Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals

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This was still a big deal even when I was growing up..
Kids from all walks could identify with the characters..

TV was in it's infancy and these shows ruled the air waves

The only cast member I could find alive was
Sidney Henry Kibrick
July 2, 1928 (age 96)
Minneapolis, Minnesota


Here's a few of the actors,
Thanks for the laughs



Our Gang (also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals) is an American series
of comedy short films chronicling a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures.

Unlike many motion pictures featuring children and based in fantasy,
producer/creator Hal Roach rooted Our Gang in real life: most of the children were poor,
and the gang was often at odds with snobbish "rich kids", officious adults, parents,
and other such adversaries.

1922–1925: early years

According to Roach, the idea for Our Gang came to him in 1921, when he was auditioning a
child actress to appear in a film. The girl was, in his opinion, overly made up and overly rehearsed,
and Roach waited for the audition to be over. After the girl and her mother left the office, Roach
looked out of his window to a lumberyard across the street, where he saw some children having
an argument. The children had all taken sticks from the lumberyard to play with, but the
smallest child had the biggest stick, and the others were trying to force him to give it to the biggest child.
After realizing that he had been watching the children bicker for 15 minutes,
Roach thought a short film series about children just being themselves might be a success.






Born Sidney Henry Kibrick
July 2, 1928 (age 96)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Occupation Former film child actor
Years active 1933–1943






Born Thomas Ross Bond
September 16, 1926
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Died September 24, 2005 (aged 79)
Northridge, California, U.S.






Born Michael James Gubitosi
September 18, 1933
Nutley, New Jersey, U.S.
Died March 9, 2023 (aged 89)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.






Born Robert E. Hutchins
March 29, 1925
Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Died May 17, 1945 (aged 20)
Merced, California, U.S.







Born Matthew Beard Jr.
January 1, 1925
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died January 8, 1981 (aged 56)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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Mary Ann Jackson
Born January 14, 1923
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died December 17, 2003 (aged 80)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Joe Frank Cobb
November 7, 1916
Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died May 21, 2002 (aged 85)
Santa Ana, California, U.S.
Occupation Child actor

Jackie Cooper

Born John Cooper Jr.
September 15, 1922
Los Angeles, California
Died May 3, 2011 (aged 88)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.

Eugene Gordon Lee
Born October 25, 1933
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Died October 16, 2005 (aged 71)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

Dorothy Adelle DeBorba
March 28, 1925
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died June 2, 2010 (aged 85)
Walnut Creek, California, U.S.

Darwood Kenneth Smith
"rich kid Waldo"
September 8, 1929
Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.
Died May 15, 2002 (aged 72)
Riverside, California, U.S.

Born Carl Dean Switzer
August 7, 1927
Paris, Illinois, U.S.
Died January 21, 1959 (aged 31)
Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death - Homicide by gunshot wound

Born Darla Jean Hood
November 8, 1931
Leedey, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died June 13, 1979 (aged 47)
North Hollywood, California, U.S.

Born George Robert Phillips McFarland or George Emmett McFarland
October 2, 1928
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Died June 30, 1993 (aged 64)
Grapevine, Texas, U.S.

Born William Robert Laughlin
July 5, 1932
San Gabriel, California, U.S.
Died August 31, 1948 (aged 16)
La Puente, California, U.S.
Cause of death Traffic collision

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