Carl Switzer

Born: 1927-08-07

Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer was born on August 7, 1927 in Paris, Illinois, USA as Carl Dean Switzer. He was an actor, known for The Defiant Ones (1958), Our Gang Follies of 1938(1937) and I Love You Again (1940). He was married to Dian Collingwood. He died on January 21, 1959 in Mission Hills, California, USA.


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as Freddie Othello
Released: 1946-12-20

A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the...

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White Christmas

as Bennie Haynes
Released: 1954-10-14

Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show...

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Going My Way

as Herman Langerhanke (uncredited)
Released: 1944-01-01

Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining...

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A Letter to Three Wives

as Leo, Second Messenger (uncredited)
Released: 1949-01-20

A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is...

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The Defiant Ones

as Angus
Released: 1958-08-14

Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.

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State of the Union

as Bellboy
Released: 1948-04-30

An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on...

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House by the River

as Walter Herbert, office boy
Released: 1950-03-25

Wealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills...

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The High and the Mighty

as Ensign Keim
Released: 1954-07-03

Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command...

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Pat and Mike

as Bus Boy
Released: 1952-06-13

Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies...

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The Human Comedy

as Auggie (uncredited)
Released: 1943-03-02

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his...

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I Love You Again

as Leonard Harkspur Jr.
Released: 1940-08-09

Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and...

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Cause for Alarm!

as Guy with Tex
Released: 1951-03-30

A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and...

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Track of the Cat

as Joe Sam
Released: 1954-11-19

A family saga: In a stunning mountain valley ranch setting near Aspen, complex and dangerous...

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Island in the Sky

as Sonny Hopper
Released: 1953-09-05

A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of...

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Courage of Lassie

as First Youth
Released: 1946-11-08

Bill's separated from his litter, making friends with the wild creatures until he's found and...

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Francis in the Navy

as Timekeeper
Released: 1955-08-24

In the U. S. Army intelligence office, bumbling lieutenant Peter Stirling receives a coded...

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Between Heaven and Hell

as Savage
Released: 1956-10-11

Sam Gifford remembers : In prewar years he was an arrogant southern cotton plantation owner,...

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Man Alive

as Ignatius Lafferty (uncredited)
Released: 1945-11-16

A reportedly dead man haunts his wife and her boyfriend.

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Reg'lar Fellers

as Bump Hudson
Released: 1941-09-05

Based on the comic strip by Gene Byrnes, the "Reg'lar Fellers", and one girl-feller, tinker with...

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Hollywood’s Children

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1982-02-24

A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy...

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Big Town Scandal

as Frankie Snead
Released: 1948-05-27

A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers...

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There's One Born Every Minute

as Junior Twine
Released: 1942-06-26

A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the...

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Driftwood

as Messenger boy
Released: 1947-09-15

An orphan helps a doctor fight an epidemic in a small western town, in one of Allan Dwan’s...

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Barnyard Follies

as Alfalfa
Released: 1940-10-05

A country orphanage puts on a show with some musicians to save their 4H club from being shut...

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My Favorite Blonde

as Frederick (uncredited)
Released: 1942-04-02

Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he...

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Night 'n' Gales

as Alfalfa (as Our Gang)
Released: 1937-07-24

Because of a storm, the Gang has to stay overnight at Darla's house, and they drive her father...

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The War Against Mrs. Hadley

as Telegram Delivery Boy
Released: 1942-08-07

Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid...

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Our Gang Follies of 1938

as Alfalfa
Released: 1937-12-18

Alfalfa gives up being "King of the Crooners" to sing opera, but a nightmare of being under the...

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Beginner's Luck

as Arizona Nightengale
Released: 1935-02-23

Spanky's mother pushes him to join a local theater amateur night.

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Stage Mother

as 'Irish Eyes' Singer
Released: 1933-09-29

Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls...

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On Our Merry Way

as Leopold 'Zoot' Wirtz
Released: 1948-02-03

Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper...

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Bear Facts

as Alfalfa
Released: 1938-03-05

In an effort to impress Darla, Alfalfa tells her that he's a famous bear trainer. Little does he...

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Together Again

as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Released: 1944-12-23

Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor...

