stuckincincy Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 Spanky and Our Gang's "Alfalfa" - Carl Switzer - was shot to death. I never knew that - evidently, he, his father and his siblings were seriously whacked-out people... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842813/bio
duey Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 What a messed up career. Almost all of his roles after Our Gang were minor and/or uncredited. And how about him being an uncredited slave in The Ten Commandments? I wonder if it's possible to pick him out...might have to give it a try next time I watch it.
Zona Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 I know he was in Its a Wonderful Life. He was in the Dance scene at the HS, hitting on Donna Reed, when Jimmy Stewart tells him to "Stop annoying people"... Sounds like his personal life was kind of F'ed up....
Marv's Neighbor Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 So that Eddy Murphy SNL skit about Buckwheat getting shot was based was based on fact! I didn't know that.
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