(September 16, 1926-September 24, 2005)
Born in Dallas, Texas
Appeared in Our Gang/Little Rascals shorts as Tommy (1933-34) and Butch (1936-40)
Portrayed Joey Pepper in the 'Five Little Pepper' films (1939-40)
Portrayed Chimp in the Gas House Kids films (1947)
Portrayed Jimmy Olsen in Superman film serials (1948-50)
Provided the voice of Owl Jolson in the Tex Avery cartoon 'I Love to Singa' (1936)
Wrote the autobiography 'Darn Right It's Butch' (1994)

He was dropped from 'Our Gang' after a year before being brought back as the series' bully.
He turned down a chance to reprise Jimmy Olsen for TV's 'The Adventures of Superman.'
He said, 'The Hollywood I grew up in used to be wonderful and magical place with great folks. Now it is somewhere I would never want to be.'

Although he and Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer were antagonists in the 'Our Gang' films, they were best friends off screen.
He made a successful transition to behind the camera, working as an assistant TV director and as prop manager for Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.
He was married to his wife Polly for 52 years until his death.

Credit: C. Fishel

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