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George McFarland is a Actor American born on 2 october 1928 at Dallas (USA)
George "Spanky" McFarland (October 2, 1928 – June 30, 1993) was an American actor most famous for his appearances as a child in the Our Gang series of short-subject comedies of the 1930s and 1940s. The Our Gang shorts were later syndicated to television as The Little Rascals.
Carrière
En 1931, George McFarland, alors âgé de 3 ans, rejoint Les Petites Canailles aux côtés de Stymie Beard, Dickie Moore, Sherwood Bailey. Son surnom dans la série est donc "Spanky", un enfant un peu gros. Au début, Spanky devait apparaître dans 1 seul épisode et ne devait pas être connu mais Hal Roach, producteur de la série prit Spanky pour presque tous les épisodes de la série. Spanky a aussi une amoureuse dans Les Petites Canailles qui s'appelle Marianne Edwards mais qui apparut dans quelques épisodes et qui ne sera connue qu'en 1932 et 1933 alors que Spanky sera plus connu en 1936, avec Carl 'Alflafa' Switzer, Darla Hood, Billie "Buckwheat Thomas et Eugene" Porky Gordon Lee. Son rôle le plus connu sera dans Our Gang Folies of 1938. Carl Switzer quitte Les Petites Canailles en 1942, Spanky est donc moins utilisé pour la série, mise à part dans quelques derniers épisodes aux côtés de Robert "Mickey" Gubitosi Blake, Billy "Froggy" Laughlin, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas et Janet Burston .
Mort
Plus tard, en 1952, George rejoint l'United States Air Force pendant à peu près 4 ans. Il meurt le 30 juin 1993 à l'âge de 64 ans d'un arrêt cardiaque et il est enterré au Texas State Cemetery.
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George McFarland
Birth name George Robert Phillips McFarland or George Emmett McFarland
Nationality USA
Birth 2 october 1928 at Dallas (USA)
Death 30 june 1993 (at 64 years) at Grapevine (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 2 october 1928 at Dallas (USA)
Death 30 june 1993 (at 64 years) at Grapevine (USA)
Biography
Sa mère était Virginia Winifred et son père Robert Emmet McFarland.Carrière
En 1931, George McFarland, alors âgé de 3 ans, rejoint Les Petites Canailles aux côtés de Stymie Beard, Dickie Moore, Sherwood Bailey. Son surnom dans la série est donc "Spanky", un enfant un peu gros. Au début, Spanky devait apparaître dans 1 seul épisode et ne devait pas être connu mais Hal Roach, producteur de la série prit Spanky pour presque tous les épisodes de la série. Spanky a aussi une amoureuse dans Les Petites Canailles qui s'appelle Marianne Edwards mais qui apparut dans quelques épisodes et qui ne sera connue qu'en 1932 et 1933 alors que Spanky sera plus connu en 1936, avec Carl 'Alflafa' Switzer, Darla Hood, Billie "Buckwheat Thomas et Eugene" Porky Gordon Lee. Son rôle le plus connu sera dans Our Gang Folies of 1938. Carl Switzer quitte Les Petites Canailles en 1942, Spanky est donc moins utilisé pour la série, mise à part dans quelques derniers épisodes aux côtés de Robert "Mickey" Gubitosi Blake, Billy "Froggy" Laughlin, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas et Janet Burston .
Mort
Plus tard, en 1952, George rejoint l'United States Air Force pendant à peu près 4 ans. Il meurt le 30 juin 1993 à l'âge de 64 ans d'un arrêt cardiaque et il est enterré au Texas State Cemetery.
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The Aurora Encounter (1986)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Western
Actors Jack Elam, Peter Brown, George McFarland, Charles B. Pierce
Roles Governor
Rating43%
Moonrunners (1975)
, 1h50Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors James Mitchum, Kiel Martin, Arthur Hunnicutt, George McFarland, Joan Blackman
Roles Precious
Rating58%
Les frères Lee (Hagg en version originale), transportent de l'alcool illégalement pour le compte de leur oncle Jesse, en faisant face à Jake Rainey, un homme d'affaires intéressé par ce trafic, et le shérif Roscoe Coltrane, prêts à tout pour arrêter les frères Lee.
The Woman in the Window (1944)
, 1h39Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Dan Duryea, Edmund Breon, Dorothy Peterson
Roles Boy Scout who finds Mazard's Body (uncredited)
Rating75%
After criminology professor Richard Wanley sends his wife and two children off on vacation, he goes to his club to meet friends. Next door, Wanley sees a striking oil portrait of Alice Reed (Joan Bennett) in a storefront window. He and his friends talk about the beautiful painting and its subject. Wanley stays at the club and reads Song of Songs. When he leaves, Wanley stops at the portrait and meets Reed, who is standing near the painting watching people watch it. Reed convinces Wanley to join her for drinks.
Cowboy and the Senorita (1944)
, 1h18Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Roy Rogers, Mary Lee, Dale Evans, John Hubbard, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, George McFarland
Roles Kid tripping Teddy (uncredited)
Rating57%
Roy and his sidekick Teddy Bear are mistaken for the kidnappers of a runaway teenager. After escaping from a posse the two find the teenager, Chip who explains their innocence and has her sister Ysobel and her soon to be husband the rich Craig Allen give the pair jobs. Chip tells Roy she is sure her late father had riches hidden away that the unscrupulous Craig Allen tries to take for himself. The film opens and closes with musical numbers.