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Arbor Day

as Alfalfa
Released: 1936-05-02

Truant officers mistake 2 midgets for members of the gang.

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The Ice Follies of 1939

as Small Boy (Uncredited)
Released: 1939-03-10

Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary...

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Three Smart Boys

as Alfalfa (as Our Gang)
Released: 1937-05-13

When they overhear Miss Witherspoon, the school superintendent, say that nothing short of an...

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Alias the Champ

as Newsboy (uncredited)
Released: 1949-10-15

Slammin’ Sammy Menacker is killed in the ring, and Gorgeous George (in his only film appearance)...

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Dixie

as Boy in Street (uncredited)
Released: 1943-06-23

A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he...

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Flight Nurse

as Soldier with Wounded Arm
Released: 1953-11-15

In this war drama, set during the Korean War, an Air Force nurse gets involved in a love...

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General Spanky

as Alfalfa
Released: 1936-12-11

Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There...

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Our Gang Follies of 1936

as Alfalfa
Released: 1935-11-29

The gang puts on a show, everything goes well, except they're missing an act.

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Redwood Forest Trail

as Alfie
Released: 1950-09-18

Forest Ranger and singing cowboy, Rex Allen, attempts to save a camp for underprivileged boys...

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She Wouldn't Say Yes

as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Released: 1945-11-29

Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Before returning by train to her...

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The Lucky Corner

as Alfalfa
Released: 1936-03-14

The gang help Scotty and his grandfather after an obnoxious lunch counter owner forces them to...

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Sprucin' Up

as Alfalfa
Released: 1935-06-01

A new truant officer moves into the neighborhood, and everybody wants to get friendly with his...

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The Gas House Kids in Hollywood

as Alfalfa
Released: 1947-08-23

The Gas House Kids, the very poor man's Bowery Boys, head for Hollywood.

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Kelly the Second

as Boy with Stomach Ache (uncredited)
Released: 1936-08-21

A feisty Irish woman turns a truck driver into a championship boxer.

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Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)
Released: 1984-01-01

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they...

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Party Fever

as Alfalfa
Released: 1938-08-27

Alfalfa, Butch and Waldo compete for Mayor For A Day. Whoever becomes Mayor gets to take Darla...

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Motorcycle Gang

as Speed
Released: 1957-10-22

A troublemaker returns to town only to find his old tearaway pals have joined a supervised...

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Pay As You Exit

as Alfalfa
Released: 1936-10-23

The "Our Gang" kids stage a production of "Romeo and Juliet," but the show is threatened when...

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I Dream of Jeanie

as Freddie (as Carl Dean Switzer)
Released: 1952-06-15

The life and career of famed American composer Stephen Foster.

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Dad for a Day

as Alfalfa
Released: 1939-10-20

The "Our Gang" kids encourage a shy man to take a widow and her son to a picnic.

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Good Bad Boys

as Alfalfa
Released: 1940-09-07

Alfalfa and the gang decide to turn to a life of crime, but Spanky tries to trick them with a...

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The Our Gang Story

as Alfalfa (archive footage)
Released: 1994-01-01

Join all you favorites--Spanky, Buckwheat, Alfalfa, Darla, Butch, Froggy and more--in a...

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Our Gang - Comedy Festival

as Alfalfa
Released: 2001-05-15

Featuring the most riotous Rascals of all. This hilarious comedy compilation spans more than...

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Henry and Dizzy

as Billy Weeks
Released: 1942-06-05

After accidentally sinking a borrowed motorboat, teenager Henry Aldrich scrambles to raise the...

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Mail and Female

as Alfalfa / Cousin Amelia (as Our Gang)
Released: 1937-11-12

The Gang's male members, headed by Spanky, decided to create the "He-Man Woman Haters Club" in...

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Wild and Woolly

as Zero
Released: 1937-07-19

Child star Jane Withers along with fellow kiddie favorites like Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and...

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Hide and Shriek

as Alfalfa, alias X-10
Released: 1938-06-18

Detective Alfalfa and his assistants Buckwheat and Porky try to solve a missing-candy case but...

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Dog Daze

as Alfalfa
Released: 1939-07-01

The Gang owes 37 cents to Butch, so they try to raise money by rounding up stray dogs for the...

