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Wally Albright
Burbank, California, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wally Albright (September 3, 1925 – August 7, 1999) was an American former child actor. Albright was born Walton Algernon Albright, Jr. in…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wally Albright (September 3, 1925 – August 7, 1999) was an American former child actor. Albright was born Walton Algernon Albright, Jr. in Burbank, California. He appeared in a number of films during his career, and is notable for appearing in six Our Gang short subjects throughout the early 1930s. Though his tenure with the gang was brief, his role was usually that of the gang leader, alongside Matthew "Stymie" Beard. Albright played so many roles as a baby that he was quite well known by the time he was three. He appeared in small parts of various films made by Hal Roach Studios. At the end of 1933, when Gus Meins took over directing, Our Gang needed a few new characters. Several older Our Gangers left the series in the summer of 1933 including Dorothy DeBorba and Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins. Wally would be one of several characters including Scotty Beckett and Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas to debut in 1934 in the Our Gang episode Hi Neighbor. Wally quickly became one of the bigger Our Gang stars. But much to the dismay of Hal Roach and director Gus Meins, Wally voluntarily left the gang and returned to a normal childhood life. However, Albright did play a small role in John Ford's version of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," appearing as an older child in the migrant camp. He watches as Ma Joad cooks a stew for her family and tells her, "Me and my brother, we et good." Another child later tells Ma he was lying. "I peeked through their window last night and they was eatin' fried dough, just like everybody else." He graduated high school and college as he entered adult life.
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2001
Our Gang - Comedy Festival
Movie Wally
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2000
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
Movie (archive footage)
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1953
The Wild One
Movie Cyclist (uncredited)
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1945
The Enchanted Cottage
Movie
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1944
Laura
Movie Newsboy (uncredited)
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1940
Johnny Apollo
Movie Office Boy
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1940
The Grapes of Wrath
Movie Boy Who Bragged of Eating Chicken (uncredited)
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1939
Mexicali Rose
Movie Tommy Romero
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1939
Boy Trouble
Movie Boy
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1938
King of the Sierras
Movie Sonny Blake
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1938
Sons of the Legion
Movie Harold
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1937
Roll Along, Cowboy
Movie Danny Blake
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1937
It Happened in Hollywood
Movie Boy
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1937
Super-Sleuth
Movie Child movie fan
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1937
Captains Courageous
Movie Boy (uncredited)
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1937
What Price Vengeance
Movie Sandy MacNair
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1937
The Woman I Love
Movie Georges
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1937
Old Louisiana
Movie Davey
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1937
Maid of Salem
Movie Jasper (Uncredited)
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1936
The Cowboy Star
Movie Jimmy Baker
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1936
Little Miss Nobody
Movie Orphan
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1935
Waterfront Lady
Movie Mickey O'Flaherty
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1935
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Movie Child
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1934
Washee Ironee
Movie Waldo
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1934
Honky Donkey
Movie Wallace
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1934
The First Round-Up
Movie Wally
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1934
For Pete's Sake!
Movie Wally
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1934
Hi'–Neighbor!
Movie Wally
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1934
As the Earth Turns
Movie John
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1933
Mr. Skitch
Movie Little Ira
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1933
Smoky
Movie Clint's Son
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1933
Ann Vickers
Movie Mischa Feldermans (uncredited)
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1933
The Wrecker
Movie Young Boy
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1933
Zoo in Budapest
Movie Paul Vandor
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1932
End of the Trail
Movie Jimmy 'Sonny' Travers
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1932
The Conquerors
Movie Roger Standish, Jr.
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1932
Thirteen Women
Movie Bobby Stanhope
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1932
Choo-Choo!
Movie Wally (orphan)
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1932
The Silver Lining
Movie Bobby O'Brien
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1931
Law of the Sea
Movie Cole Andrews (as child)
