David Stollery

Born: 1941-02-18

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   David John Stollery, III (born January 18, 1941, in Los Angeles, California), is a former American child actor and, as an adult, a noted industrial designer. He appeared in numerous Disney movies and television programs in the 1950s. He is best known for his teenage role as the loner "Marty" in the television serials Spin and Marty on the Mickey Mouse Club in the mid-1950s. At the age of seven, he was named "Child Actor of the Year" for his role in the Broadway production On Borrowed Time. He then appeared in several films, including A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court in 1949 and Where Danger Lives in 1950. In the early 1950s, Stollery appeared in various television programs, including I Love Lucy, Dragnet, My Friend Irma, The Red Skelton Show, and The Ray Milland Show. It was on the latter program, in the role of "The Prodigy", that Walt Disney took notice of his acting and had the 14-year old signed to a Disney Studio contract for the lead character of "Marty Markham" in the Spin and Marty serials televised on the Mickey Mouse Club between 1955 and 1957.  In 2000, Stollery and Tim Considine, his co-star in the Spin and Marty serials, made cameo appearances in The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior, a made-for-TV movie on the ABC network. A DVD version of the Adventures of Spin & Marty was released in December 2005 as part of the fifth wave of the Walt Disney Treasures series. On the 50th anniversary of the serial's premiere, Stollery and Considine (who are nineteen days apart in age) are interviewed by Leonard Maltin as a DVD bonus feature about their experiences filming the hit series. After his teenage years, Stollery decided not to continue acting as a fulltime career. He studied design at the Art Center College of Design, then became an automobile designer with General Motors and later Toyota. At Toyota, he designed the second generation A40 Series Toyota Celica in 1978. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Stollery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Jack and the Beanstalk

as Donald Larkin
Released: 1952-04-07

A young boy trades the family cow for magic beans. Ascending the beanstalk with the butcher who...

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Where Danger Lives

as Dickie - Boy Patient (uncredited)
Released: 1950-11-16

A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the...

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Storm Fear

as David
Released: 1955-12-16

A wounded bank robber takes over his brother's home.

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

as Billy (uncredited)
Released: 1949-04-18

A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is...

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Drango

as Jeb Bryant
Released: 1957-01-01

A few months after the end of the civil war, Major Drango is sent as military governor in a...

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Darling, How Could You!

as Cosmo
Released: 1951-08-08

Two absentee American parents get to know their three children again after spending five years...

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Ten Who Dared

as Andrew 'Andy' Hall
Released: 1960-11-01

The John Wesley Powell expedition of 1869 explores the dangerous Colorado River, withstands...

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Peggy

as Little Boy in Library
Released: 1950-07-01

Professor Brookfield along with daughters Peggy and Susan move to small town Pasadena,...

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Westward Ho, The Wagons!

as Dan Thompson
Released: 1956-12-20

The pioneering trail to Oregon was littered with constant danger. Yet, the hope of the "promised...

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Tales of Robin Hood

as Robin as a Boy
Released: 1951-12-21

The story of Robin Hood, how he met his Merry Men and Maid Marian, and saved England from Sir...

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Her Twelve Men

as Jeff Carlin
Released: 1954-08-11

An inexperienced female teacher is hired at a private elite school for boys where she raises a...

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I Love Lucy

as Timmy Hudson (uncredited)
First aired: 1951-10-15

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife....

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The Wonderful World of Disney

as Commissioner Stollery
First aired: 1997-09-28

Walt Disney Productions (later The Walt Disney Company) has produced an anthology television...

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The Mickey Mouse Club

as Self
First aired: 1955-10-03

A variety show featuring a cast of child performers.

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The Wonderful World of Disney

as Dan Thompson
First aired: 1954-10-27

Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...

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Annette

as Mike
First aired: 1957-02-08

Annette is a television serial that ran on The Mickey Mouse Club during the show's third season....

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The Adventures of Spin and Marty

as Marty
First aired: 1955-11-04

Marty Markham, a rich orphan attends summer camp at a dude ranch where he becomes best friends...

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