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Teacher's Beau

as Alfalfa
Released: 1935-04-27

The gang tries to dissuade their teacher from getting married.

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Two Dollar Bettor

as Chuck Nordlinger
Released: 1951-09-09

An honest guy gets trapped into the world of horse racing and his once prosperous life becomes a...

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Dig That Uranium

as Shifty Robertson
Released: 1955-12-25

The boys buy a uranium mine out west, but when they get there they find that it's pretty much...

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Bored of Education

as Alfalfa
Released: 1936-08-20

Spanky and Alfalfa fake a toothache to get out of school. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive...

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Spooky Hooky

as Alfalfa
Released: 1936-12-24

The gang puts a phony absent note on their teacher's desk so they can go to the circus, then...

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All About Hash

as Alfalfa
Released: 1940-03-30

Mickey's parents are constantly quarreling because his mother serves hash every Monday night....

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Second Childhood

as Alfalfa
Released: 1936-04-11

A lonely, rich, hypochondriac is celebrating her 65th birthday in the same manner in which she...

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Shantytown

as Bindy
Released: 1943-04-20

Liz lives with her mother and stepfather in a boarding house on the "wrong side of the tracks"

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Feed 'em and Weep

as Alfalfa
Released: 1938-05-06

It's Mr. Hood's birthday and he's looking forward to a quiet celebration with his family. But...

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Tiny Troubles

as Alfalfa Switzer
Released: 1939-02-18

Alfalfa "trades in" his whining baby brother for another baby--who turns out to be a midget...

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The WAC From Walla Walla

as Pvt. Cronkheit (uncredited)
Released: 1952-10-10

An unsophisticated country girl accidentally joins the army.

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Rosie the Riveter

as Buzz Prouty
Released: 1944-04-08

In this romantic wartime comedy, four female defense plant workers share a house with four male...

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The Pinch Singer

as Alfalfa
Released: 1936-01-03

Alfalfa and our gang try to win fifty dollars on a radio contest.

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Came the Brawn

as Alfalfa
Released: 1938-04-15

Alfalfa enters a rigged wrestling match against the Masked Marvel, unaware that neighborhood...

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Little Papa

as Alfalfa
Released: 1935-09-21

The gang wants Spanky to come out and play football, but he has to make sure his baby sister is...

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Glove Taps

as Alfalfa
Released: 1937-02-20

Butch challenges Alfalfa to a fight.

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Easy to Take

as Alfred Bottle
Released: 1936-11-06

To boost the ratings of a kiddie show, the host agrees to take guardianship of of a bratty boy...

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Rascal Dazzle

as Alfalfa
Released: 1981-01-01

The Most Memorable Adventures from the "Our Gang Comedies" aka "The Little Rascals", Narrated By...

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The Great Mike

as Speck
Released: 1944-11-15

Story of a boy and his horse. Mike is the horse and is owned by Speck and his best friend Jimmy,...

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Johnny Doughboy

as Alfalfa
Released: 1942-12-31

As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career,...

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Reunion in Rhythm

as Alfalfa
Released: 1937-01-08

The gang puts on a musical show at a reunion for some of the former Gang kids.

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Scandal Street

as Bennie Nordskudder
Released: 1938-02-11

Joe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American...

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The Pigskin Palooka

as Alfalfa (as Our Gang)
Released: 1937-10-23

While Alfalfa was away at military school, his letters to his friends back home bragged about...

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Hearts Are Thumps

as Alfalfa
Released: 1937-04-03

The gang promises to keep away from girls on St. Valentine's Day, but Alfalfa can't resist Darla.

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Canned Fishing

as Alfalfa
Released: 1938-02-12

Spanky and Alfalfa plot to play hooky so they can go fishing, by pretending that Alfalfa is sick...

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Alfalfa's Double

as Alfalfa / Cornelius 'Corny'
Released: 1940-01-20

Our Gang member Alfalfa comes face to face with his wealthy lookalike Cornelius.

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Goin' Fishin'

as Alfalfa
Released: 1940-10-26

The gang is going fishing and wants to get an early start, but they end up causing all sorts of...

