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1. Relatives. Harold "Slim" Switzer (brother) Carl Dean Switzer (August 8, 1927 [1] – January 21, 1959) was an American singer, child actor, dog breeder, and guide. He was best known for his role as Alfalfa in the short subjects series Our Gang. Switzer began his career as a child actor in the mid-1930s appearing in the Our Gang short ...
Early in 1935, new cast members Carl Switzer and his brother Harold joined Our Gang after impressing Roach with an impromptu musical performance at the studio commissary. While Harold would eventually be relegated to the role of a background player, Carl, nicknamed "Alfalfa", eventually replaced Scotty Beckett as Spanky's sidekick.
However, "King of Crooners" Alfalfa (Carl Switzer), the star of the show, crashes the swing music based show with his off-key rendition of "The Barber of Seville", having secretly decided he is going to sing opera from now on. Spanky closes the curtain on Alfalfa and sends out another act to replace him, causing Alfalfa to walk out and take his ...
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)
November 10, 1935 (1935-11-10) Running time. 18 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Our Gang Follies of 1936 is a 1935 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Gus Meins. Produced by Hal Roach and released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was the 140th Our Gang short to be released and the first of several musical entries in ...
62 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. The Gas House Kids "in Hollywood" is a 1947 American comedy feature directed by Edward Cahn and starring Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Benny Bartlett, Rudy Wissler, and Tommy Bond. It was the third and last in the series of Gas House Kids films, about a group of unruly boys from New York City.
Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer [Note 1] as Ens. Keim, USCG (ASR Pilot, Alameda) Robert Keys as Lt. Mowbray, USCG (ASR Pilot, Alameda) William Hopper as Roy (Sally McKee's fiancé) William Schallert as TOPAC Dispatcher (San Francisco) Julie Mitchum as Susie Wilby (Mrs. Lenny Wilby) Doe Avedon as Miss Spalding (Flight Attendant) Karen Sharpe as Nell Buck
Carl Switzer reprised his "Alfalfa" character in two of these films. Tommy Bond was also featured in the cast. Curley (August 23, 1947) and Who Killed Doc Robbin (April 9, 1948), two Streamliners produced by Hal Roach and Robert F. McGowan and directed by Bernard Carr with a similar cast and tone as the Our Gang comedies.