Seeing Hands (1943)
, 11minutesDirected by Gunther von Fritsch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Actors Barbara Bedford, Russell Gleason, Robert Frazer, George McFarland, Pete Smith
Roles Fatty, Boy Leading Initiation (uncredited)
Rating66%
Doin' Their Bit (1942)
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Robert Blake, Billy Laughlin, George McFarland, Janet Burston, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas
Roles Spanky
Rating51%
Hoping to entertain the military troops stationed in Greenpoint, Mr. Wills organizes the gang into a junior USO troupe. In addition to performing a "boot camp" sketch, the gang participates in a brace of production numbers.
Don't Lie (1942)
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Billy Laughlin, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Robert Blake, Emmett Vogan, Billy Curtis
Roles Spanky
Rating58%
Buckwheat's accurate report of a wandering monkey is ignored because of his past fibs, with resulting confusion.
Going to Press (1942)
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Robert Blake, Billy Laughlin, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Juanita Quigley, Darryl Hickman
Roles Spanky
Rating64%
Determined to uncover the identity of the mysterious leader of a juvenile extortion racket, the gang sets up a crusading newspaper called The Greenpoint Press. The kids gratefully accept the help of a pleasant, well-spoken youngster named Frank, little suspecting that he is the duplicitous boss of the dreaded Gas House Gang. Only after Frank's henchmen have taken Froggy for a "ride" (a harmless but painful one) are the kids able to expose the villain and save the day.
Melodies Old and New (1942)
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Robert Blake, Billy Laughlin, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Janet Burston, Dwayne Hickman
Roles Spanky
Rating64%
Just as they did in Ye Olde Minstrels, the gang prevails upon old-time minstrel impresario Uncle Wills to help them stage a fund-raising musical show. Highlights include the ensemble number "When Grandma Wore a Bustle", the barbershop-quartet set piece "Songs of Long Ago", and the grand finale "Dances Old and New". The kids are unable to post the profits because Mickey has allowed most of the audience to enter for free, but Uncle Wills comes to the rescue once again.
Mighty Lak a Goat (1942)
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Billy Laughlin, Robert Blake, Ava Gardner, Robert Emmett O'Connor
Roles Spanky
Rating65%
The gang tries to clean off their clothes after being splattered with mud accidentally by a passing motorist. A "miracle" cleaning solution devised by Billy "Froggy" Laughlin works beautifully, but with one major drawback: The stuff stinks to high heaven! Froggy tells the gang that they would get used to the smell. They do get used to the bad odor to the point of being oblivious to it. The kids manage to empty out a bus trying to board it.
Rover's Big Chance (1942)
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Robert Blake, Billy Laughlin, Janet Burston, George McFarland, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Bobby Anderson
Roles Spanky
Rating59%
Future film star Stephen McNally (here billed as Horace McNally) appears in this Our Gang episode as Bill Patterson, ace director at Mammoth Studios. On the say-so of studio casting director J.D. Broderick, Patterson agrees to give a screen test to the Our Gang kids' talented dog Rover. Alas, the petulant pooch does not take direction well, nor does he respond positively when the cameraman announces that he's "ready to shoot."
Surprised Parties (1942)
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Billy Laughlin, George McFarland, Janet Burston, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Robert Blake
Roles Spanky
Rating55%
Upset because, as a leap year baby (he only has a birthday every four years), Froggy bemoans the fact that he has almost never had a birthday party. The gang decides to throw a surprise party in Froggy's honor, but they pretend to throw him out of the clubhouse in order to keep it a secret. Vengefully, Froggy sneaks back and sets all sorts of booby-traps for the other gang members and then shows up at the party disguised as a new girl in town. But when Froggy discovers that the party was for him, he becomes guilty and sets off all the traps by himself.
Unexpected Riches (1942)
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Billy Laughlin, Robert Blake, Symona Boniface, Stanley Logan
Roles Spanky
Rating65%
Weighing themselves on a penny machine, the gang receives a fortune card predicting that they will receive "unexpected riches." Acting upon this, the kids decide to dig for buried treasure, using a fradulent map provided by one of their wise-guy acquaintances. Though the treasure hunt comes a-cropper, the fortune card's prediction comes true in an unexpected fashion.
Johnny Doughboy (1942)
, 1h4Directed by John H. Auer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Jane Withers, Henry Wilcoxon, William Demarest, Ruth Donnelly, Etta McDaniel, Bobby Breen
Roles Spanky McFarland
Rating55%
Sixteen-year-old actress Ann Winters (Jane Withers), who has been a movie star since childhood, declares that she no longer wants to play "childish" roles. Her attitude irritates her agent, Harry Fabian (William Demarest), who tells her that the studio has decided that her next picture will be Ann of Honeysuckle Farm, in which she is to play a twelve-year-old. Ann leaves a note for her sympathetic secretary, "Biggy" Biggsworth (Ruth Donnelly), saying that she does not want a career if she cannot have a life, too, then runs away for a two-week vacation. Just then, innocent Penny Ryan (also Jane Withers) from Oriole, Nebraska, arrives. Penny is the winner of a contest concocted by Harry in which the fan who most resembles Ann gets to spend two weeks with her in her home. Harry and Biggy are stunned by Penny's appearance, for she is an exact double for Ann. Harry decides to induce Penny to impersonate Ann, who is to start her new film the next day or else be suspended by the studio.
1-2-3-Go! (1941)
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Robert Blake, George McFarland, Billy Laughlin, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Arthur Hoyt, May McAvoy
Roles Spanky
Rating53%
While playing baseball on a busy street in Greenpoint, Mickey is struck by a car. Though he fully recovers from his injuries, Mickey meets several other kids in the hospital who weren't so lucky. Instantly developing a sense of civic responsibility, the Gang members establish the "1-2-3 Go Safety Society," dedicated to lowering the number of auto injuries in their community.