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Framing Youth

as Alfalfa
Released: 1937-09-11

Alfalfa and Butch are competing in an amateur radio contest, and Butch tries to fix it so that...

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Rushin' Ballet

as Alfalfa (as Our Gang)
Released: 1937-04-24

While trying to track down Butch, Spanky and Alfalfa get caught up in a dance recital.

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Two Too Young

as Alfalfa
Released: 1936-09-25

Spanky and Alfalfa try to get Porky's and Buckwheat's fireworks.

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This Is My Love

as Customer
Released: 1954-10-27

A single woman tries to keep her sister from another man by framing her for her husband's murder.

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The Little Rascals: Scary Spooktacular

as Alfalfa
Released: 2011-09-20

The only thing more outrageous than The Little Rascals' antics are their wild imaginations! See...

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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

as Billy Wiggs
Released: 1942-10-01

In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of...

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Captain Spanky's Show Boat

as Alfalfa (uncredited)
Released: 1939-09-08

An abandoned old show boat is moored in a lazy creek. The Our Gang put the old vessel back to...

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Cousin Wilbur

as Alfalfa
Released: 1939-04-29

Alfalfa introduces his prissy, snooty cousin Wilbur to the gang. He instantly gets on everyone's...

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Three Men in a Tub

as Alfalfa
Released: 1938-03-26

Alfalfa and the gang build their own "speedboat" powered by ducks, and challenge Waldo to a race...

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The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D

as Alfalfa
Released: 2012-10-30

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Gas House Kids

as Sammy Levine
Released: 1946-10-08

The Gas House Kids tackle a gang of criminals in the hope of winning the reward and helping a...

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The Big Premiere

as Alfalfa
Released: 1940-03-09

It is a premiere night at the Fox Carthay Circle theater, and the Our Gang show up to observe...

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The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection (Centennial Edition)

as Alfalfa
Released: 2022-11-15

A must-have for any true Our Gang fan, this 6-disc set also includes over 4 hours of bonus...

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Waldo's Last Stand

as Alfalfa
Released: 1940-10-05

The gang offers to help their pal Waldo attract customers to his lemonade stand. Redecorating...

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Roamin' Holiday

as Alfalfa (as Our Gang)
Released: 1937-06-11

The gang runs away from home, but meet up with a kindly old couple.

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The Awful Tooth

as Alfalfa
Released: 1938-05-26

When one of the Our Gang kids finds money under his pillow after losing a tooth, all the kids...

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Clown Princes

as Alfalfa
Released: 1939-04-14

The Our Gang kids put on a circus in the barn to raise money to help Porky's family pay the rent...

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Divot Diggers

as Alfalfa
Released: 1936-02-08

When the caddies at the local golf course go on strike, the gang steps in to earn some money.

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Fishy Tales

as Alfalfa
Released: 1937-08-28

Alfalfa tries to back out of a fight by pretending to be incapacitated.

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Joy Scouts

as Alfalfa
Released: 1939-06-24

The Boys Scouts give a demonstration of their camping skills, but Our Gang are excluded from...

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Little Sinner

as Alfalfa
Released: 1935-10-25

Rather than go to church, Spanky decides to go fishing - with disastrous results.

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Southern Exposure

as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Released: 1935-04-05

Connie Chase receives a letter from Chaseville in Chase County, Kentucky, informing her that her...

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The Little Rascals: The Pirates of Our Gang

as Alfalfa
Released: 1934-09-28

See the Gang get a lesson on piracy and playing hooky in Shiver My Timbers, watch Spanky take on...

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Gas House Kids Go West

as Alfalfa
Released: 1947-06-12

The second of three "Bowery Boys" rip-offs produced by bargain-basement Producers Releasing...

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The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 6

as uncredited
Released: 2022-06-14

A must-have for any true Our Gang fan, Volume 6 features the talents of George "Spanky"...

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The Little Rascals - CENTENNIAL BONUS DISC

as uncredited
Released: 2023-04-18

The BONUS DISC included in the Centennial Collection.

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The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5

as uncredited
Released: 2022-04-05

The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5 contains the next 12 Our Gang sound...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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