Underrated Child actors of past and present- Page 3

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 11:46am

Claude Jarman, Jr.

Updated On: 10/10/06 at 11:46 AM

[justme2]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 12:38pm

Was Tommy Kirk the kid in "Thw Window", from the 1950's?

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 12:42pm

Tommy Kirk was the kid in Old Yeller, not sure about The Window.

He's an out and proud Mickey Mouse Clubber...unlike Bobby, who still maintains his straightness.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 12:48pm

Bobby Driscoll was the kid in The Window.

[Chevstriss]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 12:56pm

[justme2]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 2:19pm

Good Lord who is that above?

Thanks MrMidwest for the Driscoll info!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 2:21pm

that's Marjoe Gortner, justme.

He was a kid evangelist who ended up on The Love Boat, then nowhere.

[Chevstriss]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 2:21pm

Good Lord is right. That's little Marjoe fleecing the flocks at age 5, 1948.

He was never on Love Boat.

Updated On: 10/10/06 at 02:21 PM

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 2:30pm

oops...sorry...I meant he was on "Fantasy Island". Twice....and "Hotel"...and Circus of the Stars 5 times.

[justme2]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 2:31pm

Thanks!

Any of you ever seen the fantastic documentary style movie called "The Little Fugitive"? I caught that years ago, and still have a VHS of it. It's from the mid fifties, and chronicles the journey of a NY kid (about 6) running away to Coney Island after his brother tricks him into believing that he killed him.

[Chevstriss]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 2:32pm

did that really happen? or a scripted docu?

[justme2]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 4:28pm

Scripted documentary, and it was really very well done. The 6 year old actor (name escapes me -tape at home) was perfect in the role, and the storyline, as well as the footage of Coney Island...was great. I highly recommend it, if you can find it!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 4:39pm

Richie Andrusco played the title character

The Little Fugitive is considered a classic.

Updated On: 10/10/06 at 04:39 PM

[morosco]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 4:42pm

Ben Tibber gave a remarkable performance in "I Am David".

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 5:46pm

I really liked Miko Hughes until Mercury Rising and that killed it for me. Just awful.

Andrei Chalimon was absolutely heartbreaking in Kolya. One of the best performances by a child I've ever seen. The scene in the bathtub where he tries to call his dead mother on the telephone is utterly devastating.

I also loved Brad Renfro (The Client, Apt Pupil) and Lucas Black (Sling Blade, American Gothic).

[justme2]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 7:14pm

Thanks Doodle! I can't post pictures..but would have! I assume you saw it then?

[hannahshule]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 7:35pm

Don't we have a whole thread devoted to Marjoe?

[theatrebabe]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 7:56pm

These two girls.

[hannahshule]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 8:25pm

^^^what's amazing is that they're sisters in real life too.

[theatrebabe]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 9:50pm

Yeah! I read that. Talented family.

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 10:25pm

Totally agree about Virginia Weidler. Wonderful actress. Quit MGM in 1943 and show biz in 1945. Became a wife and mother and died young when only in her early '40s.

Marsha Mae Jones. Heartbreakingly good in THESE THREE and HEIDI.

Bobby Breen.

[justme2]

Posted: 10/10/06 at 11:33pm

Weidler was a master at her craft and she started very early, thanks to her opera star mother. I saw her in a movie called "Girl of the Ozarks" a rare film to find from 1934 or 1935. Think she was around 7 or so. It was a lead role for her and she had the accent down and mannerisms as well. A true talent.

How sad to find out she died so young.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 12:59am

I liked Danielle Harris in Halloween 4 quite a bit.

I also think the girl who played Izzy on Avonlea was very good.

Kim Richards gave a solid performance in Escape to Witch Mountain. As did her sister Kyle in Halloween and Watcher in the Woods.

[justme2]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 1:44am

I kinda liked Mikki Allen's performance in REGARDING HENRY (Harrsion Ford and Annette Bening). I think she was about 11 or 12 when she made the film, and she was heartbreaking.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 1:59am

Alakina Mann was terrific in The Others.