a year later. [6] Our Gang members Matthew "Stymie" Beard and Mickey Laughlin attended her funeral. [7]
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.
Robert Carlin Donahue Jr. (August 16, 1951 – October 14, 2019), better known as "Buckwheat" Donahue, was an American folklorist, storyteller, entertainer, historian, adventurer, and four-time gold-panning champion, [1] best known for his involvement in many different aspects of life in Alaska's Inside Passage. Although known for his time in ...