(September 15, 1922- )
Acted in 'Skippy (1931),' 'Sooky (1931),' 'The Champ (1931),' ' Peck's Bad Boy (1934),' 'Treasure Island (1934)' and 'Superman (1978)'
Starred in the series 'Hennesey' and 'The People's Choice'
Directed episodes of 'M*A*S*H,' 'The White Shadow' and 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'

His career peaked before he was 13.
The director of his star-making role in 'Skippy' was his uncle (nepotism).
To make him cry for the film 'Skippy,' the director told him that they were going to shoot his dog.
He fell asleep on Marie Dressler's lap at the Oscar ceremony the year he was nominated for 'Skippy.'
After Lionel Barrymore beat him out for the Oscar, he came up to Jackie and said 'You deserved this, but they gave it to me because they think I'm going to die soon.'

He was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar when he was 10.
He served in the US navy in World War II.
He was head of production at Screen Gems in the 1960s.
He won two Emmys as a director.
He has been married to the same woman for fifty years.

Credit: Professor Moriarty

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